Eyedrive Systems Ltd - Overview

 
 
  • How Mobileye Works
  • Safety Alert Types
  • System Effectiveness
  • Fleets
  • About Mobileye

How Mobileye Works

Using advanced computer vision technology, Mobileye Advanced Warning System (AWS) provides a 'third eye' continually scanning the road ahead.  It captures data from the road lane markings, road curvature and relative speeds of the host vehicle and adjacent vehicles. Using this data, the AWS instantly analyses the conditions to predict impending accident conditions.

When an accident risk is detected, an audible and visual alert is broadcast to the driver giving them additional time to take preventative action.

The AWS continuously monitors the distance between the host vehicle and the vehicle ahead.  If the distance between the two vehicles becomes too short or poses a potential risk of accident, an alert warning will be broadcast, reminding the driver to take action to increase his headway distance.

This continual advanced visual and audible warning method, subconsciously improves driving behaviour, resulting in significant reductions in fuel consumption and vehicle maintenance costs.

 

 

 

Safety Alert Types

Overview
Forward Collision Warning
Lane Departure Warning
Headway Monitoring and      Warning
Urban Forward Collision      Warning
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Overview

Mobileye AWS is the only automotive aftermarket system worldwide to include Forward Collision Warning, Lane Departure Warning, Headway Monitoring and Warning, Urban Forward Collision Warning and Pedestrian Detection Warning in one system. 

Mobileye increases driver alertness (the primary cause of road traffic incidents), thereby improving general driving safety.

Mobileye's system prevents common and potentially fatal road traffic incidents. It is unparalleled in both effectiveness and affordability, making it the unprecedented choice in safer road travel for everyone, everywhere.

 

Forward Collision Warning

The Forward Collision Warning (FCW) alerts the driver of an imminent rear-end collision with the vehicle ahead.  Mobileye calculates the Time To Collision based on the distance and the relative speed between the two vehicles.  Studies showed that 1.5 seconds of early warning can prevent almost 90% of all rear-end collisions.  FCW alerts the driver up to 2.7 seconds before a collision occurs, allowing the driver enough time to take preventative action.

 

Lane Departure Warning

Mobileye issues a Lane Departure Warning (LDW) when it detects that the host vehicle has unintentionally deviated from the road towards the lane boundary or marking. Unintended lane departure may result in rollovers or run-off-road crashes that account for 60% of all road incident fatalities.

Mobileye generates an audible and visual alert approximately 0.5 seconds before the unintended lane departure only under conditions where the respective direction indicator is not turned on.  The system achieves this by constantly monitoring the distance from the vehicle’s wheels to the lane markings on both sides.

Studies conducted on fleets showed a 65% decrease in all lane-departure related crashes using vision-based LDW systems.

 

 

Headway Monitoring and Warning

Research has shown that drivers overestimate headway.  They forget that as their speed increases, the effective headway decreases, often leaving insufficient response time to avoid collision.   Headway Monitoring Warning (HMW) assists the driver in keeping a safe driving distance from the vehicle ahead, reducing the chances of a rear-end collision.

The HMW feature prompts the driver to adopt better driving habits by improving awareness of insufficient headway using a clear digital display showing their range in seconds.  Should the driver fail to keep a safe distance, the HMW will engage causing the vehicle icon on the digital display to change colour from green to red and a chime to sound, alerting the driver of an impending risk.

Highways Agency research suggests that tailgating contributes to 29% of all injury accidents in the UK.  According to studies, not only does Mobileye reduce the risk of injury to drivers and improve driving safety but it also has the potential to reduce rear impact collisions by 57%.

 

 

Urban Forward Collision Warning

The Mobileye AWS also provides low speed ‘bumper-to-bumper’ collision alerts, called Urban Forward Collision Warnings (UFCW). These alerts occur most frequently at traffic lights, junctions, traffic queues and roundabouts.  UFCW is described as a ‘virtual bumper’ extending about 2 metres in front of your vehicle.

Studies have proven that most whiplash injuries are sustained when a vehicle is impacted from behind at average speeds as low as 6mph. Mobileye will give a low intensity warning at these speeds rather than a full Forward Collision Warning, which is sufficient to alert the driver without creating an annoying disturbance.

 

 

System Effectiveness

Accident Prevention and Accident Mitigation System Effectiveness Report Mobileye® Technologies Ltd., April, 2007

The Mobileye®™ AWS (Advance Warning System) is a driver assistance system for accident prevention and accident mitigation. AWS is based on a camera located on the vehicle’s front windshield that watches the road ahead. The AWS utilizes advanced vision technologies for:

  • Lane detection and road curvature calculation – the AWS detects and measures lane position relative to the vehicle and provides distance to lane marks, detection of lane crossing including lane crossing prediction (by calculating Time to Lane Crossing - TLC) for earlier warnings than received from actual rumble-strips.
  • Vehicle detection – the AWS detects vehicles ahead, and measures their distance, azimuth, relative speed and Time To Contact (TTC). The AWS uses these calculations for providing continuous headway and potential collision related information. The road curvature calculation provided by the lane detection capability enables to identify which of the vehicles ahead is in the same lane as the “host vehicle”

Its detection of vehicles and lanes markings provides the driver with the following safety alert types:

  • Forward Collision Warning (FCW) – alerting the driver of an impending collision with the vehicle ahead (up to 2.7 seconds before collision occurs)
  • Lane Departure Warning (LDW) – acting as “audible rumble strips”, LDW produces a rumble sound up to 0.5 seconds before unintentionally departing from the lane or the road altogether
  • Headway Monitoring and Warning (HMW) – enables continuous monitoring of the driving distance (headway) kept from the vehicle ahead, and warns the driver when headway decreases to a dangerous level

These 3 features correspond with 3 of the leading causes of road accidents:

  • Rear-end accidents caused by driver inattention
  • Lane departure, and Run Off Road (ROR) accidents
  • Rear-end accident caused by insufficient distance keeping

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Fleets

Overview
Benefits and Advantages
Why Mobileye is Unmatched
Driver Behaviour Improvement
     and Fleet Cost Reduction
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Overview

Mobileye offers the only fleet solution with 5 innovative safety features in one system:

  • Forward collision warning
  • Lane departure warning
  • Headway monitoring and warning
  • Urban forward collision warning
  • Pedestrian Collision Warning

All features are available with optional event data recording capability to log safety alert details.

Mobileye covers the widest range of dangerous driving situations and is far more cost effective than any other single solution thereby lowering costs and adding safety to fleets worldwide.

Using the same technology developed for BMW, Volvo, Cadillac and Buick, Mobileye continuously reinforces safe driving behaviour and provides critical warnings to prevent road traffic incidents. The data recording capability is essential for training and tracking purposes, to optimize your fleet operations.  Driving with a Mobileye equipped fleet means accident related costs drop and insurance expenses, dependent on accident rates, are reduced, all whilst demonstrating a commitment to safety and corporate responsibility.

Accident expenses include major losses of equipment, cargo, time and personnel.

Mobileye's solution provides: reduced collisions, lowered insurance costs, improved fuel economy and longer vehicle life.

Benefits and Advantages

  • It is an 'extra eye' designed to continuously watching the road and track driver behaviour
  • Drivers are taught safer driving habits by increasing headway awareness, lane related position and by being warned of potential collisions with stationary or slow-moving vehicles
  • It improves driving habits relative to brake and direction indicator usage
  • It is a compact system that is installed without undermining the integrity of the vehicle

 

 

 

 

Why Mobileye is Unmatched

Mobileye offers the ONLY fleet solution with 5 innovative safety features in one system:

  • Forward collision warning
  • Lane departure warning
  • Headway monitoring and warning
  • Urban forward collision warning
  • Pedestrian Collision Warning

with optional event data recording capability to log safety alert details.

Other products on the market:

  • Demand at least two different systems to achieve the same results
  • Cannot supply a seamless, intelligent warning scheme, controlling urgency & prioritisation
  • Cost at least 4 times more than a single Mobileye product

Driver Behaviour Improvement and Fleet Cost Reduction

  • Mobileye's optional Data Recording is the most effective tool for driver safety, training and coaching
  • Fleet managers can benchmark results and easily record their savings
  • Mobileye's fleet safety solutions offer custom reports and graphs supplying only the information you want

 

 

About Mobileye

Mobileye is a pioneer in the development of vision-based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), providing data for applications such as Lane Departure Warning, Forward Collision Warning, Headway Monitoring, Pedestrian Detection, High Beam Assist, Traffic Sign Recognition, Adaptive Cruise Control and more.

Founded in 1999, Mobileye is recognized as the leader in intelligent transportation, and has been selected by major automotive companies worldwide for their production vehicles.

BMW, Volvo, Buick, Renault Trucks, Nissan and GM are all using the Mobileye.  It is sold worldwide as the safety solution of choice for passenger cars and commercial fleets.

The Mobileye headquarters are based in the Netherlands, with a research and development center in Israel. Sales and Marketing Offices are worldwide in Los Angeles, California, Detroit, Michigan, Nicosia, Cyprus, Tokyo, Japan, United Kingdom and Ireland.

 

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