Honda Sensing 360 assistance system unveiled – application roll-out with vehicle launch next year

Honda Sensing 360 assistance system unveiled – application roll-out with vehicle launch next year

Honda has unveiled Honda Sensing 360, an omnidirectional safety and driver assistance system that aims to remove blind spots around the vehicle for the driver, aiding in avoiding collisions as well as to reduce driver workload during the operation of the vehicle.

Designed as part of Honda’s aim for a “collision-free society for everyone sharing the road,” Honda Sensing 360 builds upon the Honda Sensing system first introduced in 2014, and here enables 360-degree detection with the addition of five units of millimetre-wave radar – one forward facing and at each corner of the vehicle – in addition to the monocular camera currently in the Honda Sensing suite.

The development enables the advancement of systems such as the collision mitigation braking system (CMBS, a form of AEB), front cross traffic warning, lane change collision mitigation, active lane change assist and cornering speed assist.

Here, the further development of CMBS means it now has a broader range of detection that has been expanded from the front of the vehicle, to include all directions around the vehicle. In practice, this means the Honda Sensing 360-equipped vehicle will be able to detect, and avoid or mitigate collision with another vehicle or pedestrian entering the intersection at the same time from different directions.

For front cross traffic warning, the system informs the driver of vehicles approaching the same intersection from the side and the front. If there is a risk of collision, audio and visual warnings will be emitted to alert the driver for them to take evasive action.

Lane change manoevures can also be assisted by Honda Sensing 360. Lane change collision mitigation detects vehicles in the next lane approaching from behind, and provide audio and visual warnings from the driver to take evasive action. Active lane change assist is enabled when adaptive cruise control with low-speed follow and lane keeping assist systems are active, when certain conditions on the highway are met.

Highway driving is further assisted with cornering speed assist, which is active when the Honda Sensing 360-equipped vehicle takes a bend on the highway with ACC engaged. Here, the vehicle uses its front camera for the system to detect the curvature of the road, and inputs commands to the vehicle to adjust its speed in order to smoothly navigate the bend.

Knowledge gained from the research and development of Level 3 autonomous driving technologies – namely, Honda Sensing Elite as featured in the Honda Legend Hybrid EX – has been leveraged for the development of Honda Sensing 360, according to the manufacturer.

Rollout of the Honda Sensing 360 suite will start next year with the launch of automobile product that will be for the Chinese market, says Honda, and it aims to grow it application to all models in all major markets by 2030.

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Comments

  • Lolwhut? on Oct 14, 2021 at 12:29 pm

    LOL! And Honda Sensing cars here comes with ZERO radar relying only the camera. What Honda Sense are they talking about.

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  • t333son on Oct 14, 2021 at 12:51 pm

    all these new tech are scary as hell. my car has this and sometimes when joining traffic, creeping forward slowly from a sloping road, the sensors detect the tarmac, thinking it is an obstacle it applies the Emergency brake. Gosh scary experience as that means vehicles behind have no idea why we stopped suddenly. Another instance is reverse parking, space is tight so we tend to rely on camera and experience. System thinks too close and slams on Emergency brake. Scariest is when motorcycle passes on left and right like what happens on a daily basis on Malaysian roads, the system starts singing the beep beep song. In my humble opinion, the system is designed to work on an empty proving ground with no real traffic or pedestrians.

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  • beepbeepbeeep on Oct 15, 2021 at 11:02 am

    everything oso want to beep beep beep.

    might as well stay home no need drive la.

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