A new generic virtual platform for cameras modeling
Résumé
In the early design stages of embedded applications, it becomes necessary to have a very realistic simulation environment dedicated to the prototyping and to the evaluation of these Advanced Driving Assistance Systems (ADAS). For such virtual platform it is mandatory to provide physics-driven road environments, virtual embedded sensors, and physics-based vehicle models. In this publication, the chosen solution for generic cameras is presented. This sensor is very important due to the great number of applications and algorithms based on it. The presented model involves a filter mechanism in order to reproduce, in the most realistic way, the behaviour of vision sensors. The main filters used in ADAS developments will be presented. Moreover, some ADAS applications using this model will be shown and commented to prove the efficiency, the relevance and the reliability of this virtual sensors platform.