Fulfilling the pedestrian protection directive using a long-wavelength infrared camera designed to meet both performance and cost targets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6198, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Källhammer, Jan Erik ^a   Pettersson, Håkan ^a   Eriksson, Dick ^a   Junique, Stéphane ^b   Savage, Susan ^b   Vieider, Christian ^b   Andersson, Jan Y ^b   Franks, John ^c   Van Nylen, Jan ^c   Vercammen, Hans ^c   Kvisterøy, Terje ^d   Niklaus, Frank ^e   Stemme, Göran ^e  

^a AUTOLIV RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b ACREO AB   (Sweden)

^c UMICORE   (Belgium)

^d SensoNor   (Norway)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automotive safety; Brake assist system; GASIR; Infrared bolometer; Infrared imaging; Low cost optics; MEMS; Pedestrian injury mitigation systems; Quantum well structure; SiGe

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BOLOMETERS; CAMERAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFRARED DEVICES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY; BRAKE ASSIST SYSTEM; GASIR; INFRARED BOLOMETER; LOW-COST OPTICS; MEMS; PEDESTRIAN INJURY MITIGATION SYSTEMS; QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURE; SIGE;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 33747653003     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.663152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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