TY - JOUR A1 - Augustine, Nitin A1 - Schwab, Maximilian A1 - Klarmann, Steffen A1 - Pfefferer, Christian A1 - Schiendorfer, Alexander T1 - Impact of Blemish Artefacts on Object Detection Models in Autonomous Driving: A Study on Camera Module Manufacturing Defects JF - Procedia Computer Science N2 - With the rise of autonomous driving technology, concerns over the safety of AI-based systems have increased, particularly regarding their effect on human life and infrastructure. The complexity and unpredictable nature of AI-enabled software functions have disrupted traditional safety evaluation methods. In such a scenario, the quality control methods used at the manufacturing environments of sensors used for deploying AI-based perception functions need to be coupled with the downstream functions. This study focuses on investigating the impact of a specific production-related defect called blemish, which is caused by debris on image sensors of camera modules. The research aims to answer two fundamental questions: 1) How can blemish artifacts be mathematically modeled, and what is the process for developing a suitable dataset that incorporates this defect? 2) How can the influence of blemish artifacts on performance of object detection models be traced back to define quality requirements of the camera modules? This work takes a novel perspective by shifting the focus from improving model resilience to improving hardware quality camera modules by studying the effects of manufacturing defects on downstream functions. This research seeks to establish a framework to derive quality targets for front camera module manufacturing which can be extended to other sensors for similar applications. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.061 Y1 - 2024 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.01.061 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-46388 SN - 1877-0509 VL - 2024 IS - 232 SP - 616 EP - 625 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -