Lexus has introduced innovative cars and vehicles for many years and is currently working on automated or self-driving vehicles. To further improve the driving experience and reduce the chances of fatalities and injuries from accidents the Japanese car manufacturer has now also revealed an Advanced Active Safety Research Vehicle (AASRV).
The basic purpose is to improve the driver’s ability to process, recognize and react to a situation with the assistance of the automated technologies in AASRV. This should help in averting accidents. The unique approach from Toyota involves two similar research programs, of which one is taking place at Toyota Research Institute in Michigan, North America (TRINA) while other is set up in Japan.
The Advanced Active Safety Research Vehicle (AASRV) is a Lexus LS Hybrid car that sports an advanced GPS, hi-definition colour camera, accelerometer, gyroscope, 360° laser tracking, with radars mounted on its front and sides plus other sensor. All these components work with the AASRV that not only keep the vehicle on track, but they also monitors objects in close proximity and purge any blind spots by keeping the driver up to date with the activities taking place around his or her car.
Addressing a press conference the Vice President and General Manager of Lexus, Mark Templin said, “Our goal is a system that constantly perceives, processes and responds to its surroundings, that scans the movement of objects around it, identifies a green light from a red light, and measures the trajectory, roll, pitch and yaw of the vehicle as it steers, accelerates and brakes along the most efficient route to its programmed destination.”
Source: PSFK
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