SUBARU EXTRA EYES ON THE ROAD!
21 May, 2010
HI-TECH DEVICE IDENTIFIES DANGER, STOPS CARS!
SUBARU now has an extra pair of eyes to assist drivers. The Japanese car maker has unveiled its latest safety gadget, Eyesight. The Hi-tech system has the ability to identify road hazards such as pedestrians or other cars.
It then alerts the driver and automatically stops the car at speeds up to 50km/h.
The company's Australian operations have been testing the system for the past nine months. It is expected to be available locally next year.
EyeSight can avoid frontal collisions, lane drifting and low-speed impacts.
Other party tricks include land departure and sway warning functions.
The system also will stop a diver from driving into a car park wall if they accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake. It also uses adaptive cruise control. It designed to send warnings to a driver before activating its Pre-Collision Braking System and will take over if no action is detected.
Subaru Australia's technical service manager, Derek Ashbym said the system had significant road safety benefits.
"It works like the human eye, but is much faster at processing information," he said.
EyeSight is similar to other systems such as those from BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo. Subaru, however, uses two cameras near the rear-view mirror rather than a combination of camera and infra-red radar detection.
Its inventors say the cameras are better at recognising the complex road environment, from white lines to barriers and roadside obstacles, peoples and bicycles.
ARTICLE AND IMAGE SOURCED FROM THE ADVERTISER, FRIDAY 21ST MAY 2010
SUBARU now has an extra pair of eyes to assist drivers. The Japanese car maker has unveiled its latest safety gadget, Eyesight. The Hi-tech system has the ability to identify road hazards such as pedestrians or other cars.
It then alerts the driver and automatically stops the car at speeds up to 50km/h.
The company's Australian operations have been testing the system for the past nine months. It is expected to be available locally next year.
EyeSight can avoid frontal collisions, lane drifting and low-speed impacts.
Other party tricks include land departure and sway warning functions.
The system also will stop a diver from driving into a car park wall if they accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake. It also uses adaptive cruise control. It designed to send warnings to a driver before activating its Pre-Collision Braking System and will take over if no action is detected.
Subaru Australia's technical service manager, Derek Ashbym said the system had significant road safety benefits.
"It works like the human eye, but is much faster at processing information," he said.
EyeSight is similar to other systems such as those from BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo. Subaru, however, uses two cameras near the rear-view mirror rather than a combination of camera and infra-red radar detection.
Its inventors say the cameras are better at recognising the complex road environment, from white lines to barriers and roadside obstacles, peoples and bicycles.
ARTICLE AND IMAGE SOURCED FROM THE ADVERTISER, FRIDAY 21ST MAY 2010
