1. 1 European Project IST – 2000 – 28058 European Project IST – 2000 – 28058

2. 2 - Antonio Lanci - Project Manager FIAT Research Center Innovative Vehicle-Infrastructure Telematics for Rescue Operations The AIDER project

3. 3 The AIDER project aims at the development of an efficient system, able to optimize the efficiency of Rescue Operations in situations of Accidents on the Road. The AIDER Concept is based on the idea of a direct co-operation between an On-board System for Automatic Incident Detection, to be installed in vehicles, and Control Centers, dispatching the emergency calls to the “Rescue Services”. During- and after-accident full information on personal injuries, vehicle status, involved parties and accident area location are automatically provided to the Control Center. This should lead to an effective reduction of the time of intervention and optimisation of the rescue procedures, so it can be possible to consequently reduce mortality in road accidents. Project Objectives

4. 4 The AIDER project aims to study, design and develop three main sub-systems: an On-board system: with a specific sensorial platform for passengers physical status monitoring, a computing unit for accident severity classification and recording memory for accident reconstruction a Communication system: with a transmitting system for dispatching the Automatic SOS call a Control Center system: for receiving and manage the information arriving from the Accident area Scientific Objectives

5. 5 The AIDER system is able to: Make an Automatic SOS Call to a Control Center to optimize the operation management of the Rescue Forces Provide a Voice and Video Link between the Vehicle and the Control Center Provide Biomedical Data about the physical status of the passengers involved in the accident Make Off-Line Accident Reconstruction, useful for attribution of responsibilities (for Insurance companies and Police) Automatic detection of the Position of the Accident Added Values of the Project

6. 6 AIDER will mainly investigate state-of-the-art technologies involving: On-Board Vehicle sensorial systems and Telematic Technologies -> Accelerometers, Gyros, GPS, VideoCameras, Crash Sensors… Biophysical sensors -> Accelerometers and Oxymeters, for Hearth Rate, Respiration Rate, Blood Oxigen, Blood Pressure. Communication technologies -> GPRS/UMTS, SARSAT Control Center technologies Technologies

7. 7 Test of Resistance of stand-alone Black Box: resistance to crashes with manteinance of transmitting functionalities Simulation of accident scenarios. When the accident is simulated, information are sent to the Control Center, regarding physical parameters of the occupants, vehicle status, Two Operation modes:- Automatic Call - Manual Call Operation Test of correct receiving of data in the Control Center, both Medical Control Center and Road Management Center Rescue center

8. 8 In Europe, road accidents cause about 42000 deaths and 1.5 millions injured people, every year. AIDER, trying to optimise rescue procedures and operations with also the reduction of the time of response, will provide valuable contribution to the EU policy, in particular way addressing the reduction of costs in rescue operation, and also contributing to the very important social and ethical aim of reduction of deaths in road accidents. Contribution to European Policy

9. 9 Methodologies Control Center for Road Management, Control Center for Rescue Management, Insurance companies, Police, and others will be contacted to better identify which are the valuable information of the accident, regarding the vehicle, the occupants and the surrounding area status. Sensors for Biophysical information and valuable vehicle information will be defined. Requirements or protecting this data (Black Box protection) will be also defined. At Control Center level, the Accident severity will be in this way reconstructed, using a wide Accidentologic Database, in order to foresee the crash severity and therefore optimize rescue management operations.

10. 10 AIDER short term benefits: improvement of actual rescue operations and management and provision of valuable information regarding accident severity. AIDER long term benefits: Possible introduction to the market of AIDER systems. The AIDER Black Box may be, in the future, widely used for helping in accident situations and for accident reconstruction (useful for Police and Insurance companies). Future Benefits

11. 11  Centro Ricerche FIAT (CRF)  Daimler Chrysler (DC)  IAT – Orantech  Elbit System  Tadiran Spectralink  Ramot Tel Aviv University  GMV Sistemas  Universita di Trento  RWTH – IKA  Sinelec  ISM (Instutute of Applied Sciences in Medicine) Italy Germany Israel Spain Italy Germany Italy Austria Partners

12. 12 Contact Person: ANTONIO.LANCI@CRF.IT Web Site: WWW.CRFPROJECT-EU.ORG/AIDER.HTM Duration: 36 Months Started: September 2001 Budget: 2.6 M €uro Project Data