FEASIBILITY STUDY OF OPTICAL DEFLECTION SENSING SYSTEM IN THE AATD (ADVANCED ANTHROPOMORPHIC TEST DEVICE) THORAX

The optical thorax deflection sensing system for the Hybrid III dummy was studied for the feasibility in Advanced Anthropomorphic Test Device (AATD) dummy. The optical thorax deflection sensing system measures the displacement of target points based on trigonometry by sensing the light of light emitting diodes (LEDs) attached to the target points within a thorax with cameras fixed to the spine. The camera layout used before could not be employed because the lateral distance between the target points in the AATD dummy is greater. It was found that the system can be made feasible in the AATD dummy by rearranging the combination of the target points and cameras and optimizing the relative position between cameras and mirrors. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 894848.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • KATO, H
  • OGATA, K
  • Kawai, H
  • ASAKURA, F
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTEENTH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON ENHANCED SAFETY OF VEHICLES
  • Location: Munich , Germany
  • Date: 1994-5-23 to 1994-5-26
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 284-8
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 94-S1-W-21

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Conferences; Deflection; Dummies; Evaluation and assessment; Mathematical models; Measuring instruments; Motion; Thorax
• ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 6155: Apparatus (measuring); 8525: Conference; 5586: Deflection; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 5483: Movement; 2083: Thorax; 9080: Three dimensional
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00747059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 28 1998 12:00AM