Plus, a provider of automated and autonomous driving software solutions, has unveiled an AI-based software designed to enhance next-generation safety systems for all vehicle types.
The PlusProtect scalable technology includes key features such as high-performance AEB, expanded-coverage lane departure warning, traffic jam assist, predictive fuel optimization, self-calibrated sensors and over-the-air updates.
Additional options available are GSR-compliant features and an easily-extracted event data recorder that can provide a recording of a vehicle’s operational data immediately preceding and following a safety critical event.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 60,000 rear-end crashes a year involve a heavy vehicle striking another vehicle. Safety systems are therefore important to help contribute to better road safety.
The company says features of PlusProtect would address the performance requirements mandated for automatic emergency braking (AEB) on all passenger vehicles and light trucks by September 2029. AEB is also expected to be mandated in heavy vehicles (gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 lb).
PlusProtect uses cameras and radars to see objects that are more than 650 feet (200m) ahead (approx). It also has full situational awareness to understand where the vehicle is located and what objects are in its own lane as well as nearby lanes. It is also able to predict the movement of surrounding vehicles and obstacles, and assist the driver by reacting quickly and automatically to help mitigate potential forward collisions.
“While improved road safety underlies all of our solutions, we created PlusProtect specifically to enable Tier 1s and OEMs to build market-leading next-generation safety systems. Features such as high-performance collision mitigation not only necessitate a new technology approach, adopting PlusProtect as part of the integrated safety solutions also helps them pave the way for higher levels of automation in their product portfolio,” said Shawn Kerrigan, COO and co-founder at Plus.
PlusProtect is built on a flexible architecture that can adapt to different sensor configurations and handles variations in platform, such as US and Europe truck designs, and both left- and right-hand driving.