Automobile technology is always evolving and safety technologies are along for the ride! Lane departure warning systems are a new technology that is designed to prevent high-speed accidents. The way the lane departure system (LDW) technology works is by monitoring the lane markings on the highways and sounds an [...]
Traffic flows, license plate recognition and transport and traffic detection can be monitored through the use of surveillance camera technology. Whether you’re responsible for monitoring a parking lot, railway station, capturing license plate numbers or monitoring the traffic flow and traffic lights on a highway, finding the appropriate lenses [...]
Cameras in vehicles are becoming more commonplace than in the past making it safer to be behind the wheel. Rear facing cameras may help guide you into a parking space or in backing into a garage without hitting an object because they will sound an alarm if you are [...]
It’s a beautiful feeling. You get into your vehicle, turn the key and it starts. You can put it in drive and make it to your destination. Have you ever wondered, though, what goes on between the turning of the key and the moving of the vehicle into drive? [...]
Researchers at the Ford Motor Company in Arizona recently demonstrated the Ford Focus’s ability to use “lidar sensor technology” and three-dimensional maps to drive in the dark. In other words, the technology made it possible for the vehicle to drive in darkness without benefit of headlights. The developers say [...]
There are many types of angular position sensors and they can be categorized by their output type, sensing range, operating temperature range, packaging type, supply current and supply voltage. An angular position sensor can also measure the equation “by which any position with respect to any other position is established.” [...]
The prevention of high speed accidents on highways was the impetus behind the development of lane departure warning systems for vehicles. There are several types of lane departure technology, some being more proactive than others. The technologies can either sound an alarm or take automatic corrective action to protect the [...]
If you’ve ever received a ticket in the mail that comes with a photo of you behind the wheel violating some traffic law – speeding, running a red light, etc. – you may be wondering, “How did they do that?” Traffic cameras are abundant in cities across the country and [...]
In 1983, NASCAR installed the first in-car camera during the Daytona 500 and it allowed spectators a more personal view of the racetrack; learn more at universeoptics.com
BMW was the first high-end European auto manufacturer to identify and use infrared technology to make driving at night safer.
