Courtesy PopSci: Animal Avoidance Kako Fonia
Since their debut 13 years ago, in-car night-vision systems,
which identify pedestrians approaching a roadway, have arguably made
driving safer. But they come with a pretty big blind spot: animals. Each
year, drivers in the U.S. strike about a million deer, causing 27,000
human injuries and $3.5 billion in damage. This fall, Swedish
safety-system company Autoliv and Mercedes-Benz will roll out Night
View Assist Plus on the 2014 S-Class. The system identifies people but
also picks out cows, moose, horses, deer, camels, and even wild boar.
Animal Avoidance - How It Works:
Night View Assist Plus merges data from two cameras to create an
illuminated view of what’s ahead. When an animal or pedestrian nears a
roadway, the system highlights it on an in-dash display, and, if danger
is imminent, sounds an alarm and pre-charges the car’s brakes. There’s
one feature U.S. regulators have yet to approve, though: In the European
version, a spotlight shines a tracking beam onto live obstacles in the
road, making them almost impossible to miss.
McNeil Racing-Eagle Eye Testing 2011
McNeil Racing-Eagle Eye Testing 2011
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