Delphi and U.S. Department of Transportation Enter Into Second Phase of 'SAVE-IT' Research
Delphi, U.S. government work together to address "driver distraction" issue
Delphi showcases prototype vehicle at Convergence 2004
DETROIT, Oct. 20 -- Delphi Corporation announced that it is planning to provide more sophisticated safety technologies to drivers through its second phase of research in a cooperative effort sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Coordinated by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Volpe National Transportation Center, the SAVE-IT (SAfety VEhicles using adaptive Interface Technologies) program is designed to demonstrate a viable proof of concept capable of reducing distraction related crashes and enhancing the effectiveness of safety warning.
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Delphi is showcasing a SAVE-IT prototype vehicle at its exhibit at Convergence 2004, Oct. 18-20, an industry electronics symposium, held at Cobo Hall this week. The Delphi exhibit is located in Oakland Hall (number 501). Phase two of the program will involve further development, integration, testing applications guidelines and benefit analysis. The second phase complements the first phase of the program that identified crash scenarios that would most benefit from the use of adaptive interface technologies. Phase one also determined the diagnostic measure for distraction and identified the technologies need for an integrated adaptive safety system and a concept for demonstration.
"We are pleased to lead this cooperative team whose objective is to make our roads safer," said Jeff Owens, president of Delphi Electronics & Safety. "It certainly has the right combination of players, talent, and resources to accomplish the goal of helping to prevent accidents caused by distractions in the vehicle."
It is estimated that driver distraction accounts for 25 percent all accidents, according to NHTSA.
"The results of the SAVE-IT program is helping us to understand the problems associated with driver distraction and fine tune our workload management suite of technologies," said Richard Lind, director of advanced engineering at Delphi Electronics & Safety. "Our expertise in safety technologies, human factors and ability to integrate these systems into vehicles, has enabled this program to continue to move forward."
The SAVE-IT program utilizes Delphi's state of the art work in driver state monitoring, sensor suite development, data fusion, advanced human machine interfaces and adaptive integrated safety systems.
The SAVE-IT system provides a comprehensive close-loop vehicle environment that is adaptive to real time needs of the driver. Real time situational assessments help determine the appropriate level of distraction, mitigation and safety warning countermeasures that are needed. The system architecture includes sophisticated telematics, mobile office, entertainment, forward collision warning systems and sophisticated driver monitoring.
The program will provide the initial structure for guidelines and standards for adaptive interface technologies to enable consistent performance from vehicle to vehicle.
The Volpe National Transportation Systems is an internationally recognized center of transportation and logistics center of expertise that performs primarily for the DOT. Other members of the team include GM, Ford, University of Iowa and University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.
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