Autonomous drive emulation methods and devices

A sensor target emulator for generating emulated sensors inputs to a plurality of sensors, comprising:

• a parameter extractor configured to extract parameters from an externally supplied three-dimensional (3D) drive scenario;
• a radar target emulator configured to drive a radar antenna to output an emulated radar reflection by manipulating a received radar signal according to the parameters extracted by the parameter extractor;
• and
• a camera target emulator configured to drive a camera device to output an emulated video image according to the parameters extracted by the parameter extractor;
• wherein the sensor target emulator is configured to synchronize the emulated radar reflection and emulated video image by interpolating a current orientation of objects in the 3D drive scenario from the parameters extracted from the drive scenarios.

A method of testing sensor fusion of an advance driver assistance system (ADAS), the ADAS includes a plurality of sensors and an electronic control unit (ECU) processing outputs of the sensors, said method comprising

• using a three-dimensional (3D) scenario simulator to generate drive scenarios including objects in a surrounding environment of a simulated vehicle;
• and
• generating emulated sensors inputs to the plurality of sensors corresponding to the drive scenarios generated by the 3D scenario simulator;
• and
• synchronizing the emulated sensor inputs by interpolating a current location of the objects from parameters extracted from the drive scenarios.