NIGHTDRIVER (TRADEMARK) THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA AND HUD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE APPLICATIONS

Raytheon Company completed the Head-Up Display (HUD) Development Program under a cooperative agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in support of NHTSA's collision avoidance research program. The focus of the effort was to investigate new methods and technologies related to the development of automotive HUDs and to develop an improved, production-realistic prototype HUD capable of supporting night-driving applications and operating reliably in the automotive environment. The program involved the evaluation of the NightDriver (Trademark) HUD and development of an advanced HUD prototype. NightDriver (Trademark) is the term previously adopted by Raytheon for a developmental automotive night-driving system, which consists of a thermal imaging camera mounted on the front of the automobile and a HUD mounted inside the automobile within the driver's line of sight or on top of the instrument panel.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/NRD/Multimedia/PDFs/Crash%20Avoidance/2000/DOT_HS_809_I63.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15383
• Corporate Authors:

  Raytheon Commercial Infrared

  13532 North Central Expressway, MS 37
  Dallas, TX  United States  75423

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2000-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cameras; Crash avoidance systems; Head up displays; Night vision; Performance evaluations; Prototypes; Thermal imagery
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00822682
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-809 163,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-97-H-07533
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 11 2002 12:00AM