Safer vision of the future

Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), August 27, 2004

Honda has announced that it has developed the world's first Intelligent Night Vision System, which uses `far infrared' cameras to detect pedestrians in or approaching the vehicle's path and provides the driver visual and audio cautions to help prevent accidents involving pedestrians.

The new system will be available on the Honda Legend to be released in Japan in the autumn.

The Intelligent Night Vision System uses images obtained from two far infrared cameras positioned in the lower section of the front bumper to detect the position and movement of infrared heat-emitting objects and determine whether they are in the vehicle's path.

Honda has also announced a pop-up hood system for pedestrian safety, which raises the engine hood in the event of a collision with a pedestrian to reduce the possibility of a serious impact to the pedestrian's head.