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IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2012
Bill Fleming
New smaller-size, higher-reliability, and lower-cost automotive sensors are currently widely available. These sensors include the following: front-facing and rear backup imaging cameras; front-facing and rear blind-spot scanning radars; front-facing scanning laser sensors; radar plus camera vision combined via sensor fusion. Enabled by these new sensor technologies and advances in automotive electronics, newly available control systems enhance vehicle safety and ease the drivers workload. The following safety control systems are described in this article: forward collision warning or braking; backup collision intervention (BCI); lane-departure warning (LDW) or prevention; pedestrian detection with full automatic braking; blind-zone alert; vehicle convoy or platooning; autonomous, automated-driving vehicles; rainstorm or snowstorm high visibility smart headlights.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2013
Bill Fleming
Two years ago, Toyota Motor Corporation (Gardena, California) and Tesla Motors (Palo Alto, California) announced that they had entered into a collaborative partnership. Toyota wanted to come out with an electric vehicle (EV), and they wanted to do so sooner rather than later [1]. In the meantime, Tesla Motors was developing their Model S, an all-electric roadster [2]. Their collaboration produced the 2012 RAV4 EV-an all-electric-powered, five-passenger, cross-over sport utility vehicle (SUV).
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2013
Bill Fleming
Todays luxury cars have more than 100 sensors per vehicle. As a result, much information has been gathered, weighed, and disseminated,including sensor fusion information that combines the output of discrete sensors. Multiple sensor inputs are required for reliable operation of sophisticated safety systems such as collision warning systems and crash avoidance systems.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2014
Bill Fleming
Magic Body Control (MBC) is an industry first - an anticipatory body-suspension-control system that will initially be available on V8 gasoline versions of the Mercedes 2014 S-Class vehicle. Mercedes believes that MBC is one element of a veritable plethora of technologies that will ultimately lead toward the goal of autonomous self-driving cars [1]. Descriptions of this vehicle?s 25 object-detection sensors, along with nine of its new plethora-of-technology systems, which use inputs from the 25 sensors, are found in [2].
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2008
Bill Fleming
Dash Express Navigation System The Dash Express Navigation System is an aftermarket electronics system that updates wirelessly. When traffic is congested, it suggests up to three alternate routes. The system also “learns” how long a driver normally takes to reach a certain destination so that it delivers realistic estimates of arrival times. It also lets you bookmark favorite locations, such as restaurants. Dash goes beyond navigation to create a mobile online community. Users can share their favorite locations with other Dash users. Dashequipped vehicles also recognize traffic slowdowns and pass the word along to other Dash units traveling the same road. The technology comes from a Silicon Valley startup called Dash Navigation Inc., in Mountain View, California. More information is available at www.dash.net.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2009
Bill Fleming
Presents several news items about automotive electronics, including ones on tire pressure-monitoring systems, energy-harvesting shock absorbers, electronics in race cars, in-vehicle navigation systems, Global Positioning System (GPS), and legislation banning GPS tracking devices.
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2011
Bill Fleming
It is estimated that today’s wellequipped automobile uses more than 50 microcontroller units (MCUs). As a result, in-vehicle networking has created a quiet evolution in automotive technology, resulting in the elimination of unwieldy wiring harnesses once used in control circuits [1]. Networking has made the advanced technology features for 2010– 2011 model vehicles possible, including onboard communications systems, control systems such as lanedeparture warning systems, and (slippery) road-condition advisories. Rising fuel prices and environmental concerns are also accelerating electronic innovations in the automobile. As a consequence, the worldwide automotive market for MCUs is expected to reach US
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2011
Bill Fleming
5.5 billion in 2014—50% of which will be responsible for ‘‘green’’ optimization. As shown in Figure 1, in 2009, MCU revenue was 24.6% of US
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2009
Bill Fleming
16 billion, which equals US
IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine | 2008
Bill Fleming
3.9 billion. Therefore, the MCU market is forecasted to increase from US
