MAJOR AUTO MANUFACTURERS GRAPPLE WITH PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY SENSORS
July 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONSORTIUM of major European auto manufacturers, engineers and researchers have developed prototype technology sensing whether pedestrians and cyclists may collide with a car, van, or lorry, alerting drivers in real time. However, the members of the WATCH-OVER group still have work before the resulting system can be marketed. Project coordinator Dr Luisa Andreone told a European Commission briefing note that its algorithms need to better distinguish between safe and dangerous situations. She said: "You might have a pedestrian... who has ...
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