Automotive manufacturers across the globe are hard at work developing safe, reliable self-driving vehicles with different levels of autonomy1https://www.blickfeld.com/blog/5-automation-levels/. Every action generates data, from driver assistance to partial automation, conditional or high automation, or fully automated cars.
BRYCK® solves the industry’s data management challenges by integrating with vehicle acquisition units. This integration allows devices to capture data at the edge, process it, or transfer it to a storage facility for analysis.
Cameras and Sensors Produce Big Data Quantities
Cameras and Sensors Produce Big Data Quantities
Autonomous vehicles are heavily data-driven due to extensive use of sensors and camera modules combined with advanced software and computing capabilities. The amount of data generated depends on the degree of automation and the number of sensors required to operate the vehicle.
At the lower automation levels, connected cars generate approximately 25 GB of data each hour. As levels 4 and 5 achieve approval and mass production begins on autonomous vehicles, traffic control entities will require fast access to information to determine the causes of—and solutions to—anomalies that arise.
Data quantities generated by sensors include:
Radar: Vehicles contain an average of 4 to 6 of these sensors, which yield 0.1 to15 Mbits/s each
LiDAR: Vehicles have between 1 and 5 sensors, generating 20 to100 Mbits/s each
Radar: Vehicles contain an average of 4 to 6 of these sensors, which yield 0.1 to15 Mbits/s each
LiDAR: Vehicles have between 1 and 5 sensors, generating 20 to100 Mbits/s each
Cameras: These are vital for self-driving capabilities, with some autonomous vehicles supporting 6 to 12 cameras generating 500 to 3,500 Mbits/s each2https://www.tuxera.com/blog/autonomous-cars-300-tb-of-data-per-year/
Ultrasonic: With 8 to 16 ultrasonic sensors per vehicle, each producing 0.1 Mbits/s
Cameras: These are vital for self-driving capabilities, with some autonomous vehicles supporting 6 to 12 cameras generating 500 to 3,500 Mbits/s each2https://www.tuxera.com/blog/autonomous-cars-300-tb-of-data-per-year/
Ultrasonic: With 8 to 16 ultrasonic sensors per vehicle, each producing 0.1 Mbits/s
Based on the sensor data research, a single car could produce between 380 TB and 5,100 TB of data annually.
Based on the sensor data research, a single car could produce between 380 TB and 5,100 TB of data annually.
Managing Autonomous Driving Data
Managing Autonomous Driving Data
Annual estimates by the AAA show the average American spends 17,600 minutes driving each year3 https://newsroom.aaa.com/2016/09/americans-spend-average-17600-minutes-driving-year/. Based on the sensor data above, a single car could produce between 380 TB and 5,100 TB of data annually. Data volumes stored on-vehicle aren’t accessible for gathering insights.
Current methods of transporting data are expensive due to high-speed connection usage, qualified staffing, and costly equipment. Transfers are subject to security risks during processing, queuing, and transmission, while delays and equipment malfunctions can lead to data loss, potential breaches, and late access to insights.
Current methods for capturing vehicle data include:
Uploading the data over high-speed 1-Gbps networks at the rate of up to 10 terabytes per day
Transferring 200 terabytes per day using a dedicated WAN with a 25 Gbps connection
Transporting the data in a full-sized truck-mounted storage device that carries up to 10 petabytes per trip by road4 disclaimer 4
On arrival, transferring the data to the storage and processing facility
Introducing BRYCK®
Introducing BRYCK®
BRYCK® is a state-of-the-art data management solution developed to address companies’ issues in capturing, transferring, and storing large quantities of data. The device provides data capture and computing capabilities, allowing its pre-processing so only essential information is retained. This action reduces the volumes of data to migrate over existing broadband connections, lowers the risk of exposure and compromise, and optimizes the cost of data management.
As more advanced autonomous vehicles are released to the market, manufacturers and traffic monitoring entities will have to capture, store, and process increasing quantities of data. BRYCK® offers a multi-pronged solution representing an important landmark in autonomous vehicle production and adoption.
