ADAS calibration requires aligning these sensor devices in your car so that they work properly. A dynamic calibration process requires the technician to take your car for a ride, while a static calibration process uses specialized tools to calibrate the ADAS while your car is stationary. Advanced calibration of driver assistance systems includes precisely aligning these embedded sensors in your vehicle. Dynamic calibration technology requires the technician to drive your vehicle, whereas a fixed calibration process uses a special transmission to calibrate ADAS while your vehicle is stationary.
Because ADAS cameras and sensors are located in high-precision sections of the windshield, any displacement can make calibration difficult or impossible. ADAS calibration (and recalibration) is the precise physical alignment, testing, and electronic alignment of sensors that collect data to inform your vehicle’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), such as Collision Warning (FCW), Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), and many others. Automotive professionals must know and comply with OEM ADAS calibration standards in order for a vehicle’s ADAS systems to function properly. STATIC ADAS calibration uses specialized tools in a specially rendered environment to precisely adjust sensor angles.
For example, vehicles with a windshield-mounted front ADAS camera must be calibrated after the windshield has been replaced. Dynamic calibration requires the vehicle to be driven at specific speeds and conditions while connected to an ADAS reader, but that is anything but a test drive. This blog describes the ADAS calibration system and provides a comprehensive overview of the issue. Unfortunately, not all ADAS sensors have self-diagnosis features to tell the driver when the calibration is over.
However, the final adjustments are made during calibration and are carried out electronically by the ADAS module itself. To help you understand, here are some of the most common ADAS sensors that need to be calibrated most frequently.