Autonomous cars – self-driving cars glossary, frequently used abbreviations, terminology

Under update

SAE j3016 – Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to On-Road Motor Vehicle Automated Driving Systems.

sae-levels

U.S. DoT’s official reference for defining the five levels of vehicle autonomy.

https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j3016_201401/

ADAS  – (not so ) ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM

ACC – ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL

Cruise control system, ideally automatically adapts speed to have safe distance from obstacles in front.

AEB – AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCY BRAKING

Autobrake to prevent collision with front obstacle. Good luck against hijackers though. 

CIB – CRASH IMMINENT BRAKING, COLLISION IMMINENT BRAKING

APS – AUTOMATIC PARKING SYSTEM

IPAS – INTELLIGENT PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM

BSD – BLIND SPOT DETECTION
BSM – BLIND SPOT MONITORING
BSW – BLIND SPOT WARNING

BOP – BACK-OVER PROTECTION, BACK-OVER PREVENTION

HUD – HEAD-UP-DISPLAY (on windshield glass)

UPA – ULTRASONIC PARK ASSIST

DMS Driver Monitoring System

FlexRay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlexRay

OTA – Over The Air Updates. Software update without going to dealership.

SAD – SEMI-AUTONOMOUS DRIVING

SLAM

LIDAR  ( light (laser) radar ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar

Positioning / orientation

RADAR radio detection and ranging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar

FMEA – Failure Mode Effects Analysis

IMU – Inertial Measurement Unit (orient without gps) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_measurement_unit

FLIR (infrared camera) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward-looking_infrared

GPS geo positioning with satellites 

PPP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precise_Point_Positioning for gps

RTK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_kinematic