JSAE Spring Conference

2010.05.20

Today, I attended the JSAE(Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers) spring conference　being held until tomorrow at Pacifico Yokohama exhibition Hall in Japan.

Automotive exhibition is also there.

At Subaru booth, I found new Eyesight and stereo camera.

Stereo camera is an essential component of the system.

It detects various kind of road obstacles including vehicle and pedestrians.

This feature enables the world first collision avoidance function.

Conventional radar system is sometimes hard to detect a stationary (from the beginning) object

which should really be a "obstacle". For instance, you need not apply brakes against a small can on a road. But the radar system detect it but is not always able to recognize its size.

So, I expect the stereo system will be a major sensor for driver assistance system.

New Legacy equipped with stereo camera under the roof.

Stereo camera; all the necessary circuits integrated in this housing.

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