The magazine ATZ Elektronik published an article “The Car as a Sensor – Cooperative Perception and Learning for Automated Driving”.
The horizon of cars is restricted to the vehicle’s direct environment. This is too limited for future driver assistance systems for autonomous driving. Additional details, such as information about geographical, topological, weather and road conditions are necessary. They can be provided in the form of real-time infrastructure information in combination with digital map data from vehicles.
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