Danger Zone Detection Beyond the Mirrors Presenter: Dave McDonald Rosco Vision Systems

Agenda Background Current Technologies Future Technologies Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 Abigail’s Law – New Jersey Current Technologies Electronic Based Detection Video Based Detection Future Technologies

Background

Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 2-Year-Old Cameron Was Killed When He Was Inadvertently Backed Over by an SUV Because the Vehicle’s Blind Zone Prevents Accidental Injury in Non-Traffic Accidents Auto-Reverse For Power Windows Back-Over Avoidance Blind Zones Regulations Brake Transmission Shift Interlock Establish Public Online Database Non-Traffic & Non-Crash Related Fatalities

Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007 Back-Over Avoidance U.S. Department of Transportation Revise Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 111 (FMVSS 111) Expanded Requirements for Rear Visibility With Integration of: Additional Mirrors Back-up Sensors & Cameras Other Technology All Vehicles Must Be in Compliance Within 4 Years

Vehicle Backover Avoidance Technology Study November 2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS National Highway Traffic Safety Administration U.S. Department of Transportation Washington, DC 20590

Original equipment sensor detection systems are marketed as parking aids and do not purport to detect people. Typically, the vehicle owners’ manuals contain cautionary warnings that tell drivers the limitations of the technology as a pedestrian detection system. Examples of these warnings are shown below: “This system is not designed to prevent contact with small or moving objects. The system is designed to provide a warning to assist the driver in detecting objects to avoid damaging the vehicle. The system may not detect smaller objects, particularly those close to the ground.” 2007 Lincoln Navigator “Sensors have dead spaces in which objects cannot be detected. Be especially alert for small children and animals since they are not always detected by the sensors.” 2004 Audi A8

Testing showed that the performance of sensor-based (ultrasonic and radar) parking aids in detecting child pedestrians behind the vehicle was typically poor, sporadic and limited in range. Based on calculations of the distance required to stop from a typical backing speed, detection ranges exhibited by the systems tested were not sufficient to prevent collisions with pedestrians or other objects. Of the technologies tested for their potential to reduce backover incidents, the camera based systems may have the greatest potential to provide drivers with reliable assistance in identifying people in the path of the vehicle when backing.

Abigail’s Law – New Jersey Middlesex County First Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Kuberiet’s Daughter, Abigial Was Killed in 2003 When She Was Struck By a School Bus She Walked in Front Of All Newly Manufactured School Buses Must Be Equipped with a Sensor System to Determine Presence of People & Objects: Frontal Detection Rearward Detection

Current Technologies

Electronic Based Detection Types of Sensory Technology Microwave Measuring the Reflected Energy from Target Vehicles Within the Field of View to Detect Occupancy, Presence and Velocity Directly Doppler Transmits a Radar Beam at a Moving Target as it Approaches or Recedes from the Radar Source to Measure the Velocity of Detected Objects Ultrasonic Operate by Transmitting Ultrasonic Energy and Measuring the Energy Reflected by the Target to Obtain Measurements of Vehicle Presence, Speed, and Occupancy

Electronic Based Detection Types of Sensory Technology Microwave Doppler Ultrasonic

Electronic Based Detection Reliability Studies

Types of Video Technology Video Based Detection Types of Video Technology Camera & Monitor Systems Improves Driver Visibility Backup Cameras Side Cameras

Video Based Detection Reliability Studies

Future Technologies

Smart Cameras Technologies Include Lane Departure Warning Auto Pedestrian Detection Automatic Emergency Braking Forward Collision Warning Systems Automatic 911 Crash Notification

Thank You

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