Autonomous Mobility

Sensor and AI solutions already provide greater safety, more efficient traffic routes, and new modes of transportation. Established assistance systems such as the turning assistant for trucks directly improve road safety.

Imaging LiDAR

LiDAR, as imaging distance sensor technology, has significant potential in many fields of mobility beyond its application in autonomous or assisted driving, as it can sensorily imitate the three-dimensional view of the human eye.

At Fraunhofer IMS, LiDAR is considered from optical components to the application perspective. Several detector chip designs have been successfully implemented, paving new paths in scaling methods (3D integration) and in the development of the world's lowest-noise SPAD single-photon detectors. 

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Sensor solutions in road traffic for increased safety.

Simulation environments and virtual testing methods, camera setups, and efficient signal processing always aim to enable applications close to physical or technical limits. With this expertise, we are now able to create a comprehensive picture and support you in the use or new development of a LiDAR system. 

Our services:

  • Solutions for specific measurement challenges such as extremely short measurement durations in a few milliseconds, high dynamics, or low light imaging
  • System design of a new LiDAR based on existing components
  • Consultation on the state of the art and the existing patent situation

 

 

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Driver fatigue is a common cause of accidents.

Vital Data of the Driver

Knowing the vital data of the driver is highly advantageous for increasing road safety. In accident prevention, the data can play a crucial role by identifying poor health conditions of drivers in a timely manner. In the future, intoxications caused by alcohol and drug consumption are also expected to be detected before driving by analyzing heart and breathing rates. During driving, these measurements can complement eye-tracking technologies to monitor the driver's attention and detect drowsiness early.

This technology can also be applied in the medical field. Over a longer period, these methods can capture health trends for preventive medicine.

Car ride demonstration with contactless vital data monitoring of the driver. © Fraunhofer IMS

The touchless determination of vital data is based on the analysis of camera images taken with the already installed interior camera. This has the enormous advantage that the driver is neither irritated nor distracted from traffic during the measurements.

Fraunhofer IMS continuously works on advancing vital parameter detection to cover a wide range of scenarios with high measurement quality. Physical or technical measurement limits are examined and successfully overcome with innovative ideas. Our AI algorithms already allow real-time measurements of, among other things, the heart rate and respiratory rate of drivers under real conditions. Since our software solution runs on all common platforms (Windows, Linux, Android), the algorithms can be integrated into existing driver monitoring systems (DMS) with minimal effort.

Our services:

  • Implementation of the algorithm in test vehicles for recording and analyzing relevant data sets
  • Setup of a reproducible measurement setup for successful benchmarking of previous implementations
  • Joint development projects to expand the capabilities of vital parameter detection
  • Consultation on the future technical implementation of further vital parameters such as blood pressure 
  • Application of the algorithm to other modes of transportation and in public spaces

Our applications - Examples of what we can do for you

Environment detection

The Fraunhofer IMS offers, among other topics, the development of LiDAR (light detection and ranging) and IRFPA (infrared focal plane array) sensor systems and combines them with other sensor methods.

Trustworthy electronics for Urban Air Mobility

The development functionally secure and cyber-secure electronic systems is becoming increasingly important.

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Here you will find condensed information on our business unit Mobility.

Our fields of application - Our expertise for you

Emission-free mobility

Emission-free locomotion and efficient transport for a sustainable mobility.  With its solutions, the Fraunhofer IMS enables long-lasting, optimized and safe operation of new powertrain systems.

 

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