360 degree coverage radar sensors with longer range than Continental

It has sold 100 million copies and will start production in 2023

At the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, Continental will present the sixth generation of its long-range and perimeter radar sensors. Both radar systems share a software and hardware platform, reducing complexity and costs. The performance increase was again tested significantly compared to the previous generation of sensors.

Long-range radar covers predictive applications for NCAP requirements and even automated driving functions. The perimeter radar is specially designed for 360-degree environmental detection and has a range of about 200 meters

H Establishment of the sixth generation as a modular system with less complexity to allow potential expenditures and cost savings while increasing performance at the same time. Improved object discovery with higher accuracy, range, availability, and responsiveness.

Radar sensors are essential for safe driving in difficult traffic situations, for example, emergency self-brake at intersections and early and accurate detection of motorcyclists and cyclists.

The New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) gives it a one- to five-star safety rating. A one-star rating means that people in the car will have a much lower chance of getting injured or dying in a crash, and a five-star rating means that people in the car will have a much lower chance of getting injured or dying in a crash.

The NCAP program focuses on the effects of various types of collisions on vehicle occupants. The software uses crash testing (including crash test dummies) to find out what happens to the car and the people in it when it crashes. The tests are conducted at different speeds for frontal collisions, side collisions, and collisions with the side of the vehicle. Tests are also done to see what happens to pedestrians if they are hit by a vehicle. A typical test setup is shown in the relevant images.

Radar sensors and their future

There have been attempts over twenty years to produce radar sensors and the technology company has successfully launched a total of more than 100 million radar sensors on the market worldwide. Continental is displaying the new model at the Shanghai Auto Show under the title and development continues. Production of the sixth generation of the long-range and peripheral radar is scheduled to begin in 2023.

Both radar sensors share a software and hardware platform, which reduces complexity and therefore costs. Testing and development efforts on the customer’s side are also reduced. Performance has again been significantly increased compared to the fifth generation. As a scalable solution, radars cover a range of applications: from Euro NCAP requirements in the entry level variant to implementing functions for higher levels of automation, such as automated lane change, in a premium variant. Sensors can also be used to cover the requirements of the General Safety Regulation (GSR). Furthermore, radars also support a range of vehicle structures and types by being available as an intelligent radar, with data processing in the sensor and as a satellite radar, with data processing in a central console.

Radar sensors are the cornerstone of driving safety. In the future, these sensors will provide reliable data in increasingly challenging traffic situations. This includes, for example, emergency self-braking for crossing traffic at intersections and early detection of motorcyclists, reducing the possibility of future car accidents.

These sensors, through the Euro NCAP program, are also tasked with recognizing changes in automated lanes,” explains Frank Petznik, Head of the Driver Assistance Systems Business Unit at Continental. “With the sixth generation of our radar sensors, drivers will be safer and more comfortable on the road in the future.”

Future perimeter radars have a much greater range than previous short range radars, laying the foundations for excellent results in future NCAP assessments of assistive systems. With greater response, surrounding radars detect things like crossing vehicles, motorcycles, and cyclists earlier and more accurately.

Even when in particularly difficult mounting locations in the vehicle. Surrounding radars have features that make advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving even more powerful, especially for areas on the side of the vehicle.

Master the challenges of 360-degree environmental detection

The radars shoved him in the front and rear corners of the car, behind the painted fenders. But it was affecting the sensing technology, as a result of the effects of reflection and absorption on the structure of the bumper.

While the long-range radar is placed in the middle of the front of the car on a protective cover, called the radome, which is made of radio-permeable plastic over the sensor. Which makes it achieve more accuracy in discovering things