Safety

The “Night View System” was introduced in 2002 with the aim of further reducing traffic
accidents by assisting the driver’s field of vision at night to help decrease the driver’s burden.
This system consists of near-infrared lamps, a single near-infrared camera, and a display to
show near-infrared images. The driver can look at the display in order to better grasp the
situation in front of the vehicle, rather than relying only on the real field of vision illuminated
by the low beam. The existing system left image recognition up to the driver; however, the
new system can help notify the driver of pedestrians ahead of the vehicle. Pedestrian detection
is achieved by image processing of near-infrared images. The world’s first on-board
pedestrian detection system with near-infrared image for vehicles was introduced in 2008.

Toyota Motor Corporation

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York