Safety

The Japanese government has declared that Japan shall be, "The world's safest road traffic
society," and aims to reduce deaths from traffic accidents to under 5,000 by the end of 2012.
The National Police Agency aims at the reduction in the traffic accident, and is promoting the
practical application of Driving Safety Support Systems (DSSS). We  developed the system
that provide the driver safety operation support information based on information that
road-side sensors as a visible optical sensor and a millimeter-wave sensor offer, and construct
our system on public roads. Moreover, we participated in the verification tests of DSSS, and
evaluated the developed technology and the effectiveness of our system.

Next-generation IT/ITS Unit, Fujitsu Limited

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

In  this  paper,  we  describe  a  vehicle-infrastructure  cooperative  system  called  DSSS  (Driving Safety  Support  Systems)  for  the  prevention  of  right-turn  and  left-turn  collision  (Note:  In Japan,  car  keeps  to  the  left),  constructed  for  field  operation  tests  in  public  road.  We  have developed  a  roadside  units  (RSU)  combining  infrared  beacon  and  dedicated  short  range communication  (DSRC)  beacon,  and  communicate  information  of  oncoming  vehicles detected  by  image  sensor  to  on-board  units  (OBU).  We  confirm  the  effect  by  the  field operation test of this systems conducted in Tochigi prefecture of Japan.

Universal Traffic Management Society of Japan

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Honda R&D Co.,Ltd.

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

Today cellular phones are very common. During a tunnel fire they might be used for location
and contact to people in dangerous areas. If a tunnel do have its own base station, it is
possible to identify all mobile devices in the tunnel. This based on Local Are Code, advanced
algorithms and cell information from actual base stations. Political problems arise as well as
technical. The easy ones are the technical ones. Hopefully limitations to when it is possible to
use the system will ease the political problems. 

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

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

Today cellular phones are very common. During a tunnel fire they might be used for location
and contact to people in dangerous areas. If a tunnel do have its own base station, it is
possible to identify all mobile devices in the tunnel. This based on Local Are Code, advanced
algorithms and cell information from actual base stations. Political problems arise as well as
technical. The easy ones are the technical ones. Hopefully limitations to when it is possible to
use the system will ease the political problems. 

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

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

Increased availability of sensing, communication and computing equipment in modern vehicles presents opportunities for a generational advance in driver assistance and safety functions. However, the growth in the volume and complexity of data also presents challenges for its collection, maintenance and distribution. The SAFESPOT Local Dynamic Map (LDM) contains a structured model of the world. It acts as an interface between sensing modules and the safety applications. It enables applications to extract context-dependent views of the environment and the platform’s state. These unique views differ in spatio-temporal scale, as well as the objects, attributes and relationships they contain. The ability to extract various views from a LDM is seen as an important tool in the development of multiple, advanced applications on a single platform.

Robert Bosch GmbH

Tele Atlas Deutschland GmbH

TNO Science and Industry

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