DUAL-MODE AUTOMOBILE COLLISION AVOIDANCE RADAR

A dual-mode (cooperative and non-cooperative) collision avoidance radar is proposed. The cooperative mode of the radar is based on tagging cooperating vehicles and other potential highway hazards with modulated fundamental frequency reflectors. The range of the radar when looking at tagged targets is approximately 100 metres. Targets that do not carry tags are also recognized by the radar. However, in order to minimize the "false target" problem, the range of the non-cooperating mode of the radar is restricted to a few metres. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at SAE Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition, Detroit, 24-28 February 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

  485 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Kaplan, G S
  • Sterzer, F
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crashes; Dual mode transportation systems; Prevention; Radar; Research; Safety; Sensors
• Old TRIS Terms: Radar applications
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096235
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 750087
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1975 12:00AM