Honda Patents Reveal Camera Safety System With Image Sensors
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Highlights
- Honda experimenting with camera-powered rider safety & warning system
- Latest patent images show image sensors mounted on the headlight area
- Camera-powered systems will be cheaper than radar-powered safety tech
Honda's latest patent filings show that the Japanese giant is looking at developing other technologies for motorcycle safety system and ARAS (Advanced Rider Assistance Systems). The latest patent images show that Honda is exploring the possibility of using a simpler, and potentially cheaper safety aid that could be used on a wide range of motorcycles. While radar-powered systems seem to be the current rage in ARAS, and a Bosch-developed system is already available on the Ducati Multistrada V4S, BMW R 1250 RT, as well as the BMW Transcontinental, they are difficult to integrate into the bike's aesthetics.
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The patent images reveal multiple image sensors mounted near the headlight area, which are easier aesthetically and hidden from plain view
Honda's radar patents have tried to overcome these challenges, making efforts to hide the sensors behind bodywork. Now, Honda's latest patent filings show image sensors, something similar to image sensors used in digital cameras, which will be mounted inside the headlights of motorcycles, right alongside the LEDs. An electronic control board mounted inside the headlight, along with internal walls to keep the image sensor from not being hit by light from the LEDs. The system will not just work out to be less expensive than radar-powered systems, but it also helps mount sensors in a place which will not affect the motorcycle's design aesthetics.
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Even though these systems could be possibly less expensive than radar-powered systems, cameras have some advantages as well. And even though cameras will have restrictions in rain, fog, or water spray, a camera-based sensor can easily recognise speed limit signs, spot traffic lights and also warn the rider of brake lights lighting up on a vehicle up ahead. Honda's patent drawings show the system in different types of motorcycles, so it's expected to be a system which can be implemented in a wide variety and types of motorcycles.
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