Introduction to Self-Driving Vehicle Technology

This book aims to teach the core concepts that make Self-driving vehicles (SDVs) possible. It is aimed at people who want to get their teeth into self-driving vehicle technology, by providing genuine technical insights where other books just skim the surface. The book tackles everything from sensors and perception to functional safety and cybersecurity. It also passes on some practical know-how and discusses concrete SDV applications, along with a discussion of where this technology is heading. It will serve as a good starting point for software developers or professional engineers who are eager to pursue a career in this exciting field and want to learn more about the basics of SDV algorithms. Likewise, academic researchers, technology enthusiasts, and journalists will also find the book useful.

Key Features:

• Offers a comprehensive technological walk-through of what really matters in SDV development: from hardware, software, to functional safety and cybersecurity
• Written by an active practitioner with extensive experience in series development and research in the fields of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving
• Covers theoretical fundamentals of state-of-the-art SLAM, multi-sensor data fusion, and other SDV algorithms.
• Includes practical information and hands-on material with Robot Operating System (ROS) and Open Source Car Control (OSCC).
• Provides an overview of the strategies, trends, and applications which companies are pursuing in this field at present as well as other technical insights from the industry.

本書旨在教授使自動駕駛車輛（SDV）成為可能的核心概念。它針對那些希望深入了解自動駕駛車輛技術的人，提供真正的技術見解，而其他書籍只是觸及表面。本書涵蓋了從感測器和感知到功能安全和網絡安全的所有內容。它還傳授了一些實用的技巧，並討論了具體的SDV應用，以及這項技術的發展方向。對於渴望在這個令人興奮的領域追求職業生涯並想更深入了解SDV算法基礎的軟體開發人員或專業工程師來說，本書將是一個很好的起點。同樣，學術研究人員、技術愛好者和記者也會發現本書很有用。

主要特點：
- 提供了SDV開發中真正重要的硬體、軟體、功能安全和網絡安全的全面技術指南。
- 由一位在先進駕駛輔助系統（ADAS）和自動駕駛領域具有豐富系列開發和研究經驗的實踐者撰寫。
- 涵蓋了最先進的SLAM、多感測器數據融合和其他SDV算法的理論基礎。
- 包含了使用機器人操作系統（ROS）和開源汽車控制（OSCC）的實用信息和實踐材料。
- 提供了目前公司在這一領域追求的策略、趨勢和應用的概述，以及來自行業的其他技術見解。

Hanky Sjafrie is the CEO of SGEC, an independent engineering consulting firm specializing in automotive software engineering for Advanced Driver Assistance (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD.) Much of his experience was acquired through his deep involvement in these fields while working on various R&D projects for car manufacturers and automotive technology suppliers, ranging from sensor technologies (radars, lidars, ultrasonics, etc.) to automotive cybersecurity.

Prior to SGEC, he was actively involved in diverse series development and research projects within the domains of ADAS/AD and infotainment systems at BMW and Audi, as well as at a Silicon Valley-based autonomous driving start-up. Besides working with clients from the automotive industry, he also provides insights into the realm of automotive technology to Siemens, Boston Consulting Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Roland Berger, among others.

Hanky Sjafrie是SGEC的CEO，SGEC是一家獨立的工程諮詢公司，專門從事汽車軟體工程方面的高級駕駛輔助系統（ADAS）和自動駕駛（AD）領域。他在這些領域的豐富經驗主要來自於參與各種汽車製造商和汽車技術供應商的研發項目，涵蓋了從傳感器技術（雷達、激光雷達、超聲波等）到汽車網絡安全等多個方面。

在加入SGEC之前，他曾在BMW和Audi等公司以及一家位於矽谷的自動駕駛初創公司中積極參與各種高級駕駛輔助系統/自動駕駛和信息娛樂系統的系列開發和研究項目。除了與汽車行業的客戶合作外，他還向西門子、波士頓咨詢集團、普華永道和羅蘭貝格等公司提供有關汽車技術領域的見解。