Sentences with phrase «radar systems on»

Chris Urmson, director of the Google self - driving car program, asked the FCC on January 26 to renew an experimental authority license that allows it to test radio transmitters in the 76 GHz range — likely used by the radar system on its cars.

Not exact matches

The placement of the defensive weapons also comes on the heels of China's recent South China Sea installation of military jamming equipment, which disrupts communications and radar systems.

While «both the A-10 and Su - 25 carry radar warning receivers, neither is equipped with missile approach warning systems capable of providing reliable detection and tracking of incoming heat - seeking missiles such as MANPADS and have to rely on flares and defensive maneuvring to avoid being hit even if the pilot does manage to detect a hostile launch,» Bronk said.

The company is manufacturing the entire suite of sensors on its self - driving cars, which includes the vision system, radars, and light detection and ranging radar known as LiDAR.

The original mission of the EC - 130H was SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses): the Compass Call were to jam the enemy's IADS (Integrated Air Defense Systems) and to prevent interceptors from talking with the radar controllers on the ground (or aboard an Airborne Early Warning aircraft).

In September, he held a press conference with reporters on a Sunday to talk about the latest version of Autopilot, which uses a radar system that he claims could have prevented Brown's accident, which may have been caused when the Autopilot system failed to detect the tractor trailer because of its high ground clearance.

The documents show that Cruz was very much on the radar screen of mental health professionals and the Broward County school system, yet very little appears to have been done other than these evaluations.

Autonomous vehicles rely on three sensors: radars, lidars (a system to detect and measure distance with a laser) and cameras.

If Elta's MMR radar system analyzes a rocket's flight path and rules out a hit on a built - up area, the Iron Dome system will not go into action, and will not fire an expensive interceptor missile at it.

I think of guys like Pigrome who were not even on Maryland's radar before Bell came on board and probably chose to come here based on the system that Walt Bell sold to him.

It might all sound silly to some, but imagine being in modern warfare and having your targeting systems take a complete shit on you, or perhaps radar or radar jamming.

As an essential member of the Army's weapons maintenance team, the PATRIOT system repairer is primarily responsible for performing field level maintenance on the PATRIOT system, a combat missile system that features a phased array radar set and control station.

The Air Defense Battle Management System Operator maintains, manages and operates modern complicated military computers on complex networks, communications equipment systems, and the Sentinel Radar in order to provide warning, detection, and protection for armed forces from aerial attack, missile attack, and aerial surveillance.

Those less privileged kids can't afford to pay for this elite development academy system, so they're clearly not on their radar.

That has raised concerns about potential consequences from the wind turbines, like how they can create blind spots on Fort Drum's radar system.

The system, called WatchStander, uses radar mounted on either side of a ship to scan the surrounding water for small objects that look like they are moving to intercept.

«I worry that this issue is not high on the radar, and that there could be a shock to the system if we do not solve the molybdenum supply issue,» says Murthy.

Gradually being deployed worldwide, ADS - B improves upon the radar - based systems that air traffic controllers and pilots rely on to find out the location and velocity of aircraft in their vicinity.

A national flood warning system based on radar, established two years ago by Britain's Meteorological Office, is failing to predict major downpours and flash floods.

The surveillance and tracking systems, which made use of Sideways - Looking Airborne Radar and infra - red and ultraviolet sensors, could only detect oil on the surface.

All of these systems involve multiple sensors, such as radars and cameras, tracking what's going on around the car.

The Volvo system is the latest in a line of developments made possible by sophisticated sensors based on cameras, radar and lasers.

Just north of the Arctic Circle on Greenland's west coast the dancing «northern lights» offer the perfect backdrop to the antenna of the Sondrestrom Upper Atmospheric Research Facility's centerpiece instrument — the ionospheric radar system.

«One of the big reasons for the Energy Futures Lab was a feeling that the systems aspect of engineering was coming up on the radar,» explains Fisk.

Such radio traffic could be readily apparent On the earth, for example, a new radar system employed with the telescope at the Arecibo Observatory for planetary studies emits a narrow - bandwidth signal that, if it were detected from another star, would be between a million and 10 billion times brighter than the sun at the same frequency.

It hooks into the aircraft's own navigation system and relies on the fact that almost all commercial and military aircraft have a transponder which responds to a radar signal by transmitting the aircraft's identity and altitude.

The space community relies on a decades - old system for tracking satellites and other space objects — the radar and optical telescopes in the DoD's Space Surveillance Network.

Just like radar systems here on Earth, scientists instead actively produce a radio signal directed at an object like the asteroid Phaethon, then wait for that signal to bounce back and be detected like any other signal.

The radar system only came back online earlier in December because of its high demand for power, which is still in short supply on the island.

Most are familiar with the concept of a badge, but digital badges weren't really on anyone's radar until around 2011 when Peer 2 Peer University and The Mozilla Foundation co-authored a paper titled «An Open Badge System Framework».

Thousands of courageous educators rely on our network for content and analysis that can support them working under the radar to reach every learner despite the limitations imposed by the system.

I admit that this issue had not been in high relief on my radar screen before ACTA's relentless campaign to reform the failures in the current system, but I have become completely sold on the crying need.

«I agree that this system, so important for generating feelings of «enthusiasm» as opposed to rewarding «pleasure,» needs to be on the radar of educators.

That big - ass Mercedes - Benz star on the front grille is heated because the front sensor for the radar system is mounted behind it, and anyone living in the Snowbelt knows road slush can block the sensor and render the radar system useless.

The second - generation Toyota Safety Sense system, launching in the middle of next year on certain models, adds a pre-collision system with day / night pedestrian protection and day bicycle detection function, lane - departure alert with steering assist, lane - tracing assist, road sign assist and full - range dynamic radar cruise control (except on manual transmission cars and trucks) with enhanced forward recognition and acceleration / deceleration.

As with similar systems on many other cars, AEB can apply the Genesis's brakes if it detects an imminent collision, based on input from the cruise control radar and the lane - departure camera.

Volvo says that the hybrid setup works to City Safety's advantage: the radar allows the car's central control unit to detect moving pedestrians and passengers early on, while the people in question come into focus on the camera and the system's video processor begins to track them.

Exact hardware is also unknown, though we're told the system still relies on a combination of cameras, ultrasonic sensors, and radar.

Works like a charm and together with rear radar and surrounding sodar you have a car that can detect obstacles, read signs, see the road, partly drive by itself, keep cruise control distance, warn rear driver if they don't see you are at standstill in a queue (the car then flashes the lights to wake them up) and to protect you (if they still doesn't react and my car thinks this will not end well, it pretensions seat belts, apply full brake if you are at stand still, to prevent you from bouncing further, and precharge the airbag safety system - if nothing happens, it releases the belts and so on), and it can find parking spot that fits and help you park there and of course help you with obstacles around the car when parking by yourself.

The current TSS system already features pre-collision with pedestrian detection, lane - departure alert with steering assist on certain models, auto - high beams and dynamic radar cruise control.

The concept is also fitted with i - ACTIVSENSE accident - mitigation systems, which include automatic dipping headlights to reduce glare to on - coming drivers, radar cruise control as well automatic braking systems to avoid urban collisions.

It's a unique setup — most manufacturers tend to choose one type of object detection method or the other: Subaru's EyeSight is solely camera based, while forward collision warning systems on Mazda, Chrysler, and Ford products (among others) are solely radar - based.

The pre-collision braking system uses radar sensor to detect an imminent crash and applies the brakes automatically; it is already offered on the Nissan Maxima and Murano.

The autonomous Bolt on display at GM Headquarters in the Renaissance Center features a prominent Velodyne LIDAR system on its roof and radar in the front fascia.

The Delphi Audi relied on six long - range radars, four short - range radars, three vision - based cameras, six lidars (laser - based radar systems), a localization system, intelligent software algorithms, and a full suite of active safety systems — a kitchen sink's worth of tech that underscores how much extra equipment automated cars will likely need.

A few more active safety features are available, including adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning and emergency braking, while the previously offered blind - spot warning system transitions to a radar - based system and is standard on SV and SL trim levels.

If that's not enough to geek out on, try this: a radar - based collision warning system is standard on all 2014 E-Class models, but a new, optional camera - based system can also detect pedestrians and can automatically brake the car from speeds up to 30 mph.

Using camera and radar equipment to sense other vehicles on the road, Honda's i - ACC system relies on an algorithm that calculates the probability of nearby vehicles cutting into your lane.

AEB systems use on - vehicle sensors such as radar, cameras, or lasers to detect an imminent crash, warn the driver, and apply the brakes if the driver does not take sufficient action quickly enough.

It also featured a radar operated collision avoidance system, with the radar sensors mounted in twin «nose - cones» on the front of the car.