LAS VEGAS, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Delphi Corp. will provide its Collision
Mitigation system for a near-term European platform, company officials said
here today at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show.
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The system includes Delphi's Forewarn(R) Smart Cruise Control with
Stop & Go, Forward Collision Warning (with pre-crash functionality that
includes autonomous braking) and Lane Departure Warning. The system also has
capabilities to add IR (infrared) Active Night Vision.
"The Collision Mitigation system takes active safety to a new level on
current vehicles," said Rainer Hermeling, Delphi director of European customer
region. "The adoption of these technologies will help keep automakers at the
top of the list when buyers look for luxury and safety."
Delphi's Forewarn Smart Cruise Control with Stop & Go measures the
distance and relative speed of the vehicle ahead using a radar sensor located
in the front of the vehicle. The system, when equipped with Stop & Go, has
the capability to bring a vehicle to a complete stop. Drivers can also resume
cruise control mode by pressing the gas pedal to get started.
When Smart Cruise Control is engaged, it uses throttle control and limited
braking to adjust the vehicle speed to maintain a set time gap between itself
and the vehicle in front of it (adjustable up to 2.5 seconds). This reduces
the need to manually accelerate or decelerate with changes in traffic flow.
If the lane ahead is empty, the vehicle maintains its cruising speed.
Delphi's Forewarn vision-based Lane Departure Warning will help alert the
driver should the vehicle start to drift out of lane, helping to greatly
reduce one of the largest causes of vehicle collisions. The system can be
used as a standalone safety aid or integrated with other safety systems as
part of Delphi's Integrated Safety System strategy. The new system uses a
digital camera, mounted in the rear view mirror housing, to look up to 25
meters ahead of the vehicle. This data is supplemented by vehicle speed and
yaw data (so the computer knows if the vehicle is turning) collected from
other systems via the vehicle's high-speed data bus.
According to NHTSA data, the societal cost of accidents in the United
States is $230 billion, or $820 per person. The data shows that 40 percent of
these accidents are caused by unintentional lane/road departures.
IR active night vision uses a near-infrared-sensitive camera module with
near-infrared high-beam illuminators or headlamps to help drivers who travel
at night. The IR night vision system provides a more natural-looking image to
the driver than thermal night vision. Because it is infrared, Delphi's system
allows the driver to see non-thermal intensive objects including trees, street
signs and mailboxes.
Delphi's system provides high-beam visibility without blinding oncoming
drivers, because near-IR light is not visible to humans. The camera has the
capability to illuminate objects more than 100 meters away and projects the
forward-view image onto a display that is visible only to the driver. The
system is also unaffected by increased glare caused by xenon lamps and other
headlight technology.
Delphi introduced Smart Cruise Control in 1999 on the Jaguar in Europe.
For more information about Delphi and its subsidiaries, visit Delphi's
media room at http://www.delphi.com/media .
SOURCE Delphi Corporation
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