The growing demand for improved vehicle safety is driving rapid innovation in active safety and ADAS among vehicle manufacturers. This growth has been enabled by improvements in information and communications technologies, as well as sensor technology to enable the car to have a greater awareness of its surroundings.
This document provides an overview of sensor technology and describes the capabilities of the main types of ADAS systems currently being adopted as well as the regulatory/safety ratings environments, key players providing sensor technologies, and the market opportunity for selected ADAS systems.