Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or ADAS, are systems to help the driver in the driving process. When designed with a safe Human-Machine Interface, they increase both, car safety and road safety. Examples of such systems are: In-vehicle navigation system providing up-to-date traffic information; Adaptive Cruise Control; Lane/Road Departure Detection/warning system; Collision warning system; Intelligent Speed Advice or Intelligent Speed Adaptation; Night Vision; Adaptive Light Control; Pedestrian Protection System; Automatic parking. A host of sensors using light, radar, radio waves send information to microprocessors which control these systems.
By William B. Hanna, Delphi Corp. The number of semiconductors in vehicles is increasing and will continue to grow in proportion to the total electronic content on vehicles. One of the key areas contributing to the increase of electronics content is safety technologies. Safety has always been at the top of the list for consumers and new safety features on vehicles will continue to be a major...
