Side assist
uses ultrasound sensors to detect traffic around the vehicle, while the adaptive cruise control regulates brake and throttle.
The system uses the radar and
ultrasound sensors as well as the front camera, guiding the car by gently adjusting the steering and following the traffic ahead within system limits.
Using ultrasound sensors it can identify parking spaces and automatically steer the vehicle into the space while parking.
After 12 front and
side ultrasound sensors explore a potential parking space, a driver can allow the car to park itself in the space, whether in the car or not, using a smart key.
An ultrasound sensor for detecting dangerous cracks in structures such as aircraft engines, oil and gas pipelines and nuclear plants has been developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde — with inspiration from the natural world.
Some newer systems combine cameras with radar or
ultrasound sensors.
Safety features will play a big role too, the company claiming that «modern driver assistance systems based on cameras, radar and
ultrasound sensors» will give drivers extra eyes and ears to avoid trouble.
These functions monitor the vehicle's environment using a combination of a forward facing stereo camera mounted on the windshield near the rear - view mirror and optional radar and
ultrasound sensors.
Modern driver assistance systems based on cameras, radar and
ultrasound sensors will support and relieve the driver in many situations, and in so doing equally enhance safety and comfort.
This data is combined with those from the radar and
ultrasound sensors to feed driver assistance systems.
Those who will order all three packages will receive 39 driver assistance systems that use five - camera and radar sensors, 12
ultrasound sensors and a laser scanner.
That means there's no need for a Home button or even a bezel — manufacturers could simply embed
an ultrasound sensor in the middle of the screen underneath the glass, on on the back beneath the plastic or metal casing.
Qualcomm's found a way to hide
the ultrasound sensor in any of the most commonly used materials in smartphone design: aluminum, glass, and plastic.