About the Image Processing in the LS..
08-25-06, 02:10 AM
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About the Image Processing in the LS..
I think the whole image processing saftey feature is awesome, and I really do hope it shows up in more cars like this article claims:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...-JAPAN-NEC.xml
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...-JAPAN-NEC.xml
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese microchip maker NEC Electronics Corp. (6723.T: Quote, NEWS, Research) began sales of image detection processors for cars on Friday, saying it aims for a 40 percent share of the global market by 2015.
The processors will be used in Toyota Motor Corp.'s (7203.T: Quote, NEWS, Research) flagship Lexus LS460 model, set to go on sale this fall.
NEC Electronics hopes the device will become the de facto standard in image detection within nine years, when it projects annual sales of 20 billion yen ($170 million).
The processor can differentiate vehicles, pedestrians and lane markers, and auto makers can use the device in safety mechanisms to prevent collisions, Yoshirou Miyaji, NEC Electronics general manager of auto systems, told reporters.
In 2010, 4 million cars are expected to have image detection processors in place, with the market growing to 8.6 million cars in 2012 and 18 million cars in 2015, Miyaji said. NEC Electronics, the world's eighth-largest chip maker, 70 percent owned by NEC Corp. (6701.T: Quote, NEWS, Research), posted an operating loss of 5.76 billion yen in the quarter ended June on poor sales of cellphone chips, and it sees the car industry as a long-term source of demand.
NEC Electronics shares closed down 3.1 percent at 3,760 yen, underperforming Tokyo's electric machinery subindex (.IELEC.T: Quote, NEWS, Research), which fell 0.23 percent.
The processors will be used in Toyota Motor Corp.'s (7203.T: Quote, NEWS, Research) flagship Lexus LS460 model, set to go on sale this fall.
NEC Electronics hopes the device will become the de facto standard in image detection within nine years, when it projects annual sales of 20 billion yen ($170 million).
The processor can differentiate vehicles, pedestrians and lane markers, and auto makers can use the device in safety mechanisms to prevent collisions, Yoshirou Miyaji, NEC Electronics general manager of auto systems, told reporters.
In 2010, 4 million cars are expected to have image detection processors in place, with the market growing to 8.6 million cars in 2012 and 18 million cars in 2015, Miyaji said. NEC Electronics, the world's eighth-largest chip maker, 70 percent owned by NEC Corp. (6701.T: Quote, NEWS, Research), posted an operating loss of 5.76 billion yen in the quarter ended June on poor sales of cellphone chips, and it sees the car industry as a long-term source of demand.
NEC Electronics shares closed down 3.1 percent at 3,760 yen, underperforming Tokyo's electric machinery subindex (.IELEC.T: Quote, NEWS, Research), which fell 0.23 percent.
08-25-06, 02:11 AM
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I've been taking some signal processing and image processing related classes at Cal, and boy.. its some crazy stuff! 
But they have the ability to discern TONS of things with a camera these days... the technology just needs to filter through to consumer uses like this.. 
But they have the ability to discern TONS of things with a camera these days... the technology just needs to filter through to consumer uses like this..
08-25-06, 02:58 AM
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Wow this is amazing, and pretty scary too! I wonder if it works pretty much like the LS safety video at lexus.jp shows--targeting reticles around the pedestrian spotted ahead, and 3 cameras triangulating and confirming...
It's pretty cool that Lexus has gotten this innovation first
It's pretty cool that Lexus has gotten this innovation first
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