New Collision Avoidance Technology Unveiled
Toyota's Higashi-Fuji Research Center
July 21, 2011, Susonosi, Japan - Toyota technicians check a badly damaged Crown, left, and a VITZ after a head-on collision at a speed of 55km/h (about 34 miles/h) in a demonstration at Toyota's Higashi-Fuji Technical Center on the foot of Mt. Toyota technicians check a badly damaged Crown, left, and a VITZ after a head-on collision at the speed of 55km/h (about 34 miles/h) in a demonstration at Toyota's Higashi-Fuji Technical Center on the foot of Mt. Toyota showed to reporters technologies aimed at increasing the number of cars in the world.
Toyota showed to reporters technologies aimed at increasing safety for pedestrians and elderly drivers, as part of its initiatives to eliminate traffic casualties. The technologies include a Pre-Collision System with collision-avoidance assist, glare-preventing adaptive driving beams and a pop-up hood for lessening pedestrian injury. In the PCS, Toyota uses cameras and a super sensitive radar called "millimeter-wave," both installed in the front of the vehicle, to detect possible crashes. Then the vehicle calculates how braking and steering must be applied to avoid a crash. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-