SBIR Phase II: Affordable, Multi-wavelength Imager plus Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) for Autonomous Vehicles

SBIR 第二阶段：适用于自动驾驶汽车的经济实惠的多波长成像仪以及光探测和测距 (LIDAR)

• 批准号: 2037859
• 负责人: Shimon Maimon
• 金额: $ 92.08万
• 依托单位: NBN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2037859&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Affordable; Multi

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project based on this SBIR sensor solution, with its high quality and low cost, will enable the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) industry to accelerate the progress to greater functionality of assisted driving, ultimately reaching full autonomy. The subject focal plane array (FPAS) chips may reduce the current US 36,560 annual vehicles deaths (the leading cause of death for those 1-54 years old) as well as reduce the 4.4 million injuries requiring medical attention and the $ 871 billion in damages and health costs. Additionally, improved assisted driving will enhance the mobility of seniors/disabled. Finally, the technology may reduce the societal carbon footprint by reducing congestion as a result of more fuel-efficient acceleration and braking.This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project seeks to improve the current ADAS sensor suite to increase safety. Current ADAS systems require many different sensor technologies to be implemented simultaneously. These sensors are insufficient to achieve higher levels of autonomy limiting the vehicle’s used in poor conditions. The proposed sensor solution will function in low light and harsh weather conditions with high performance. The added sensor functionalities will reduce the processor bandwidth required to integrate and analyze sensor data and detect road hazards, increasing the accuracy of the system. Overall, this improvement in performance may increase the overall safety in ADAS vehicles. An evaluation system will be developed to characterize the sensor.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该小型企业创新研究阶段II阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力基于该SBIR传感器解决方案，其高质量和低成本将使高级驾驶员援助系统（ADAS）行业能够加速进度，以达到更大的辅助驾驶功能，最终达到完全自治。受试者焦平阵列（FPA）芯片可能会减少当前的36,560辆年度车辆死亡（1-54岁那年的死亡原因），并减少440万伤害，需要医疗救治和8710亿美元的损害和健康成本。此外，改进的辅助驾驶将增强老年人/残疾人的流动性。最后，该技术可以通过减少加速加速度和制动器来减少交通拥堵来减少社会碳足迹。这个小型企业创新研究阶段项目旨在改善当前的ADAS传感器套件以提高安全性。当前的ADAS系统需要简单地实施许多不同的传感器技术。这些传感器不足以实现较高水平的自主权，从而限制了在恶劣条件下使用的车辆。提出的传感器解决方案将在弱光和高性能的危险天气条件下起作用。附加的传感器功能将减少整合和分析传感器数据并检测道路危害所需的处理器带宽，从而提高系统的准确性。总体而言，这种性能的改善可能会提高ADAS车辆的整体安全性。将开发一个评估系统来表征传感器。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估，被认为是珍贵的支持。