Honda Smart Intersection technology helps cars “see through buildings” to minimise chance of accidents

Honda Smart Intersection technology helps cars “see through buildings” to minimise chance of accidents

Urban congestion is only set to grow, and Honda has been developing a solution towards better communication between vehicles and the surrounding infrastructure. The company’s Smart Intersection techonology uses vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, in areas where identifying hazards beyond line of sight is crucial.

The infrastructure involved here consists of four cameras installed above traffic lights at each corner of the intersection in order to capture a 300-foot range bird’s-eye view of vehicles and pedestrians. A 360-degree image is created by Honda’s image processing software which classifies vehicles and other moving objects such as pedestrians, motorcycles and emergency vehicles, and the pertinent information is then broadcast to vehicles in the vicinity via a dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) signal.

Upon receiving said transmissions, each connected vehicle decodes the information and will provide audio and visual alerts to the driver in case evasive action is required. So far, Honda has committed to using 200 connected vehicles for evaluation in the 33 Smart Mobility Corridor and Smart Columbus projects.

“By partnering with the City of Marysville and the State of Ohio, we believe this research will give us a better understanding of how V2X technologies can be further advanced and most effectively deployed for the benefit of all road users,” said vice president of strategic research at Honda R&D Americas Ted Klaus.

This is a pilot project that has been developed with the city of Marysville, Ohio as part of the 33 Smart Mobility Corridor project which seeks to address the limitations of vehicles’ on-board sensors in avoiding collisions at intersections. This kind collision accounts for approximately 40% of all collisions and 20% of the roughly 35,000 road deaths in the United States every year, according to Honda.

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Open roads and closed circuits hold great allure for Mick Chan. Driving heaven to him is exercising a playful chassis on twisty paths; prizes ergonomics and involvement over gadgetry. Spent three years at a motoring newspaper and short stint with a magazine prior to joining this website.

 

Comments

  • Upgrade your reverse sensor first

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  • Pilihanraya Kalah Teruk on Oct 05, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    I noticed car manufacturers always researching into better performance or improving safety for the driver and road pedestrians.

    What does Proton and Perodua been doing the past 30 years? I don’t see anything coming out from these 2 companies on improving technologies of the car.

    And now, in our 3rd national car project, we want to jump straight into semi autonomous cars without even having a matured research and development in the automotive sector?

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    • Susukotak on Oct 05, 2018 at 8:38 pm

      they invented anti snatch hook

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    • 2cents on Oct 05, 2018 at 11:42 pm

      that’s the different between manufacturing compny vs technology company.. our p1&p2 is just a manufacturing company.. buat kereta =p

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    • They invented how to pay Touch & Go easily with T&G built in reader. suck all your money

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  • Karam Singh on Oct 05, 2018 at 6:19 pm

    Can Honda make, especially for malaysia models.. When the driver trying to cut queue.. Or not using signals to change lane.. The ecu will cut power for 30 seconds,?

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  • Mario and Bros on Oct 05, 2018 at 6:53 pm

    As I told you, only fool people will buy lousy Honda quality with Honda models designs look like donkey design and Honda models designs looks like outdated and ugly as well as Honda service quality is very terrible and even Honda assembly quality is very terrible too for all Honda models. Only smart and clever people will buy Proton, Mazda, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Kia and Volvo with Proton design, Mazda design, BMW design, Mercedes design, Toyota design, Kia design and Volvo design looks beautiful, well-designed, more attractive, more fashionable, more stylish and more elegant as well as Service quality and assembly quality for Proton, Mazda, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Kia and Volvo is improving, well progressed and well maintained

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  • Basikal cabok on Oct 05, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    org yg kurang bijak, tidak guna otak utk bercakap, org yg bijak, otaknya fikir macammana nak cakap tetapi org yg bijaksana akan pikir betul2 perlu atau tidak bercakap. Beli kereta hak masing2, kalau kamu mampu dan suka kamu beli, kalau tak mampu, atau tak suka, janganlah rendah2kan pilihan orang lain. Peace no war. Tq

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    • heyheyman123 on Oct 05, 2018 at 11:28 pm

      Tapi Honda Service Quality in Malaysia Dan Honda Assembly Quality Malaysia sangat teruk so no peace at all. If they still buying Honda, all carmakers fans in Malaysia are laughing at them. Also, all carmakers fans in Malaysia think that Honda Salesman and Honda fans are stupid.

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  • zafran on Nov 15, 2018 at 11:46 am

    Cerita macam semua hebat2.Keyboard warrior semua.Tahniah.

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