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Chapter 28Significance of Automated Driving in Japan

Sadayuki Tsugawa

Intelligent Systems Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

Chapter Menu

Introduction

Definitions of Automated Driving Systems

A History of Research and Development of Automated Driving Systems

Expected Benefits of Automated Driving

Issues of Automated Driving for Market Introduction

Possible Market Introduction of Automated Driving Systems in Japan

Conclusion

Objectives

• • To introduce the history and the state of the art of the development of automated driving systems.
• • To broaden the readers' understanding for the process of introducing automated or semiautomated driving systems to the market.
• • To point out the benefits of automated driving.
• • To explore which kind of automated or semiautomated driving are realizable for the middle and the far future.

28.1 Introduction

Automated driving systems of road vehicles [1, 2] can be briefly defined as the introduction of automation to road transportation systems, with the objective to provide automated solutions to traffic accidents and congestion. Automation will not only facilitate the elimination of human errors and latency during human driving, thus preventing traffic accidents, but also enable precise lateral and longitudinal vehicle control. This will increase road capacity, thus mitigating congestion and, in doing so, saving energy and reducing the environmental impact. Road vehicle automation ...