Past and future thoughts on your ability to see a vehicle/driver and a driver's ability to see you. Today it is see and be seen. Tomorrow it is perceived and be perceived.

1. Tech Talk with TMC
2019 June 11
See & Be Seen

5. Company History
Benz Patent Motor Car: The first automobile (1885–1886)

6. Autonomous—Connected—Electrified
Past ➙ Future
1885 ➙ 2035
135 Years Ago ➙ 15 Years from Now

7. Autonomous Vehicles EVERYWHERE!

8. What, No Headlights?

9. How Will Lamps Be More Aerodynamic?

10. SEE—What Can the DRIVER See?

17. Look, Ma! No More Mirrors

18. Night Vision Improving
DENSO develops new vision sensor for
improved night driving safety

19. The World's Sixth Sense

21. Be Seen

22. School Bus Is Uniquely USA

23. Be
Seen

24. Conspicuity

25. See and Be Seen—A Halo of Protection

26. Adaptive Driving Beam
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/10/12/2018-21853/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standards-lamps-reflective-devices-and-associated-equipment
NHTSA opens door to adaptive-driving-beam headlights

27. Be Seen?

28. Be Heard!
Be Sensed!

29. FMVSS 141 Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
50% September 1, 2019
100% September 1, 2020
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/26/2018-03721/federal-motor-vehicle-safety-standard-no-141-minimum-sound-requirements-for-hybrid-and-electric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOTbrZBjyHg
What Should
Electric Cars
Sound Like?

30. Other Sound Devices

32. Perception of Intention

33. Blinking Brake Lights
https://blinkingbrakelights.com

34. Seeing Is Believing

35. I Can’t See You!
• Lidar
• Radar
• Vision
• Monocular
• Stereo
• 360º
• 360º Bird’s Eye View
• Ultrasonic
• V2X

36. SAE and NON-Standard Standards
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/mobility/2019/04/29/carmakers-face-pressure-set-self-driving-car-rules/3554772002/
Carmakers face pressure to set self-driving car rules
"If you buy a car that does not have the
hardware necessary for full self-driving, it
is like buying a horse," Tesla CEO Elon
Musk told investors recently.

37. What Will the Future Hold?
• Lamps with
• Sound Generator
• GPS
• Modem for V2X
• BlueTooth
• Camera
• Ultrasonics
• Radar

38. Package Delivery
Toyota unveils autonomous e-commerce
concept vehicle, development alliance
Robot Delivery Vans Are Arriving Before Self-Driving Cars

39. Door Delivery

40. Bike

41. Drone

42. Personal

43. What Are Safety Devices?
• Lighting
• Under ride guards
• Engine emissions
• Skid marks on roads
• Tires and pressures
• ABS
• Traffic lights
• Temperatures

44. What Are Safety Devices?
• Lighting
• Under ride guards
• Engine emissions
• Skid marks on roads
• Tires and pressures
• ABS
• Traffic lights
• Temperatures
What
Doesn’t
Relate to
Safety
Somehow?

45. Honor the Past, but the Future is
Autonomous—Connected—Electrified

46. Thank-YOU

47. Robotic Car or Driver?
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superman
https://www.youtube.com/user/BostonDynamics

48. Vision for a
Roadmap to Autonomy

56. https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/30/18523216/amazon-key-ford-in-car-package-delivery
Safety?