IVsource article index: Q4 2000

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12/31
Japanese Advanced Safety Vehicle Program Sets Design Guidelines | Attracting the attention of other countries, the Japanese are surging forward to define design guidelines that will lead to standards for active safety systems. A summary of their approach and tentative choices for parameter values are provided here.

12/30
International Task Force Addresses Automation Deployment and Government Roles | The ITFVHA group has been meeting annually since 1997. This year's meeting -- held on December 1 in Tsukuba City, Japan -- featured representation from ten countries and addressed issues of IV deployment paths, user acceptance, public acceptance, human factors, and infrastructure as an enabler. This article briefly summarizes the action and the outcomes.

12/26
3M Discontinues Commercialization of Lane Awareness System for Snow Removal Operations | 3M bows out, leaving the commercialization of lane awareness systems dangling in the winter breezes ... 3M's announcement is provided in this article, along with a brief IVsource commentary.

12/22
Market Analysis: Lane Departure Warning and Lateral Guidance Systems | Gathering up recent articles and sales literature, IVsource takes a look at the potential market for lane departure warning and lateral guidance systems for the car, bus, and truck markets. Information on key players and their market focus is provided here, along with estimates of market size in focused application areas.

12/15
IEEE's Call for Papers for IV2001 ... Deadline for papers is January 1, 2001

12/6
Japan's Demo 2000 Wows Attendees | The Japanese pulled off one of the best events yet in the ongoing series of annual intelligent vehicle demonstrations. Over 20 scenarios were demonstrated on dozens of vehicles -- cars, trucks, buses, and motorcycles. This article offers a broad overview of the action and the players; look for detailed articles on individual systems in coming weeks.

12/2
Continental's Latest SUV Feature: "Smart Handling" | German automotive supplier Continental Teves foresees a huge market over the next four years for intelligent stability systems ... and, with its new offerings, is well poised to take advantage of it.

11/30
GM Launches "SenseAble" Driving Program | GM continues to play an aggressive role in developing and marking telematics systems that deliver lots of utility without undermining the driver's job of safely operating the vehicle. SenseAble is a new research and education program recently announced by GM Chairman Jack Smith.

11/27
Driver Assistance Systems Hit the Big Time in Torino | From the pronouncements trumpeted by officials to impressive demo vehicles, it was clear at the ITS World Congress in Turin, Italy that driver assistance has moved from concept to product development reality. Read on for a quick review of highlights ... and watch for more articles to come in the future.

11/25
Specification Change to Create Havoc for Millennium Transit Engineers | How an administrative change for London's Millennium Transit Guided Bus system is driving engineers crazy.

11/15
Electronic Brakes Fire With Lightning Speed at Truck Tech Demo | The Truck Maintenance Council's Fall Meeting was highlighted by a day full of dramatic Electronically Controlled Braking System demonstrations at the Transportation Research Center near Columbus, Ohio. TMC is part of the American Trucking Association. Highlights are offered here, as well as observations as to how IV systems are playing into the thinking of truck fleet managers.

11/11
Industry Snippets: October 2000 | Changes at BMW Palo Alto; Delphi Offering Traxxar Stability Control System; SmartMove Developing IV Software Platform; Kuciemba Succeeds Starsman as ITS America VP; Altra Names New President, VP of Sales; Danish RUF Gains Increasing Support; DaimlerChrysler Buys Detroit Diesel; FY2001 Congressional Funding for USDOT.

10/31
ITS America's Latest Legal Workshop Offers Some IV Insights | ITS players from the infrastructure, telematics, and vehicle industries met with legal experts for two days in October to take a look at liability issues impinging on ITS deployment. Here are a few highlights relevant to the IV perspective.

10/29
Guided Bus System Moving Forward for DC Suburbs | Moving forward, but slower than a bus with a couple of flats. Here's a brief article on how the Dulles Bus Rapid Transit system fits into the overall picture of WMATA's long range plans for Washington, DC

10/24
Kansas Interested in Partnering with OEM for Showcase IVI Vehicle | The Kansas Department of Transportation has issued a "Request for Interest" seeking partners to assist in the state's Intelligent Vehicle Initiative program. They envision equipping a vehicle with a variety of telematics and IV components as a showcase, to expose the public and key decisionmakers to these emerging technologies.

10/20
ACC in the U.S. -- A Sneak Arrival? | Word has it that another automaker began selling Adaptive Cruise Control systems in late summer of 2000. Here's the latest.

10/16
Seeing Machines Lauched by Volvo, ANU | A research collaboration between Volvo Technology and Development and the Australian National University has resulted in the formation of this new company, whose products are geared towards detecting fatigue and inattention, interactive multimedia, and human performance measurement using newly developed techniques.

10/16
Highlights of October's Combined ITS Conference, IV Symposium | The IEEE held its annual ITS technical bash October 1-5 in Dearborn, Michigan, in conjunction with the IV Symposium ... and the two overlapping conferences drew over 200 leading researchers and vehicle product developers from around the world. The state of the research presented here is an excellent indicator of the favored approaches to advanced driver assistance systems of tomorrow.

10/16
ITS America's CVO Technical Committee Names Task Force Leaders | Following its last meeting at the Mack Trucks plant in Hagerstown, Maryland, the ITS America CVO Technical Committee finished stricturing its task forces ... and named industry leaders to chair four of them.

10/9
BRT Rising in the Sights of International Transit Community | A brief look at the role of Bus Rapid Transit in the worldwide transit scene, based on a recent international workshop in Washington.

10/9
Hitachi Unveils New Radar for Next-Generation Eaton VORAD ACC | The result of a partnership announced in early 1999, Hitachi Research Labs have successfully demonstrated a next-generation 76GHz radar for Eaton VORAD. Performance results are provided here, along with implications for the market.

10/6
SAE Cranks Up Multifaceted IV Program | The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has stepped up to the Intelligent Vehicles plate in a big way -- by establishing a remarkably focused IV program.