"Smiling" car tells pedestrians when to cross the road

The Swedish company semcon AB has proposed an interesting solution for self-driving cars designed to increase pedestrian safety when crossing streets.



Studies show that eight out of ten pedestrians while crossing the road seeking eye contact with the driver of an approaching car to make sure that he is going to slow down or stop. However, in the future when moving on autopilot, the motorist may simply not watching the road, minding my business.

Researchers semcon AB offered a very original solution to the problem. They propose to integrate into the grille an array of indicators that informs pedestrians about traffic mode.



Thus, the display of a smile will mean that the car "sees" people on the road and is going to give them an advantage. During the movement of the indicator can exhibit a neutral horizontal bar.

In its work, the system will rely on information from onboard sensors such as cameras, radars, etc. However, the timing of breeding suggested solutions to the commercial market has not reported. published

 

 

Source: www.3dnews.ru/939607