Automotive-Based Pedestrian Safety Systems

Market Strategies for Pedestrian Systems and Key Regional Legislative Analysis

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Pedestrian safety systems in the automobile are designed to provide protection to pedestrians rather than to vehicle occupants. Reactive pedestrian safety systems typically employ sensors in the bumper region. This study examines reactive pedestrian safety systems’ atypical path to maturity, which will be characterized by a convergence with driver safety systems. The result will be active pedestrian safety systems where the sensors see beyond the front bumper. The study presents regional forecasts for active and reactive pedestrian safety systems for the period 2004–2015. It discusses in detail the impact of current legislative requirements, as well as providing insight into possible future legislation. The report discusses the legislative impact in each region, and details the various sensing technologies employed in reactive and active pedestrian safety systems. The study also offers detailed profiles of all the major industry stakeholders.
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What Does This Report Answer?

    When will the market for reactive and active pedestrian safety systems gain traction, and how just how big will the market become?
    What are the major issues surrounding these new pedestrian safety systems, and what is needed to bring them to market?
    How will government legislation affect the adoption of pedestrian safety systems in the different regions of the world?
    What problems result from the lack of a harmonized pedestrian safety standard, and what will be the impact of the United Nations Global Technical Regulation on Pedestrian Protection?
    What are the competing sensing technologies and what roles will they play?

Who Needs This Report?
    Automotive OEMs
    Tier 1 suppliers
    Sensor manufacturers
    Silicon Vendors
    Software Developers
    Venture Capitalist Firms
Table of contents

Scope of Study
Sources and Methodology
Notes
Section 1
Strategic Overview
1.1 Automobiles Pedestrian Safety and Legislation
1.2 Pedestrian Safety Systems and Optics Applications
1.3 Pedestrian Safety Regulations
1.4 Is Pedestrian Safety Regulation Needed?
1.5 Protecting the Occupant Both In and Out of the Vehicle
1.6 The Natural Fit of Optic Systems
1.7 Lane Departure and Pre-Crash: How Can They Help?
1.8 Safety as a Differentiator
1.9 Radar and Optics Pedestrian Detection

Section 2
Technologies
2.1 Passive Systems
2.2 Reactive Systems
2.2.1 Accelerometers
2.2.2 Electric Contact Switch
2.2.3 Fiber Optic Contact Sensor
2.2.4 Thick Film Contact Switch
2.3 Active Systems
2.4 Brake Assist
2.5 Optic Imagers
2.5.1 Charge Coupled Device (CCD) Imagers
2.5.2 CMOS Imagers
2.5.3 Thermal Imagers
2.5.4 Microbolometer Imagers
2.6 Ultrasonics
2.7 Radar
2.8 Lidar

Section 3
Business Issues
3.1 Consumer Acceptance
3.2 Pedestrian Safety and Insurance Costs
3.3 Pedestrian Safety System Market Drivers
3.3.1 Phase I of 2003/106/EC
3.3.2 Phase II of 2003/106/EC
3.4 EuroNCAP Testing and Implications
3.5 Pedestrian Safety
3.6 Japan
3.7 United States and Canada
3.8 Global Technical Regulation
3.9 Pedestrian Safety and NHTSA

Section 4
Market Applications
4.1 Reactive Pedestrian Safety Systems
4.2 Active Pedestrian Safety Systems
4.3 Brake Assist
4.4 Bumper and Pedestrian Safety
4.5 Detection Systems Forecasts
4.5.1 Reactive Detection Systems, World Market
4.5.1.1 North America Reactive Detection Systems
4.5.1.2 Europe Reactive Detection Systems
4.5.1.3 Japan Reactive Detection Systems
4.5.1.4 RoW Reactive Detection Systems
4.5.2 World Market Active Pedestrian Detection Systems
4.5.2.1 North American Active Detection Systems
4.5.2.2 European Active Detection Systems
4.5.2.3 Japanese Active Detection Systems
4.5.2.4 RoW Active Detection Systems
4.5.3 Total Active and Reactive Pedestrian Safety Systems

Section 5
Selected Player Profiles
5.1 Aegis Semiconductors
5.2 Autoliv Inc
5.3 Robert Bosch GmbH
5.4 Canesta Inc
5.5 DaimlerChrysler
5.6 Denso
5.7 Flexpoint Sensor Systems Inc
5.8 Honda Motor Company Ltd
5.9 IMS Vision GmbH
5.10 Iteris Inc
5.11 Micron Technology Inc
5.12 MobilEye NV
5.13 Omron Corporation
5.14 Siemens VDO Automotive
5.15 SMaL Camera Technologies
5.16 Toyota Motor Corporation
5.17 TRW Automotive
5.18 Valeo
5.19 Volvo Group

Appendix A
Company Directory
Adam Opel AG
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Inc
ADVICS Company Ltd
Aegis Semiconductor Inc
Aisin Seiki Company Ltd
American Axle Manufacturing and Holdings Inc
ARM Ltd
ArvinMeritor Inc
Attention Technology Inc
Audi AG
Autoliv Inc
Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG
Robert Bosch GmbH
Brembo SpA
Calsonic Kansei Corporation
Canesta Inc
Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
Continental Teves AG & Company oHG
Cypress
dSPACE GmbH
DaimlerChrysler AG
DECOMSYS – Dependable Computer Systems
Delphi Corporation
Denso Corporation
DURA Automotive Systems Inc
Eaton Corporation
Electronic Safety Products Inc
ELMOS Semiconductor AG
Fiat SpA
FLIR Systems, Inc
Ford Motor Company
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe GmbH
Fujitsu Ten Ltd
Furukawa Electric Company Ltd
GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH
General Motors Corporation
Guide Corporation
Hamamatsu Photonics KK
Harman International Industries Inc
Hella KG Hueck and Company
Hitachi Automotive Products Inc
Honda Elesys Company Ltd
Honda Motor Company Ltd
IBM
Infineon Technologies AG
Intel Corporation
Iteris Inc
Johnson Controls Inc
Koito Manufacturing Company Ltd
Kongsberg Automotive ASA
Koyo Seiko Company Ltd
Magneti Marelli Holding SpA
The MathWorks Inc
Mecel AB
Micron Technology Inc
MicroSys Electronics GmbH
Microvision Inc
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America Inc
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
MobilEye NV
Motorola Inc
Nissan Motor Company Ltd
Nissin Kogyo Company Ltd
Novotechnik Stiftung and Company
NSK Ltd
OKI Electric Europe GmbH
ON Semiconductor Corporation
OSRAM GmbH
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG
PSA Peugeot Citroën SA
QinetiQ Ltd
Raytheon Company
Renault SA
Saab Automobile AB
Schefenacker AG
Showa Corporation
Sleep Diagnostics Pty Ltd
Siemens VDO Automotive
AB SKF
Smart Eye AB
Stanley Electric Company Ltd
STMicroelectronics NV
Sumitomo Corporation
SystemA Engineering GmbH
Texas Instruments Inc
Toyota Motor Corporation
TRW Automotive Inc
Tyco International Ltd
Valeo
Valeo Raytheon Systems Inc
Vauxhall Motors Ltd
Visteon Corporation
Volkswagen AG
AB Volvo
Williams Controls Inc
Yazaki North America Inc
ZF Friedrichshafen AG
ZF Lenksysteme GmbH
Zizala Lichtsysteme GmbH .