DEVELOPMENT OF ANTICIPATORY AUTOMOBILE CRASH SENSORS

A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION IS CARRIED OUT TO DETERMINE THE BASIC SYSTEM CONSTRAINTS AND REQUIRED OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR ANTICIPATORY SENSING OF IMPENDING AUTOMOBILE CRASHES. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY CONSIDERATION OF A WIDE VARIETY OF POSSIBLE SENSING TECHNIQUES AND SELECTION OF THOSE DESERVING OF FURTHER STUDY. TWO METHODS ARE CHOSEN, MICROWAVE RADAR AND ULTRASONIC SONAR, AND THE ADVANTAGES, WEAKNESSES, AND UNCERTAIN AREAS OF BOTH ARE DELINEATED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No DOT-TSC-NHTSA-71-3
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation System Center

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• Authors:
  • Hopkins, J B
  • Holmstrom, F Ross
  • Apgar, E G
  • Hazel, M E
  • Newfell, A T
• Publication Date: 1971-6-30

Media Info

• Pagination: 104 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Detectors; Microwaves; Sensors; Sonar; Ultrasonics
• Old TRIS Terms: Detecting devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222041
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Ann Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM