The system, called the Cooperative Pedestrian Warning System, will significantly reduce the number of pedestrian traffic accidents.
"We are applying our expertise in sensor technology that we deploy to protect troops on the battlefield and using it in this application to increase pedestrian safety in urban traffic areas," said Brian Hickey, Raytheon Network Centric Systems' strategic management systems director.
The Vehicle Infrastructure Integration demonstration will be held on a closed section of New York's 11th Avenue during each day of the ITS Congress. It will use intelligent video processing, audio and visual warning alerts and Dedicated Short Range Communications, a tool approved for licensing by the Federal Communications Commission in 2003 for vehicle-to-roadside communications, to detect probable pedestrian-vehicle collisions. It gives the pedestrian and the driver sufficient time to take evasive action to avoid an accident.
However, there are no details of the system itself at this time.
