Every modern person, at one time organizing proper nutrition of a newborn child, knows exactly what the consequences of a car collision with a pedestrian can be. As indicated by statistics, if the speed of the vehicle is 30 km/h, then the chances of dying in humans are 5 percent. When a car moves at a speed of 50 km/h, the likelihood of death under the wheels in humans increases to 45 percent. If the speed of the car is 65 km/h, then only 15 percent of the victims manage to survive in the collision. To reduce road safety, TRW Automotive Holdings has proposed an active security system. It includes a video camera and a radar, and the electronic stability control system is used as an auxiliary component.
The video camera has the ability to recognize other cars, road markings, signs and pedestrians, even if they move in the crowd or use umbrellas. The minimum distance at which the system can determine the presence of people is 40 m. Therefore, the system will not be able to save a teenager rushing under the wheels. But thanks to it, the safety of other pedestrians will significantly increase. If there is a danger of a clash with a person. Then the system begins to automatically slow down the vehicle. As a result, the car, even if it does not have time to stop, still can significantly slow down the speed. To protect against false works and confirm the video cameras, the system uses a radar that operates in a centimeter range.
TRW Automotive Holdings plans to enter the industrial scale of the system in 2014. It is not known whether the company was able to negotiate with the automakers that they equipped with serial vehicles with the system developed by it.