Autonomous Emergency Braking (for Vulnerable Road Users)
Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) systems use forward-looking radar, cameras or optical sensors or a combination of these to help quickly and accurately detect vehicles, pedestrians or other potential obstacles. This information can be used to warn the driver and even apply the brakes if there is no timely response from the driver. These systems can brake the vehicle with up to 1g of deceleration in an effort to avoid or mitigate collisions.
AEB helps provide constant monitoring of the road ahead and is designed to assist the driver by automatically applying the brakes if they do not respond in an imminent crash situation.
AEB for vulnerable road users is evaluated in scenarios involving pedestrians (adults and children), pedestrians at night, and cyclist detection.