TRW Automotive Holdings (TRW) will unveil a new modular radar platform and next generation camera at a customer event in Hockenheim, Germany.
The new range of driver assistance systems (DAS) technologies will allow the company to deliver advanced safety to meet the active and pedestrian safety criteria planned to be introduced by Euro NCAP from 2014 onwards.
TRW executive vice president for sales and business development Peter Lake said that the company has experience in the DAS market, with its radar systems having been available on production models for over a decade.
"With several production awards and development contracts for our camera and radar technologies, our DAS business is in a strong position to help vehicle manufactures meet Euro NCAP's intended new 5 star rating criteria, particularly in terms of the increased pedestrian detection capability requirements," Lake said.
TRW global director of cognitive safety integration Alois Seewald said that the company is working on its third generation camera technology which will be capable of processing higher resolution images to enable an extended sensing range and improved pedestrian detection functionality.
"Also, our next generation modular AC1000 radar platform will provide sensors with a number of safety and convenience functions, with performance optimized to meet the Euro NCAP requirements for AEB," Seewald said.
TRW's radars can provide a full range of DAS functions including adaptive cruise control (ACC), traffic jam assist (TJA), AEB, blind spot detection (BSD) and side impact sensing (SIS).
The company's cameras also provide lane departure warning (LDW), lane keeping assist (LKA) or lane centering assist (LCA), traffic sign recognition (TSR) and pedestrian detection for AEB among other features.
