Press Release
An End to Motor Vehicle Collisions Now in Sight
Mobileye N.V.9/6/2010 5:30 AM EDT
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AMSTERDAM, September 6, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobileye, the global pioneer and leader in vision-based collision prevention systems, announced today that it has launched the Mobileye C2-270(TM), a revolutionary system featuring the EyeQ2(R) vision chip, which detects pedestrians, vehicles, bicycles, and lane markings. Now available globally as an off-the-shelf product for all vehicles, this technology saves lives, alerting and prompting drivers in the critical seconds before a collision occurs, and thus boosting pedestrian, road and vehicle safety.
Despite the stiffening of laws in various countries on driving behavior in recent years, countless distractions continue diverting the attention of drivers - a ringing cell phone, noisy road construction, or even a baby crying in the back seat. Momentary distractions that affect everyone, even the most experienced of drivers, raising the chances for a collision. These dangers can now be averted with the Mobileye C2-270(TM).
"The Mobileye C2-270(TM) has unprecedented alert capabilities for drivers," says Isaac Litman, CEO of Mobileye Products, "and best of all, drivers can drive reassured with the feeling that an extra eye is constantly at work in the car, giving them another line of defense in an increasingly dangerous road environment."
The process is simple. The Mobileye C2-270 (TM) camera, mounted behind the windshield of the car, constantly monitors the road in front of the vehicle while the car is in motion. The camera is connected to a display unit placed within the driver's field of view. If the camera spots a danger in the way, the display will flash bright color-coded icons and sound a warning to alert the driver up to 2.7 seconds before impact - precious time in which the driver can take immediate action to avert a collision.
The most exciting feature of the Mobileye C2-270(TM) is the Pedestrian Collision Warning, which allows the system to identify pedestrians or bicycles and warn the driver before a collision. The new system also detects motorcycles, and when coupled with Mobileye's award-winning technology, which brought the consumer forward collision warnings, unintended lane departure warnings, and insufficient distance-keeping, the Mobileye C2-270(TM) will lead the market as the most effective driver assistance tool for collision prevention.
About Mobileye
Mobileye N.V. is headquartered in The Netherlands, with R&D facilities in Israel and offices in the U.S., Cyprus and Japan. Mobileye is a technological leader in the area of advanced image sensing and processing technology for automotive applications, with a product offering covering the entire range of vision applications. Mobileye's unique monocular vision platform works as a third eye to help drivers improve safety and avoid accidents, and revolutionizes the way we drive. Mobileye's products contain proprietary software algorithms bundled on the EyeQ(TM) system-on-chip which have alreday been integrated into BMW, GM, Volvo and Yulon Motors (Nissan) models since 2007. For more information, visit: http://www.mobileye.com
Contact information for Mobileye N.V.:
Ilan Yavor
Marketing & Communications Manager
Tel: +972-2-5417384
ilan.yavor@mobileye.com
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EE.Mod
11/25/2010 11:34 PM EST
Never used this technology and guessing it may not be perfect solution yet, but still is a breakthrough in land transportation.
A very useful application that I can think of is for truck drivers who spend many hours behind the wheel. I hear frequent accidents involving trucks that are caused due to driver's tiredness or lack of experience and looks like this technology is able to reduce these accidents.
I am just not sure how much this system is effective at night? any idea?
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hm
11/26/2010 12:19 AM EST
It may be able to resolve some problems. However, other problems are unique in nature and can not be solved by this technology. Does it also give false alarm and irritates driver too? How does it calculate insufficient distance? It depends on so many parametrs, how deos the sensor gets all this information?
This can be additional helpful tools, however, its efficay always depends on driver's skills.
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prabhakar_deosthali
11/26/2010 2:15 AM EST
If such kind of instrument can directly slow down the vehicle by automatically applying brakes then the chances of avoiding collision will get reduced further. It should also turn on the hazard signals/ horn of the car automatically - this will alert the cars behind and also the person ahead. Such automatic corrective action along with the alert to the driver will double the chances of averting the impending collision.
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EE.Mod
12/17/2010 9:06 AM EST
This technology is still in its infancy and has lots of room to grow
It will face many opposition in the begining from public as no one likes to
Give out the driving control to a machine but after a few generation will be
An standard part of the cars.
Initially it will help to offer more flexibility so anyone can adjust the system's alarms
And actions to own style.
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