Radar for increased safety in interface towards human

Important results from the project

The prestudy has helped Acconeer and its customers to understand the benefit of the pulsed coherent radar technology in two applications where there exist safety hazards today, namely passenger detection and gesture control. Emphasis has been on challenges related to autonomous driving level 4 and 5 and flexible interior, to be able to define future sensor products and solutions.

Expected long term effects

Both applications have been studied in the context of future vehicle platforms offering autonomous driving and flexible interior. We have used this knowledge to attract interest from system integrators and OEMs for a continued vehicle development program for which Acconeer, together with partners, will apply funding from FFI during 2021. The application will target funding of parts of the road map developed during the prestudy for the two addressed applications.

Approach and implementation

In the context of autonomous driving level 4-5 we have: -For passenger detection demonstrated a proof-of-concept (PoC) solution, for the celling of a car, that can detect tiny movements from a baby’s chest only from the beating of a heart, and through clothing and blankets. -For gesture control we have demonstrated a PoC solution integrated to control functions in a car in a defined interaction volume. The work also included system modeling and requirement specification to define road maps for the two applications.