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ITRI announced LDWS module technology to Transmint Precision
MSL transfers LDWS module tech to private maker
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D7 U$ ~/ S N2 V) s+ a- @The Mechanical & System Research Laboratories (MSL, formerly Mechanical Industry Research Laboratories) under the government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently announced its transfer Taiwan's first homegrown lane departure warning system (LDWS) module technology to a local private maker Transmint Precision Co., Ltd.9 X6 q5 v) D1 i6 t# l/ v1 T0 E0 v
2 m2 n. B3 u' n9 M. o7 bTransmint, already a major precision-mold/die developer in Taiwan, has been actively trying to diversify product lines into automotive-parts fields.
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The LDWS, according to MSL, is a new driving aid that detects unintentional lane departures on motorways and dual carriageways at speeds of 80 kilometer-per-hour (kph) and above. The system is triggered automatically when the driver mistakenly allows the vehicle to stray out of lane.
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The LDWS works as follows: when the vehicle moves across road markings (white line lane markers) without the indicator being used, infrared sensors behind the front bumper detect the movement and trigger the electronic control unit (ECU) which warns the driver by various means (of a vibrating signal on the left or right side of the driver's seat, for example) depending which way the vehicle is drifting. This allows the driver to take immediate action to get back in lane.
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The Strategic Analysis, a leading global market survey and consulting firm, forecasted that safety devices would enjoy the highest growth among all automotive-electronic counterparts. 4 [" W$ `1 L1 C9 w. v
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Wu Tung-chuan, ITRI vice president and director general of MSL, pointed out that his laboratory would continue to strengthen technical partnerships with the industries to create more business opportunities for the auto electronics sector.
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) e3 u, Z$ F4 e' ]: N; \- M3 p9 W9 QMSL officials said that the LDWS could also be integrated with the digital tachograph to create a new and innovative safety-assist device for modern automobile industry.
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* y0 }/ m3 i5 u$ F/ R- TTransmint claimed that it would first try to make LDWS products for trucks and buses in the first phase, and then for other vehicle types. The company pointed out that the LDWS can also assist the driver in consistently keeping a vehicle in the lane, thereby reducing lane-departure crashes; encourage the driver to use turn signals when changing lanes (otherwise, a lane-departure warning sounds); reinforce driver awareness of vehicle position in the lane to maintain a more central lane position and improve the driver's attention to the driving task. |
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