1. The Autonomous Vehicle Race
Pat Bassett
Vice President
NA Research & Engineering Center
Engineering Division
DENSO International America, Inc.

2. Who is DENSO?
Autonomous Vehicle Customer wants:
Safety, Convenience, Comfort & Environment, but with higher expectations
Global Supplier of Advanced Automotive Technology, Systems and Components with $39.8 Billion in Sales (As of March 31, 2014)
Systems Provider
Powertrain Control System
Engine management system, Gasoline direct injection, Hybrid components, Starter, Alternator, etc.
Thermal Systems
Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC), Compressor, Heat exchangers, Battery thermal management, etc.
Information & Communications Systems
Instrument cluster, Head-up display, Human machine interface technologies, Horn, Keyless entry, Wireless phone charger, etc.
Driving Control & Safety Systems
Passive safety technologies, Airbag sensing system, Active safety technologies, Traction control system, Antilock braking system, etc.
Let’s work on intro and then GO to this statement
What does a customer want in an Autonomous Vehicle? That was one of the questions asked to the panel.
This page shows DENSO’s products in 4 areas that we focus on. Safety, Convenience, Comfort & Environment
DENSO believes these 4 areas will still be important to AV customers, but the expectations will be even higher.
DENSO is a system supplier, an one of only a few suppliers that has expertise in all of these areas,
we will take a systems approach an utilize all of our capabilities to develop the best experience for our AV customers.

3. Phases of Autonomous Drive

4. Driver in the Loop Vehicle moving OUT of AV mode
Vehicle moving into Automated Vehicle mode
Vehicle moving OUT of AV mode
Manual Control
Driver IN the Loop

5. Full Autonomous Vehicle: When and How?
OEM timing for Full AV
When:
OEMs have various timing for fully autonomous vehicles
Issues to resolve : Regulations, Infrastructure, Cyber Security
Group 4
No AV Prog
Group 1
By 2020
How:
Industry wide collaboration to resolve
Level 3 & 4 needed for transition to Full AV (Driver in the Loop)
HMI Systems Approach
Group 2
2020 +
Group 3
No Info

6. Automated Connected Vehicle Environment

7. HMI Systems Approach: Driver Environment
The Driver’s Physical Condition Stress Level Habits Mood

8. North America HMI R&D and Activity
DENSO created Elevate Lab to better understand Driver Workload/Attention
Goal: To develop HMI manager product that anticipate drivers needs

9. North America HMI R&D and Activity
Consortium
GOAL: To establish a common methodology to measure driver workload/attention
OEM Members Include: Honda, Subaru and Jaguar Land Rover
Attention
Workload

10. Problems HMI needs to Solve
Pat- we need better title for this slide
Customer Wants
Comfort・Confidence・Safety
Trust
Solution
Notification Operation Assistance
Driver sensing
assistance
adaptation
mode
display
function limit
display
Operation return
promotion
driver
monitoring
user
training
social
acceptance
Concern/Problem
low-skilled
excessive
dependency
sleepy
misuse of the system
(unexpected)　　
can’t understand others
system mode misunderstanding
low situation awareness
increase of unsafe behavior
inexperienced operator

11. Driver Sensing [DSM] DSM Gen #1 DSM Gen #2 DSM Gen #3 DSM
“Watch the Driver”
Gen #2 DSM
Gen #3 DSM
“Examine the Driver”
Face image processing with data analysis
Face direction, eye closure, drowsy, gaze, distraction, driver・vehicle status analysis facial expression
（emotion）
Face image processing with data analysis
DSM
Functions / Performance
Face direction, eye closure, drowsy, sleepy, driver status analysis
Meter installed
Face image processing
Face direction, eye closure, drowsy
Low cost
Face direction
DSM: Driver Status Monitor
year

12. HUD Display Information
HUD will assist in Driver Notification/Operation
Head-up Display
To safely provide the right information at the right time and in the right location.

13. Sensor Technology: 360 Degree Awareness
Active safety
Vehicle Motion
Control
DSS
Millimeter wave radar
DSM
V2X
24GHz millimeter wave radar
DCM　
Engine ECU
ESC unit
EPS ECU
EPS motor
Laser
radar
Vision sensor
Passive safety
Pedestrian collision detection sensor
Air bag
ECU
Satellite G sensor
Passenger detection sensor
In regards to driving environment recognition, DENSO has a complete line up of sensors for 360 degree capability.
We also offer motion control products for vehicle control. Considering the application and object recognition/performance we want to create the cost optimal sensing solution.
Sonar
Surround camera
Considering application and object recognition/performance, Create the cost optimal sensing system

14. V2X Infrastructure Communications
Vehicle-to-Vehicle and
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure
Real-time information beyond line of sight

15. Automated Connected Vehicle Environment

16. Level 5: Full Autonomous Drive
Full Automation

17. Industry PARTNERSHIPS Academia Automakers Government Collaboration
Collaboration between Industry, Academia and Government is required for successful Full Autonomous Vehicle implementation through common issue resolution.
Industry
Automakers
PARTNERSHIPS
Suppliers
BUSINESSES
Government
Academia

18. In Summary [ ]
Investigating Level 3 to 4 Transition Systems Approach Industry Collaboration Needed DENSO needs to be ready for AV for all of our various customers

19. Thank You