Satch
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Given their track record of late of delivering some complex and not very well sorted car electronics, am I alone in finding the third stage a bit scary?
"The system works by watching what's around the car, as well as keeping its speed constant. It combines the ABS, the electronic stability programme (ESP) and hydraulic brake assist with the radar sensors of Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), which will in future also be aided by video sensors.
Bosch said will market predictive safety systems in three stages.
The first stage will allow the system to build up a preventive brake pressure by aligning the brake pads to the brake discs if the radar sensor identifies a critical situation, not noticed by the driver, thus putting the hydraulic brake assist in a state of "alert". If the driver hits the brake, he produces the fastest possible response with optimal deceleration values and the shortest possible stopping distance. If the critical situation is alleviated or the brakes are not applied, the state of alert is cancelled. The system will go into volume production during 2005.
The second generation of Predictive Safety Systems not only alerts the braking system to a critical situation, it also alerts the driver in time to a critical traffic situation and can thus in many cases prevent the accident. To do this, the system may trigger, for example, a short, violent brake jerk. Bosch is planning to start volume production in 2006.
The third stage of upgrading the predictive safety system is by recognising that a crash with the car in front is unavoidable. In this case automatic emergency braking is initiated with maximum vehicle deceleration. This reduces the severity of an accident where the driver has not reacted sufficiently or at all to the preceding warnings. In order to detect with certainty that an impact is unavoidable, other sensors, such as video cameras, must support the radar sensors."
"The system works by watching what's around the car, as well as keeping its speed constant. It combines the ABS, the electronic stability programme (ESP) and hydraulic brake assist with the radar sensors of Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), which will in future also be aided by video sensors.
Bosch said will market predictive safety systems in three stages.
The first stage will allow the system to build up a preventive brake pressure by aligning the brake pads to the brake discs if the radar sensor identifies a critical situation, not noticed by the driver, thus putting the hydraulic brake assist in a state of "alert". If the driver hits the brake, he produces the fastest possible response with optimal deceleration values and the shortest possible stopping distance. If the critical situation is alleviated or the brakes are not applied, the state of alert is cancelled. The system will go into volume production during 2005.
The second generation of Predictive Safety Systems not only alerts the braking system to a critical situation, it also alerts the driver in time to a critical traffic situation and can thus in many cases prevent the accident. To do this, the system may trigger, for example, a short, violent brake jerk. Bosch is planning to start volume production in 2006.
The third stage of upgrading the predictive safety system is by recognising that a crash with the car in front is unavoidable. In this case automatic emergency braking is initiated with maximum vehicle deceleration. This reduces the severity of an accident where the driver has not reacted sufficiently or at all to the preceding warnings. In order to detect with certainty that an impact is unavoidable, other sensors, such as video cameras, must support the radar sensors."
