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Analysing and Modelling Interference on Automotive Radar Sensors Generated by Water Drops

Accurate environmental perception is crucial for automated driving, with automotive radar sensors being particularly essential in adverse weather conditions, such as rain and fog. Simulation has emerged as a valuable tool for minimizing the validation efforts required for testing driving functions and sensors in real-world environments. Critical scenarios and weather conditions can be reliably and independently simulated using virtual environments. However, to ensure the reliability of these simulations, it is necessary to validate the simulation tools used in this study by comparing them with real-world scenarios. This thesis investigates radar signal intensity without accounting for the angle of arrival and Doppler variations, focusing solely on actual radar sensors without integrating them into real-time measurement systems. The thesis demonstrates how radar signals weaken when detecting drops in the immediate vicinity, thereby providing insights into how precipitation influences radar performance. It highlights the significant impact of radome coverage with salty water from asphalt, thereby simulating conditions in which road spray affects sensor accuracy. By examining material properties, this research enhances the understanding of radar behavior in complex urban environments. Further, this research demonstrates how different materials can affect radar signals and detections, thus questioning the belief that radar is a robust sensor. This thesis reveals that heavy rain and spray from vehicles can notably hinder radar performance, thereby reducing its ability to accurately classify objects. These results raise concerns regarding the dependability of radar sensors in all weather conditions and should be considered and modeled for further automated driving developments.

 

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Verbundkolleg Mobilität & Verkehr

Betreuer Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Vossiek

 

Forschungsschwerpunkte:

- Radar
- Funksysteme
- Ortung & Navigation

Betreutes Projekt:
Analysing and Modelling Interference on Automotive Radar Sensors Generated by Water Drops

Betreuer Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Huber

Leiter CARISSMA Institute of Automated Driving (C-IAD)

Forschungsschwerpunkte:

  • X-in-the-Loop-Testmethoden für automatisiertes Fahren
  • Wirkungsbewertung durch virtuelle Feldtests und Simulation
  • Generische Versuchsfahrzeugplattformen

Betreute Projekte:

Dr.-Ing. Diogo Wachtel Granado

Diogo Wachtel Granado

Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt

 

Publikationen und Poster

Diogo Wachtel, 2026, Analysing and Modelling Interference on Automotive Radar Sensors Generated by Water Drops, Dissertation, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Technische Fakultät, https://doi.org/10.25593/open-fau-2827 

Diogo Wachtel, Christian Schuessler, Tetmar von dem Bussche, Thomas Rothmeier, MartinVossiek, Werner Huber, 2024, Evaluation of Automotive Radar Simulation Tools for Adverse Weather Conditions: A Comparative Analysis of Real Measurement, HFSS and Monte-Carlo GO Methods.

Diogo Wachtel, Heitor Derder, Thomas Rothmeier, Bogdan Nassu, Werner Huber, 2024, Navigating on Adverse Weather: Enhancing LiDAR-Based Detection with the DBSPRY Dataset. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Edmonton, Canada.

Diogo Wachtel, Sinan Tasabat, Thomas Rothmeier, Letícia Cristófoli, Werner Huber, 2024, Exploring Synthetic Radar Data and Deep Learning for Road User Classification in Autonomous Vehicles, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Edmonton, Canada.

Diogo Wachtel, Thomas Rothmeier, Letícia Cristófoli Duarte, Martin Vossiek, Werner Huber, 2024, Simulation and Validation of Automotive Radar Performance with Water Spray over Radome. IEEE Sensors. Kobe, Japan.

Diogo Wachtel, Thomas Rothmeier, Tetmar von dem Bussche, Werner Huber, Martin Vossiek, 2024, Radar in the Rain: Understanding and Simulating Environmental Effects on ADAS, IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf24). Denver, USA.

Thomas Rothmeier, Diogo Wachtel, Tetmar von dem Bussche-Hünnefeld, Werner Huber, 06/2023, I Had a Bad Day: Challenges of Object Detection in Bad Visibility Conditions, Anchorage, AK, 10.1109/IV55152.2023.10186674

D. Wachtel, J. Edler, S. Schröder, S. Queiroz and W. Huber, 10/2022, Convolutional Neural Network Classification of Vulnerable Road Users based on Micro-Doppler Signatures using an Automotive Radar, Macau, China, DOI:10.1109/ITSC55140.2022.9921852.

Wachtel Granado D., Schröder S., Reway F., Huber W., Vossiek M., 07/2021, Validation of a Radar Sensor Model under Non-Ideal Conditions for Testing Automated Driving Systems, 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV), Japan, pp. 83-89, DOI: 10.1109/IVWorkshops54471.2021.9669205

Diogo Wachtel Granado, Sabine Schröder, Fabio Reway, Werner Huber, Martin Vossiek; Validation of a Radar Sensor Model under Non-Ideal Conditions for Testing Automated Driving Systems, in 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles (IV), 2021. (Approved/ to be published)

F. Reway, A. Hoffmann, D. Wachtel, W. Huber, A. Knoll und E. Ribeiro, „Test Method for Measuring the Simulation-to-Reality Gap of Camera-based Object Detection Algorithms for Autonomous Driving“, in 2020 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles (IV), 2020.

F. Reway, M. Drechsler, D. Wachtel und W. Huber, „Validity Analysis of Simulation-based Testing concerning Free-space Detection in Autonomous Driving“, in 6th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems, 2020.

Zimbico A.J. et al. (2019) Joint Adaptive Beamforming to Enhance Noise Suppression for Medical Ultrasound Imaging. In: Lhotska L., Sukupova L., Lacković I., Ibbott G. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2018. IFMBE Proceedings

Granado, D.W., Zimbico, A.J., Maia, J.M., Assef, A.A, Schneider F.K., Costa, E.T. Comparison Between F-K Migration and Delay-And-Sum Methods on Plane Waves to Generate Power Doppler Images on A Small String of a Doppler Phantom​, COBEC SEB, 2017

A. J. Zimbico et al., "Beam domain adaptive beamforming using generalized side lobe canceller with coherence factor for medical ultrasound imaging," 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Washington, DC, 2017

 

Patente

WO2019129354A1: “Method for programming a field programmable gate array and network configuration”, December 28, 2017

WO2018130263A1: “Method of operating a unit in a daisy chain, communication unit and a system including a plurality of communication units”, January 11, 2017

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