A rear -
facing radar system can snug the seatbelts if a rear collision seems likely, but here the car can't strobe the rear tail lamps to alert the car behind to hit the brakes.
By the late 1990s, they had designed a permanent upward -
facing radar system, based at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, U.K., that automatically logs insects of different sizes.
The work used upward -
facing radar systems and recorded insects flying between 150 meters and 1200 meters high, documenting thousands of mass migrations northward in spring and southward in fall, suggesting the insects know when and in what direction to migrate and pick favorable winds to do so.
Not exact matches
As part of a $ 2,800 Driver Assistance Package, prospective buyers can add the DISTRONIC PLUS
radar - based cruise control, PRE-SAFE autonomous braking; the PRE-SAFE PLUS rear -
facing radar warning
system; BAS PLUS with Cross Traffic Assist (using stereoscopic cameras to help prevent an accident); Active Lane Keeping Assist; and Active Blind Spot Protection.
The
system uses a forward -
facing camera and
radar sensors, plus an electronic control module that allows it to manipulate the throttle, brakes, and steering.
The
system uses rear -
facing radar to detect cars approaching from behind or from the side as the driver backs out of a parking space.
The car's advanced self - driving
systems are kept as simple as possible by integrating existing functions from the production model, including the Smart Cruise Control
system's forward -
facing radar and Lane Keeping Assist cameras.
Toyota's pre-collision
system (PCS) is a
radar - based
system that uses a forward -
facing millimeter - wave
radar.
Not present on our car was the available adaptive cruise control
system, which uses a forward -
facing radar to detect and match the speed of any car in the lane ahead of the IS 350.
Rear - end pre-collision
system includes a rearward -
facing millimeter - wave
radar mounted in the rear bumper.
The forward -
facing radar for this
system is also used to initiate precrash prep, with the seatbelts tightening up if the car thinks a collision might be imminent.
Using advanced
radar sensors and a forward -
facing camera, the available Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop
system adjusts your cruise speed to help you stay at a pre-selected distance behind the vehicle ahead.
Powered by a combination of
radar transmitter and forward -
facing camera, the
system determines the distance and closing speed of detected objects that lie directly ahead.
There's also a forward - collision warning
system and an adaptive cruise - control
system, both of which are powered by a forward -
facing radar sensor hidden beneath the large «T» logo on the Highlander's grille.
Well, Pratt & Miller has developed a new rear -
facing radar that operates in a similar fashion to what we're used to in modern blind spot detection
systems, only it is also capable of tracking cars as they approach and relaying vital information to the driver via a large display screen.
Honda Sensing includes adaptive cruise control, a collision mitigation braking
system (for both cars and pedestrians), lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance, road departure mitigation, and forward collision warning, all of which use a combination of
radar and a front -
facing video camera.
The new AEB
system works via a combination of a forward -
facing camera and millimeter - wave
radar that detects the possibility of a collision and instructs the braking
system to swing into effect at speeds up to around 30km / h.
Yet as high - tech devices such as global positioning
systems and sophisticated
radar nip at the value of these winking pillars, a budget - wary Coast Guard has begun to question whether they can continue to maintain them in the
face of deepening funding cuts.