T HE paper proposes a formal approach for describing and evaluating the datasets that are used in automotive applications for machine learning, testing, and validation purposes. Proper, that is, qualitative and quantitative characterization of the datasets can simplify the analysis, evaluation, and comparison of perception-based algorithms designed for highly automated vehicles. Such formalism is also needed to achieve compliance with the automotive industry safety standards that have been recently introduced. Characterization in the form of size or type of raw data, number of recognized and classified objects, and environmental parameters is not perfectly suitable for describing both the static and dynamic aspects of automotive datasets; therefore, another approach is required. In this paper, an efficient method based on an object tracking mechanism, grid representation of the sensor field of view, heatmap concept, and Wasserstein metric is proposed. The efficiency of the method is demonstrated by its ability to handle both the size, properties, and diversity of the dataset, including static and time-varying aspects. The presented description can also be used to compare different datasets and to define the amount of data to be collected.

The aim of this work is to formulate a new metric to be used in the automotive industry for the evaluation process of software used to detect vehicles on video data. To achieve this goal, we have formulated a new concept for measuring the degree of matching between rectangles for industrial use. We propose new measure based on three sub-measures focused on the area of the rectangle, its shape, and distance. These sub-measures are merged into a General similarity measure to avoid problems with poor adaptability of the Jaccard index to practical issues of recognition. Additionally, we create method of calculation of detection quality in the sequence of video frames that summarizes the local quality and adds information about possible late detection. Experiments with real and artificial data have confirmed that we have created flexible tools that can reduce time needed to evaluate detection software efficiently, and provide more detailed information about the quality of detection than the Jaccard index. Their use can significantly speed up data analysis and capture the weaknesses and limitations of the detection system under consideration. Our detection quality assessment method can be of interest to all engineers involved in machine recognition of video data.

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This paper describes a fluid simulation application for the generation of driving trajectories in a simulated environment. The proposed method translates a segmented view from a front-facing camera into a top-down view of a road network, which is used as a river system where fluid flow is being simulated. Inspired by the natural phenomenon of water particles navigating complex riverbed obstacles, the driving trajectory is planned by tracing the simulated fluid flow. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed solution, the method was tested in several driving scenarios proposed in state-of-the-art papers, including navigating traffic and obstacles in city and highway environments. This solution shows that even very complex tasks can be solved using elegant nature-inspired approaches.INDEX TERMS Automotive applications, autonomous systems, vehicle driving, signal processing algorithms.