OxTS measurement systems used by NHTSA

OxTS has been awarded a contract to supply NHTSA, a division of the US Department of Transportation, with its RT-Range measurement system. NHTSA will use the RT-Range system to develop standardised tests for the development of advanced driver assistance systems, such as Forward Collision Warning or Lane Departure Warning.

“Many of our automotive customers use the RT-Range for developing driver assistance systems. Now their tests should automatically comply with the North American testing standard which will be introduced by NHTSA”, explains Brendan Watts, Director at OxTS.

This sophisticated measurement system was specifically designed to test and verify the accuracy of radar, LIDAR and other sensors used by many driver assistance systems. An RT-Range system measures the relative motion between vehicles as well as their lane position with high accuracy. These unique measurement systems output all measurements of a “Hunter” and a “Target” vehicle in real-time and with stunning precision. A CAN bus output allows direct connection to existing data acquisition systems.
The RT-Range is ideal for tests with multiple vehicles, balloon cars and allows car-to-pedestrian tracking with a unique RT-Backpack system.

It represents a turnkey solution that allows car manufacturers to reproduce all possible traffic scenarios to test driver assistance features with ease, high accuracy and impressive repeatability.