Evaluation of Integrated ACC(Adaptive Cruise Control)/CA(Collision Avoidance) on a Virtual Test Track

Recently, a virtual test track (VTT) is used effectively for vehicle system development and human factor study. The VTT regenerates various realistic driving conditions in the laboratory. This paper presents a design and validation of VTT based on rapid control prototyping (RCP). The evaluation of the control scheme is conducted using real-world vehicle driving data on a VTT. Realistic driving situations are reconstructed on the VTT by using manual driving radar sensor data in the laboratory. In order to validate the driving simulator, the driving data on a VTT is compared with human driving data measured on actual traffic way. Vehicle acceleration and inverse time to collision (TTC
^-1
) are analyzed for the investigation of human driver behavior