Active safety

Camera-Enhanced Cockpit

New camera technology recognizes driver to adjust settings, monitor road obstacles, and prevent theft

Visteon Corporation is addressing the challenge of driver distraction through a new cockpit concept that uses multiple cameras in the vehicle to keep a constant eye on both the driver and the road ahead. The new camera-enhanced cockpit concept from Visteon Electronics – designed with input from consumers – uses cameras to automatically enlarge certain […]

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Denso Laser Radar module

New Laser Radar developed by Denso

Global automotive supplier DENSO Corporation has developed smaller and more cost-effective laser radar, which is an active safety technology that will help avoid low-speed collisions. DENSO’s new laser radar is used as a sensor for the Smart Assist System* of the Daihatsu Move, a compact vehicle released in the Japanese market last December. “As automakers

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Audi and Skoda active lane assist system

Audi’s Active Lane Assist is a system intended to help the driver stay within the intended lane of travel. At speeds above 65km/h, a camera mounted by the rear view mirror at the top of the windscreen detects lane marking ahead of the vehicle. Information from the camera is combined with data about the car’s

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Honda safety package featuring city-brake active system

Under the concept of “offering collision-free vehicles to more drivers,” Honda Motor Co., Ltd. developed the “City-Brake Active System,” an accident avoidance support system (Similar to Volvo Car system), and bundled it into the “Safety Package” with enhanced safety features that also includes vehicle occupant protection technology such as side airbags and side curtain airbags.

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Volvo Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection with full auto brake

An emergency braking system detecting cyclists developed by Volvo

Doug Speck, Senior Vice President Marketing, Sales and Customer Service at Volvo Car Group, literally rolled out another Volvo world first in automotive safety at a press conference at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. He introduced a new safety feature – a technology that detects and automatically brakes for cyclists swerving out in front of

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