Following the submission of a joint abstract with the University of Newcastle(UNEW), TRW Conekt & UNEW have been invited to submit a full paper on the subject of heterogeneous sensor integration. This follows some exciting work that Conekt is currently undertaking as part of the EU funded "Embedded Middleware for Mobility Applications" (EMMA) project.
This project takes a novel middleware based approach to the current challenges facing the automotive industry in dealing with the ever increasing complexity in modern automotive sensor networks. These sensor networks are increasingly being proposed to provide next-generation active traffic management, in-vehicle data fusion and dynamic automotive networked systems. This middleware approach inserts a layer of dynamic messaging software which decouples data communication and syncronisation from the generation, collection and use of that data at specific network nodes. This abstracts the complexity of any given sensor network away from individual system designers, allowing them to focus on application specific challenges.
Conekt is supporting the project by applying its automotive sensor experience, distributed data management & fusion skills and custom FPGA development expertise to an example automotive radar based traffic density detection system using the EMMA middleware technology.
Conekt will present a paper exploring the implications of this technology in the context of current automotive systems development at the Road Traffic & Infrastructure Conference on the 25th May 2008.
For further information on this exciting project visit the EMMA homepage or email alan.barlow@trw.com for further details.
EMMA is part of the 6th Framework Programme, funded by the European Commission. The partners of EMMA wish to thank the European Commission for supporting the work of this project.
