Detailed Explanation of Tesla's Intelligent Driving Assistance System, A Tool to Enhance Driving Safety?

Tesla is the benchmark in the global electric vehicle market, founded on July 1, 2003, with its headquarters in Silicon Valley, California. Since its establishment, Tesla has gone through the stages of concept car release, the launch of the first model Roadster, to the successive launch of models such as Model S, Model X, Model 3, and currently holds a significant share in the global market. Its product strength also leads the development trend of the electric vehicle industry.

The Autopilot autonomous driving system is one of the representative technologies of the Tesla brand, which has been getting a lot of attention in the global electric vehicle industry since its launch. Thanks to early resource investments and technical precipitation, its Autopilot autonomous driving system has already realized a number of advanced assisted driving functions and continues evolving and upgrading. Compared to competitors, it has reached an industry-leading standard in terms of user experience.

Autopilot is one of the key features of Tesla's Full Self-Driving Capability, capable of automated assisted navigation driving, automated lane changing and parking, smart summoning, recognizing city traffic lights and parking signs, and a host of other functions. While relieving driver fatigue, it can also effectively improve traffic safety.

In terms of hardware: Autopilot's hardware information has a basic configuration, a smart chip with a peak computing speed of 144TOPS, a processing speed of 2100 frames/sec, and a total of 8 cameras around the vehicle to monitor the front, rear, left, right and blind spots, and even up to 250 meters of forward road conditions, giving the driver ample time to react in case of an accident.

Tesla is also equipped with a front millimeter wave radar with a detection range of 160 meters and 12 ultrasonic sensors, which are used to improve the accuracy of measurement and enhance the sensitivity of automatic driving.

Software Aspect: Tesla's visual neural system, with the support of the above hardware configuration, has a stronger perception of surrounding affairs like the eyes of an eagle. The system performs computer vision operations and then outputs instructions to the vehicle.

Usage scenarios of Autopilot:

1. Intelligent Cruise Control: Tesla's Autopilot is based on the original ACC Adaptive Cruise Control, with the addition of automatic steering, which can steer according to the vehicle's lane, this feature ensures that the vehicle always maintains a reasonable speed and avoids slowing down due to slow-moving vehicles ahead.

2. Automatic Parking: When the vehicle identifies a parking space, it can automatically reverse park or side park, this function can effectively help consumers with poor parking skills, making parking more convenient.

3. Automatic Lane Change Assistance: When the driver activates Autopilot while driving on the road, if they want to change lanes to a nearby lane, they will just need to flick the direction, and the car will change lanes quickly. If there are vehicles approaching quickly from behind or vehicles on the side during the lane change, the vehicle will wait for the vehicles to pass before changing lanes. This operation eliminates the trouble of changing lanes by oneself.

4. Automated Assisted Navigation Driving: Before driving, you can search for your destination. If "Automated Assisted Navigation Driving" appears on the navigation, you can click on it, and the vehicle will perform actions such as automatic lane change or automatic highway exit on the road;

5. Intelligent Summon: When the driver cannot find the vehicle, within a range of 60 meters, the vehicle can be operated on the mobile phone to drive to the driver's side. If there are pedestrians or vehicles on the way, it will automatically avoid them. This scenario is ideal when it's raining and you don't have an umbrella; summoning a vehicle to a nearby location can help you avoid getting wet.

It is worth noting that due to differences in traffic laws and regulations in different countries, there are significant differences in traffic environments. Thus, the Tesla brand's intelligent driving assistance system will have some functions deleted, causing the use experience to be inconsistent.

In the US domestic market, the Tesla brand has achieved Level 3 autonomous driving in the US. This means that Tesla's vehicles can replace most of the driving tasks, but the driver still needs to maintain a high level of attention in order to take over promptly when the system makes a request. The main difference between Level 3 autonomous driving and Level 2 is that Level 3 allows drivers to be off-duty hands and feet under specific conditions, and the system can independently complete almost all driving operations.

Summary

Intelligent Driving Assistance Systems are an important direction for the future development of automobiles. Although full automation has not yet been achieved, with the advancement of technology and the accumulation of experience, intelligent driving will inevitably replace manual driving, initiating a completely new revolution in the current traffic environment. Once implemented, the future road traffic safety will be effectively improved, making people's travel much easier.