Interactively: GM develops cars with sixth sense

Posted on 16. Dec, 2006 by Ryan in 2000-2009, 9-3 SS

This is a recent press release from Saab Switzerland. Please pardon me on my babelfish translation as the press release was not entirely translated, I had to do my best to fill in the gaps and put the pieces together for the release to be completely coherent in the english language.

Saab Switzerland

12.14.2006

Press Release:

Interactively: GM develops cars with sixth sense

* vehicle vehicle communication helps to avoid accidents
* government inspection departments and WLAN make effective observation possible of the traffic surrounding field

Glattbrugg/Dudenhofen.

To warn the driver in time of potential dangers by other vehicles and avoid accidents in such a way – this goal was the center of attention with the development of the new “V2V”-Systeme of General Motors. V2V (vehicle to vehicle) stands for vehicle vehicle communication. With the appropriate technology onboard, cars can communicate with one another and exchange information for example over position and speed. The drivers are quickly warned, if a vehicle is in the dead angle or if one does not stand in an observable range or is on the same intersection. Today GM engineers with cars of the marks Cadillac, Saab, OPEL and Chevrolet in the Dudenhofen test center, demonstrated the conditions of the V2V-system. “driving a car is a very complex affair. To know where another vehicle is in the direct surrounding field and where it moves, as control of the own vehicle “, described Hans George, Executive Director, global Electrical system, can be just as crucial with control as is also with software. “as the V2V-Technologies extends , we have the range of the driver’s perception in the sense of increased security in traffic, without diverting or incapacitating it. This “sixth sense ‘ makes it possible to recognize potential dangerous situations by promptly avoiding accidents in such a way as well as improving the flow of traffic.” GM thereby sets on established and reliable components, which admits from the everyday life is: The substantial hardware consists of a microprocessor, government inspection department receivers (global Positioning system) and Wireless LAN modules. In a periphery of several hundred meters the cars can communicate as with one another and exchange their positions as well as further information such as speed, acceleration or braking. Already today vehicles can be equipped with a set of safety sensors. In addition radar-supported sensors belong in connection with speed monitoring systems, track switching assistance systems or sensors for the recognition of objects in the dead angle for example. The range and the coverage angles of these single sensors can improve GM with its spreading technology substantially. This makes a more comprehensive observation and evaluation possible of the surrounding vehicle system that promises a better and more affordable solution with constantly growing requirements to the surrounding field of version.

Demonstration with scenarios from the daily driving experience

On the basis of a number of practical applications, the experts at GM made the advantages of the new technology literally mobile. Thus ,the warning of a vehicle in the dead angle defuses the danger to survey with the track switching of another road user. Several functions directly help to avoid rear end collisions from poor visibility, unclear road process or a short inadvertence of the driver to result: The system warns of a vehicle, before it can see the following driver for example behind a curve, standing on the road, while also announcing a car that makes an emergency braking, as well as following traffic. If a car registers the fact that the another car backs up and threatens to drive, it warns the other car with flashing taillights and in the other car an appropriate message is received. The driver in the approaching car so is sent a message to quickly brake or make an evasive maneuver. Depending upon the situation, the warnings systems take place optically, acoustically or happenstance via vibrations in the driver’s seat. A further scenario of the collision warning system is when a car is driving too close to a crossing: Even if no visual contact between the drivers of two cars exists, the system already recognizes a threatening collision in the approaching and warns the drivers, if an intervention is compellingly necessary – for example by brakes, the system purposely references to other road users messages that can be sent also by building site or employment vehicles, if a lane ends or a lane to be formed were to create a collision.

Spreads availability for as much as possibly desired

Completely conscious GM sets here on a technology, which can become based on economical, proven components and thus for many vehicles the potential standard. The alternative would be it to offer extremely expensive High tech solutions only for few vehicles. Hans George: “General Motors always supported the democratization of innovations. Our V2V-Systeme is payable and in all vehicle classes conceivable. That is particularly important, because they work as cooperative systems the more effectively, by having more vehicles equipped with it”

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