New Collision Avoidance Technology Unveiled
Toyota's Higashi-Fuji Research Center
July 21, 2011, Susonosi, Japan - A visiting reporter sits behind the wheel of a driving simulator at Toyota's Higashi-Fuji Technical Center on the foot of Mt. Fuji, some 92 km (about 57 miles) southwest of Tokyo, on Thursday, July 21, 2011.
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 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-