ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Marking World
Usability Day, Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC)
today announced four new research projects focused on enhancing
advanced technology system designs to be intuitive, easy to
understand and to safely engage with drivers. The new projects,
undertaken in partnership with University of
Michigan, Miami University,
University of Nebraska, Texas
Transportation Institute and State Farm will support and inform a
transition to a safe future of mobility.
Toyota's CSRC is investing $1
million in research projects focused on creating systems
that are safe and efficient. These projects will focus on enabling
safer and more efficient mobility systems by exploring driver
behavior in different environments, monitoring driver health and
identifying driver error when interacting with advanced driver
assistance systems (ADAS) technologies.
Data from each project will be shared across the institutions to
help speed research, with the results made public to support the
advancement of auto safety industrywide.
"These studies will help us better align advanced vehicle
technologies with the driver's needs and allow us to design and
develop systems that are ultimately intuitive and easy for drivers
to use," said Jeff Makarewicz, group
vice president, Toyota Motor North America, Advanced Mobility
Research & Development. "By working with our partner
institutions, and openly sharing our insights with the broader
automotive, government, NGO, and technology communities, we believe
we can help progress society's acceptance of these new and
promising technologies."
Since its launch in 2011, CSRC has initiated 63 research
projects with 31 partner universities, publishing more than 400
papers and presenting at multiple industry conferences. CSRC
research has made meaningful contributions to auto safety
industrywide, including studies into human factors on vehicle
safety and the efficacy of active and passive safety systems, as
well as the collection of driving safety data and development of
new tools to analyze that data.
The new CSRC research projects include:
Title
|
Collaborator
|
Description
|
Roadmanship
Integrated Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
|
University of
Michigan
|
Determine how
roadmanship characteristics (e.g., driving in a courteous manner in
addition to being safe) can be used to help define ADAS or
automated driving design criteria across a number of driving
contexts (e.g., different weather conditions, different levels of
traffic congestion).
|
Investigation of
Postural Response Time to Avoid a Fall
|
Miami
University
|
Determine if it is
possible to design an alert to autonomous shuttle riders to adjust
their balance and prepare for a sudden stop and avoid a
fall.
|
Feasibility and
Utility of the Car as a Platform for Indexing Driver Health and
Disease
|
University of
Nebraska
|
Assess the
feasibility and utility of monitoring the driver to detect health
and disease and provide a high-level innovative technology
framework that uses sensors in available and future vehicle
technology to detect driver health and disease, enabling safer and
more efficient use of mobility systems.
|
Identifying
Deviations from Normal Driving Behavior
|
Texas Transportation
Institute and State Farm
|
Demonstrate the
utility and value of integrated multi-domain data (e.g., vehicle,
driver, infrastructure, crash record) in identifying driver
behaviors, including driver errors and poor performance when
interacting with modern ADAS systems.
|
For more information on Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research
Center, click here.
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in
the U.S. for more than 60 years, and is committed to advancing
sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus
brands, plus our nearly 1,500 dealerships.
Toyota has created a tremendous value chain and directly
employs more than 36,000 in the U.S. The company has contributed
world-class design, engineering, and assembly of more than 30
million cars and trucks at our 9 manufacturing plants, 10 including
our joint venture in Alabama that
begins production in 2021.
To help inspire the next generation for a career in
STEM-based fields, including mobility, Toyota launched its virtual
education hub at www.TourToyota.com with an
immersive experience and chance to visit many of our U.S.
manufacturing facilities. The hub also includes a series of free
STEM-based lessons and curriculum through Toyota USA Foundation partners, virtual field trips
and more. For more information about Toyota,
visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
Media Contact:
Cynthia Mahalak
734-660-5046
Cynthia.Mahalak@Toyota.com
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