Design of a vehicle automatic emergency pullover system for automated driving with implementation on a simulator

Abstract

This thesis addresses a critical issue of automotive safety. As traffic is increasing on the roads day by day, road safety is also a very important concern. Driving simulators can play an extensive role in the development and testing of advanced safety systems in peculiar traffic environments, respectively. Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) are getting enormous reputation but there is still need for more improvements. This thesis presents a design of an Automatic Emergency Pullover (AEP) strategy using active safety systems for a semi-autonomous vehicle. The idea for this system is that a moving vehicle equipped with an AEP system can automatically pull over on the roadside safely when the driver is considered incapable of driving. Furthermore, AEP supporting features such as; Lane Keeping Assist, Blind Spot Monitoring, Vehicle and Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking, Adaptive Cruise Control are also included in this work. The designs for application of each system have been explained along with its algorithms, model development, component architecture, simulation results, vehicular/pedestrian behavior and trajectory precision on software tools provided by Realtime Technologies, Inc. All major variables which influence the performance of vehicle after AEP activation, have been observed and remodeled according to control algorithms. The implementation of AEP system which can control vehicle dynamics has been verified with the help of simulation results.