A Method of Frequency Content Based Analysis of Driving Braking Behavior

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A Method of Frequency Content Based Analysis of Driving Braking Behavior

Guenther, Dennis A. / Heydinger, Gary J. / Every, Joshua L.

Typically, when one thinks of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), systems such as Forward Collision Warning (FCW) and Collision Imminent Braking (CIB) come to mind. In these systems driver assistance is provided based on knowledge about the subject vehicle and surrounding objects. A new class of these systems is being implemented. These systems not only use information on the surrounding objects but also use information on the driver's response to an event, to determine if intervention is necessary.As a result of this trend, an advanced level of understanding of driver braking behavior is necessary. This paper presents an alternate method of analyzing driver braking behavior. This method uses a frequency content based approach to study driver braking and allows for the extraction of significantly more data from driver profiles than traditionally would have been done. The use of this method presents opportunities for advancement in the understanding of driver braking behavior and in the evaluation of proposed safety systems, which take driver braking behavior as an input.