GMV winner in the CLEPA ‘Smart & Safe’ Awards

GMV GSharp, the safe and precise positioning solution based on satellite navigation technologies (GNSS) from the technology multinational GMV, has been awarded the ‘Smart & Safe’ prize at the 7^th edition of the European Automotive Suppliers Association (CLEPA) Innovation Awards.

Each year, the CLEPA Innovation Awards recognize the European automotive supplier industry’s commitment to the technological development of smart, safe, and sustainable mobility. They celebrate outstanding achievements under two main categories: ‘Smart & Safe’ and ‘Clean & Sustainable.’ The eight award winners were selected by an international panel of 28 experts, members of the automotive supply industry and research and innovation centers, who evaluated 93 applications. The award ceremony took place on Thursday, October 13 in Brussels.

Each year, the event celebrates the achievements of the automotive industry, which is the largest private investor in R&D in the EU, investing around 30 billion euros each year to develop the mobility of the future.

GMV GSharp, which is already being used in autonomous vehicles of major vehicle manufacturers (OEMs), has won the panel’s recognition as an innovative solution that provides highly accurate and safe positioning information.

Autonomous driving

GMV has a long track record in supplying software for the automotive sector, working with both OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. With more than 30 years of experience in GNSS-based technologies and more than 20 years of experience in the development of safe and accurate positioning systems in various sectors, the company is at the forefront in the development of positioning technologies for autonomous vehicles.

Having technologies and systems that allow positioning with maximum precision, safety and reliability is key to autonomous driving. In this respect GMV is highlighting the aerospace market’s traditional solutions for autonomous cars, based on global satellite navigation systems, in which it has built up a wealth of experience in the space sector.

The winning technological solution, GMV GSharp for automotive, provides positioning software that calculates vehicle position and other parameters using advanced algorithms developed by the company, in line with the most demanding automotive regulations and the highest quality standards for the development of critical software.

In the words of GMV’s Automotive Business Unit Director, Sara Gutiérrez, “GNSS is a mature, flexible, high-performance technology that has proved to be a key factor in the deployment of multiple mobility solutions. GMV has been participating in various international projects for over 20 years now, using satellite navigation technology in the automotive field and is now starting to apply it successfully to autonomous driving, making this innovation award a recognition for GMV of all its hard work.”

The only technology that allows absolute positioning of a vehicle is based on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), such as GPS or the European Galileo. High-precision positioning is essential for autonomous driving, but high-precision positions are not enough to guarantee safety; the concept of integrity must be incorporated, as is the case with GMV GSharp.

GMV GSharp includes the ability to detect and exclude, in real time, sources of error and hazards affecting the positioning data, calculating in real time a confidence area, defined by the so-called Protection Levels. The probability of erroneous positioning information is extremely low within the confidence area. GMV’s solution consists of an onboard software—Positioning Engine—that reliably calculates the vehicle’s position, speed and heading. For this purpose, the positioning engine uses GNSS signals, integrated with data from other sensors onboard the vehicle, together with additional information generated and sent over the internet by GMV’s GNSS Correction Service.

Both the GNSS Corrections Service and the on-board positioning software (Positioning Engine) have been developed following ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 standards to ensure compliance with the safety requirements that apply to autonomous driving. The solution also complies with the concept of security by design in accordance with ISO 21434, incorporating necessary countermeasures in the software and in the system for the detection of GNSS-related attacks (anti-spoofing and anti-jamming schemes) and other existing vulnerabilities. During the development of the solution, the rigorous project management practices required in the automotive industry were applied and the strictest quality standards applicable to automotive software engineering (A-SPICE CL3) were followed.

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