Abstract
The term test procedure refers to a method that describes how a system has to be tested to identify and assess specific behavior or properties by experiments. This also includes the specification of required tools, equipment, boundary conditions, and evaluation methods.
Test procedures are an essential tool to check whether desired product properties are present, which of course also applies to the development of driver assistance systems. In addition to development and release testing that mainly is performed by the vehicle or system manufacturer, there are tests with the purpose of an independent product testing that are conducted by external test organizations. These tests are needed for vehicle type approval (for admission to a specific market), in the context of applying the standard for functional safety (in both cases mainly executed by technical services (being accredited as certification laboratory)) or for customer information purposes (by a test institute for consumer protection).
The focus of this chapter is these “external” test methods. After a taxonomy of test procedures, the differences between legislation (type approval) and consumer testing are highlighted. Typical tests and the associated test setup, tools, and assessment criteria are discussed, and an outlook toward testing in the near and mid-future is given.
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Seiniger, P., Weitzel, A. (2016). Test Methods for Consumer Protection and Legislation for ADAS. In: Winner, H., Hakuli, S., Lotz, F., Singer, C. (eds) Handbook of Driver Assistance Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12352-3_11
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