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Present and future of safety technology development at Toyota
Introduction
Safety Technologies
Passive Safety
Active Safety/Pre-crash safety
• Changes in technology development
• Accident reduction effectiveness of VSC
• Accident pattern-specific human factors
• Themes for technology development
• VDIM (Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management)
• Pre-crash safety
• Pre-crash safety system (radar system)
• Pre-crash safety system (radar system)2
• Radar cruise control with low-speed tracking mode
• Lane keeping assist
• Night View
• Future technology-Pedestrian recognition
• Future technology-Network-based driving assistance
Conclusion
 
Present and future of safety technology development at Toyota
 
I would first like to explain VDIM which is an evolution in control technology.

Former ABS, TRC, VSC and electric power steering systems each functioned independently. The newly developed VDIM is unique in two ways: first, each system is integrated and seamlessly managed; second, control is actuated before the vehicle exceeds its movement threshold.

This assures a high degree of preventive safety and significantly improves upon ordinary driving performance in terms of “travelling, turning and stopping.”

I hope you may experience this for yourselves during today's test ride.
 
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