ZF has selected the LogiRecorder automotive videologger from Xylon for testing and validation of its next-generation forward-facing Smart Camera 6 (EyeQ6L). The logger will be used by ZF in the development of autonomous vehicle functions.
The LogiRecorder supports several modes of operation in datalogging and advanced simulations of various urban and highway scenarios necessary for confirmation of the camera’s compliance with automotive and customer requirements.
Featuring a flexible and modular architecture, the LogiRecorder can enable direct datalogging of all the ZF smart camera and radar interfaces, including the automotive LVDS video, CAN and Ethernet data, with no external converter devices. Additionally, its ability to process the debug data over an Ethernet communication link and the TAPI protocol enables it to alert the driver of an impaired camera operation during datalogging itself. The logged TAPI and internal camera data enable ZF and Mobileye engineers to make additional system improvements when necessary.
The LogiRecorder can replay all recorded video and network data. It enables ZF engineers to iterate through different hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation scenarios in full comfort of a laboratory setup, and to inject recordings into the ZF smart camera’s vision processor.
HIL simulations with synthetically generated data offer better controllability and more economical testing, resulting in fewer actual driven miles. The LogiRecorder enables the ZF simulation and test teams to stimulate their smart camera with synthetic data. Synthetic simulations provide developers with the freedom to test corner-case traffic situations until the control algorithms are fully perfected.
“We have chosen Xylon’s solution because it has already been proven in a multitude of global ZF projects based on the previous Smart Camera 4.8 camera model,” said Dr Andreas Teuner, VP of ADAS engineering at ZF.