Siemens Mobility and Bosch have announced a new, fully integrated connected vehicle collective perception system. It enables a direct connection between roadside camera onboard intelligence and dual-mode roadside unit (RSU), which can in turn pass information to connected vehicles.
Detections and geocoordinates captured by roadside cameras can now be processed more efficiently, bypassing additional interface devices, making it easier and cheaper to install, and easier to maintain and keep updated.
The new integrated system has been developed through testing at the American Center for Mobility and in the USDOT Connected Vehicle Pilot at Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA). Two initial use cases, Pedestrian Collision and Wrong Way Vehicle Detection, are currently being piloted and now are ready for installation.
This solution takes advantage of smart video-as-a-sensor capabilities enabled by Bosch IP cameras with on-board intelligent video analytics (IVA). When applied to important use cases, the Bosch IP cameras detect vehicles and pedestrians to stream intelligent metadata and prompt the roadside units to communicate safety messaging to vehicles. The solution provides improved situational awareness for drivers and enables them to take more immediate action when pedestrians are entering into a crosswalk.
This complete V2X solution uses camera intelligence to process at the edge, with no central server required. Safety messages transmitted to the vehicle through the RSU are displayed, if equipped, on the onboard unit (OBU), along with aggregated information on traffic signal state and phase timing.
The combined Bosch and Siemens solution enables mobility operators to make cities, vehicles and infrastructure intelligent. These solutions enable city planners and senior traffic engineers to create smarter, safer, and more sustainable transportation ecosystems.
