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Active Safety Technologies

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We (Hitachi research laboratory) are working on research and development of active safety technology using cooperation of the sensing technology (a radar, a Camera and a navigation system) and vehicle control technology to realize prevent crash. We are aiming at realization of comfortable automotive society without accidents.

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In the car field such as the car manufacturer in recent years, the new technology called the active safety is developed to prevent traffic accidents. For aiming at realization of safe and comfortable traffic society, we (Hitachi Research Laboratory) are working on research and development of two technologies. The one is a sensing technology using a car navigation, a camera and a radar. The other is a suitable vehicle control technology according to the operation conditions.

Adaptive Cruise Control using a navigation :
recognizes road environment of curves and decelerates automatically before curves using a navigation and a camera.
Lane departure prevention :
This system gives the alarm to drivers to prevent deviation from a lane using lane recognition.
Vehicle detection :
This system detects the surrounding vehicle and supports appropriate break control using a camera and a radar.

Recent articles

  • T. Nishigaito : Sensor Fusion Technology for Advanced Active Safety, HITACHI HYORON vol.89, No.08, 654-657 (2007) (In Japanese)
  • S. Muramatsu : Image Recognition Technologies for Understanding Driving Scene, Journal of Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, vol.61, No.2, p.56-61 (2007)(In Japanese)