Autonomous Cooperative Driving Approaching Soon... Accelerating Introduction Through National Idea Contest

[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] On the 12th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced the results of the 'Service Idea and Business Model Contest' held to discover autonomous cooperative driving services and business models through the creative ideas of the public in preparation for the autonomous driving era. Hosted by the Korea Transport Institute and sponsored by the Autonomous Cooperative Driving Industry Development Council, a total of 97 teams applied for this contest, and 12 teams were honored with awards.

The contest was divided into two categories: the service idea category open to the entire public and the business model category targeted at companies. Applications began in May, and through document screening and final presentation evaluations by a judging panel composed of industry, academia, and research experts, eight winners were selected in the service idea category and four in the business model category.

The selected outstanding works are scheduled to be pilot-applied in the vehicle-to-road cooperative driving system (C-ITS) demonstration project and the private-participation autonomous cooperative driving test space (Living Lab).

In the service idea category, the team from University of Seoul proposing the 'Real-time Precision Road Map Construction System for Safe Driving on Back Roads' was selected as the grand prize winner, receiving the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award and a prize of 5 million won. This system received high praise for presenting a concrete idea where C-ITS roadside communication base stations and vehicles cooperate to acquire and utilize real-time updates of precision road maps for back roads with a high frequency of accidents.

In the business model category, the Kyungil University and Hypersensing team’s 'LiDAR Fusion-based Intersection Monitoring System' was selected as the grand prize winner, receiving the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award and a prize of 10 million won. This system introduces laser technology to road detectors that primarily use optical sensors, enhancing the accuracy of vehicle and pedestrian detection information. Applying this technology to C-ITS received high marks for compensating the shortcomings of existing detectors whose detection performance deteriorates at night, thereby providing effective autonomous cooperative driving services.

Yoon Jin-hwan, Director of Vehicle Management at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, stated, "Under the Korean New Deal, we plan to expand autonomous cooperative driving infrastructure such as C-ITS and precision road maps nationwide," adding, "We will continue to make efforts to commercialize autonomous cooperative driving and discover autonomous cooperative driving traffic services."

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