Bosch improves automated driving thanks to artificial intelligence

German company Bosch It has the firm purpose of replace the driver by technology with the ultimate goal of achieving automated driving and increasing road safety

However, the company points out that this is a great challenge, especially as regards the environment detection. Only if you know exactly and at all times what is happening around you, an automated vehicle can choose the correct and safe driving strategy.

To do this, the company uses various technologies to control the environment, including ultrasound, radar and video, which allow developing a new technology that combines the multipath approach and artificial intelligence for object recognition, which, the company explains, will make "the detection of the environment much more reliable and road traffic safer."

Unlike the human eye, the new MPC3 mono video camera Bosch has been optimized to be superior to the human eye, especially, the company adds, because it never gets tired and works just as well, both after many hours of driving and during the first kilometer.

The company also highlights the ability to object recognition of this device thanks to the multipath approach. Thus, the firm's engineers have taught the camera to detect if the roadside is passable, even in the absence of road markings.

This intelligence that the camera has is based on Bosch's know-how and is integrated into a chip, known as V3H, manufactured by the Japanese company Renesas. With this, you can also improve the systems of driver assistance, automatic emergency braking and recognizing pedestrians, even when they are partially hidden, and road signs.

In addition, the new camera offers optical sign recognition that is capable of read the text and numbers of traffic signs, and present this information to the driver on the dashboard screen.