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New Book on Intelligent Vehicle Technologies Recently Published
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20 September
2001

An international collection of IV experts has collaborated to produce a work which may become the definitive text on defining Intelligent Vehicle Technologies.



The IV industry is fortunate to have a new textbook describing recent developments in this field.  Written by the leading experts in the field – practicing professionals from both industry and academia - “Intelligent Vehicle Technologies” provides information on a range of key IV elements such as intelligent sensors, vehicle control, navigation, and communication systems.

As the book’s flyer states, “intelligent solutions such as in-car navigation devices and cruise control are already being introduced into modern vehicles, but manufacturers are now racing to develop systems such as 'smart' cruise control, on-vehicle driver information systems, collision avoidance systems, vision enhancement, vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems and roadworthiness diagnostics systems.”

Editors are Dr. L. Vlacic, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia; M. Parent, INRIA, France; and F. Harashima, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.

A listing of the contents is below; for more information, see the promotional flyer (Acrobat file, 175Kb).

Part 1:
Introduction - The car of the future
Part 2:
Intelligent vehicle sensor technologies

The CAN bus; Microcontrollers and microelectronic technology; Vehicle optical sensor; Towards intelligent automotive vision systems; From door to door - principles and applications of computer vision for driver assistant systems; Radio communication technologies for vehicle information systems; Global positioning technology in the intelligent transportation space.

Part 3:
Intelligent vehicle decision and control technologies

Adaptive control system techniques; Fuzzy control; Decisional architectures for motion autonomy; Brake modelling and control; ACC systems - overview and examples.

Part 4: 
Case study - ARGO prototype vehicle

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For More Information ...

... download the promotional flyer (Acrobat file, 175Kb).

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