Ukrainian State Science Institute Enters Collision Avoidance Arena
IVsource.net
27 August 2000
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Swords are being beaten into vehicular plowshares in at least one former Soviet republic, as the Ukrainian State Science and Production Institute of Transport Electronics (referred to as Quant-Transpor) is proposing a project entitled "Automated System of Traffic Accidents Prevention." 

The proposal will compete for financial resources in an international competition being hosted by the Science and Technical Center of Ukraine (STCU).  Additional funding for the project is said to have been lined up from the US and Japanese governments as well as from the European Community.  The program is one of several civilian-focused efforts that aims to gainfully employ Ukranian specialists who previously worked on military defense projects, thereby mitigating somewhat the threat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

According to the somewhat sketchy information obtained by IVsource, the intent of the project is to develop an automatic system that can warn of obstacles in the vehicle’s path.   The millimeter-wave radar-based system will provide detection of obstacles, obstacle tracking, calculation of distance and speed of approach, and warning generation.  Data on obstacles will be saved, and hooks will be implemented to allow extension using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and digital maps.

The system will use a "multi-frequency method of radiolocation" and will be capable of:

  • sensing the path behind vehicle for safer backing;
  • detecting, identifying, and classifying obstacles according to safety threat;
  • tracking obstacles;
  • discerning the speed of an obstacle's movement;
  • tracking the vehicle's course and determining position using an electronic map;
  • combining information from different sources (i.e., sensor fusion using other vehicles);
  • precise positioning of vehicle to aid in maneuvering through narrow passages .
The project managers cite the following features as design goals:
  • More precise determination of speed and coordinates 
  • Faster response to changes in roadway environment 
  • Higher system intelligence achieved through using sophisticated software 
  • Reduced size and price compared to existing systems
The project team members include project manager Shayda Volodimir, who has many years of experience in information processing systems for military radiolocation and optoelectronic systems; Kovbasa Oleksiy, an expert in microwave technology; and Cherevko Volodimir, a radiolocation and radionavigation specialist. 

The team notes that they are actively seeking to collaborate with firms and research institutes elsewhere in the world, to share information and exchange results of their  experiments.
 

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For more information ...

... contact Shayda Volodimir at vl_shayda@mail.ru.

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