Fujitsu Ten and Valeo sign pact for advanced automotive safety system development

Paris, November 19, 2013: Valeo and automotive electronics manufacturer Fujitsu Ten have signed a technological partnership contract to jointly develop sensing technology to detect obstacles in the car’s path by combining Fujitsu Ten’s millimetre wave radar and Valeo’s front camera.

The combination of these two technologies acts as a sensor to promptly and accurately detect pedestrians, bicycles and other vehicles on the road. In the event of an imminent collision, the system brakes automatically, preventing an accident. With multiple sensors, autonomous emergency braking systems will limit or prevent collisions with pedestrians, for example.

Merging the advantageous properties of the millimetre wave radar that is adept at identifying relative distance and detecting objects, and the camera that recognises an object itself, the two companies will develop a highly accurate and reliable sensing technology unaffected by the external environment, including weather and time of day among other things.