Vehicle operation safety model test system

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions for measuring performance of a test scenario used in testing an autonomous driving safety requirement, which when executed by processing circuitry of a machine, cause the processing circuitry to:

• define a test environment for a test scenario, the test scenario used in a simulation of a test vehicle and a moving object that tests compliance with a minimum safe distance requirement of the autonomous driving safety requirement;
• define input parameters for the test scenario, the input parameters including a maximum acceleration value of the test vehicle;
• identify test procedures to use in the test scenario, wherein the test procedures define actions for testing the minimum safe distance requirement in the simulation, and wherein the minimum safe distance requirement relates to a distance between the test vehicle and the moving object in the simulation;
• identify test parameters to use with the identified test procedures, wherein the test parameters define:
• (i) velocity, amount of braking, or timing of braking for the test vehicle, and (ii) velocity and rate of acceleration or deceleration for the moving object;
• and
• create the test scenario for use in a test simulator of autonomous vehicle operation, wherein the test scenario applies the identified test procedures and the identified test parameters during the simulation of the defined test environment to identify a response of the test vehicle.

A computing system for measuring performance of a test scenario used in testing an autonomous driving safety requirement, the computing system comprising:

• a memory to store data associated with a test scenario, the test scenario to be used in a simulation of a test vehicle and a moving object that tests compliance with a minimum safe distance requirement of the autonomous driving safety requirement;
• and
• processing circuitry configured to:
• define input parameters for the test scenario, the input parameters including a maximum acceleration value of the test vehicle;
• identify test procedures to use in the test scenario, wherein the test procedures define actions for testing the minimum safe distance requirement in the simulation, and wherein the minimum safe distance requirement relates to a distance between the test vehicle and the moving object in the simulation;
• identify test parameters to use with the identified test procedures, wherein the test parameters define:
• (i) velocity, amount of braking, or timing of braking for the test vehicle, and (ii) velocity and rate of acceleration or deceleration for the moving object;
• and
• create the test scenario for use in a test simulator of autonomous vehicle operation, wherein the test scenario applies the identified test procedures and the identified test parameters during the simulation of the defined test scenario to identify a response of the test vehicle.