Autonomous Driving Technology Tailored to Narrow Roads

Hyundai Mobis tests vehicles equipped with its latest smart parking technology.

Hyundai Mobis announced on Nov. 14 that it has developed a smart parking system designed to help drivers park their vehicles in small parking spaces.

The Mobis Parking System (MPS) is part of the advanced driver assistance system (ADASs) that integrates narrow-road driving, rear autonomous driving and remote automatic parking functions.

Hyundai Mobis explained that MPS is an urban autonomous driving technology specialized for roads in Korea and Europe. The technology allows drivers to use autonomous driving by pressing down a button when they face narrow roads.

Hyundai Mobis developed the technology, which it claimed to be the industry's first, based on software logic of its own development and ultrasonic sensors. The company said that while radar or LIDAR sensors are useful for high-speed driving or recognizing objects located at a long distance, ultrasonic sensors, which are suitable for short-range object recognition, outweigh them in narrow alleys and underground parking lots.

Narrow road driving is possible if there is an extra space of at least 40 centimeters wide from either side of a car. When a car’s rearview mirrors are unfolded, autonomous driving is possible only with about a span of space.

When a driver uses autonomous backward driving, the car saves its driving route in real time and creates a reverse route by itself and exits a dead end. The steering wheel and vehicle speed are automatically controlled.

Hyundai Mobis also boosted the competitiveness of its driving assistance solutions by integrating various safety convenience technologies into this system, including a remote automatic parking system that enables a car to find a space and parks on its own when the driver presses down the remote control button, a 3D 360-degree view monitor and rear collision prevention technology.

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