Reconfigurable driving simulator for testing and training of advanced driver assistance systems

The development and test of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)present a challenge due to their complexity and dependency on other vehicle systems, initial conditions and their environment. Testing ADAS under real conditions leads to significant efforts and costs. Therefore, virtual prototyping and simulation are widely used instruments for developing such complex systems. One of these useful virtual prototyping tools are driving simulators.Driving simulators are usually special purpose facilities, which are developed by suppliers individually for a specific application purpose. Most of the conventional driving simulators provide some flexibility for constructing new test scenarios, but do not allow users to change system arrangementor add or remove subsystems without indepth know-how of the driving simulator structure.This paper describes the concept and main idea of a reconfigurable driving simulator for testing ADAS. The key software, hardware, and resource components of the driving simulator are identified, the interfaces and the relationships between the key components are described, and the overall system structure for the reconfigurable driving simulator is introduced.