Intelligent Sensors and Sensing Technologies in Vehicle Networks

Dear Colleagues,

Vehicle technologies are always in need of more sensing technologies in order to increase safety on the road and the comfort of passengers. Novel and more-precise sensors are needed both inside and outside of the car.

Outside, the sensors are mainly used for understanding the external environment and for increasing safety on the road. They are based on visual and wireless radio-frequency technologies and include more immediate communications of sensing information among the sensory infrastructure elements. The challenges that sensors face are related to the impossibility of foreseeing the conditions on the road, including unpredictable human behavior and weather conditions.

On the other hand, the comfort and well-being of the passengers, especially the driver, are the main concern of sensing technologies inside the car. These technologies are normally based on both contact sensing (e.g., vibrations) and contactless sensing, including visual (e.g., analysis of gestures) and acoustic sensors. The main challenges are the efficiency of the sensors and their capacity to describe with precision health and comfort situations.

Despite the significant technological advances in vehicle sensors in recent years, there is still room for the improvement of sensing technologies for enhancing the transport experience. Therefore, the research community is searching for solutions on the following topics:

• Advances in radar and image recognition for vehicle transportation;
• Wireless radio-frequency sensing in bad-weather conditions;
• Opensource sensing technologies for safety on the road;
• Enhancements of visual and acoustic contactless sensing;
• Contact and contactless sensing for driver’s healthcare;
• Monitoring sensors for the well-being of passengers;
• Analysis of movements of living beings for prediction of unsafe situations;
• Methods for measuring and comparing the efficiency and performance of sensing technologies.

Prof. Dr. Jordi Mongay Batalla
Guest Editor

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