ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS IN THE APPLICATION OF RADAR SENSORS TO AUTOMOTIVE COLLISION PREVENTION. PHASE III, VOLUME I

The report describes the results of the third phase of an investigation of the practicality and technical feasibility of applying radar as a sensor for automatic braking systems. Hardware evaluation of a baseband system as a brake sensor is discussed, and target signatures generated by the system are presented. Analyses of the performance of different types of systems in the presence of rain are given; performance of a realistic system in minimum-radius horizontal curves is analyzed; estimates of the probability of intersystem blinding generated by multiple vehicles are given.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-240 950.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Telecommunication Science

  Office of Telecommunications, 325 Broadway
  Boulder, CO  United States  80302

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Chandler, R A
  • Jacobson, L A
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Atmospheric phenomena; Automatic control; Brakes; Braking; Crash avoidance systems; Crashes; Detectors; Motor vehicles; Prevention; Radar; Rain; Rainfall; Reflectivity; Safety; Sensors; Traffic crashes; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Atmospheric attenuation; Signatures
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143988
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-014 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01096
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 15 1977 12:00AM