Exploitable results Intelligent transport systems for increased safety One of the European Union's primary transport research considerations is research and development on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) with the objective of making transport more efficient and effective, safer and more environmentally-friendly. A major focus of research over the last few years has been "driver hypo-vigilance" as a cause of road accidents. Some previous EU projects dealt with the development of an unobtrusive, reliable system, which monitored the driver and the environment and detected in real time hypo-vigilance, based on multiple parameters (e.g. the Awake and Prevent projects). The I-Way project was developed to take this process forward, in order to increase road safety and transport efficiency by achieving the following goals: To increase safety in road transport by empowering the information exchange among vehicles, and between vehicles and the surveillance control system, and by providing vehicles with active sensors that recognise driver fatigue and act on it. To improve traffic management control by providing vehicles with on car sensors that recognise: - weather conditions - distance from various types of obstacle on the road, including vehicles - the road shape - driver fatigue. To make transport more efficient and effective by supporting drivers with warnings and suggestions (i.e. traffic and accident alert, distance alert from objects, warning of lane deviations, warning for driver sleepiness, etc.) using an intelligent decision support system and an intelligent driving control system that monitors, collects and manages information and communication for the driver. To make voyages more user-friendly and comfortable for drivers and passengers, using information about weather conditions and road traffic to give them the opportunity to vary their route as well as their destination. The I-Way platform aimed to enhance driver's perception of the road environment and improve his responses in time-critical situations by providing real-time information from other vehicles in the vicinity and also from effectively located roadside equipment. The main objective of I-Way was to exploit the technological know-how and scientific knowledge in order to integrate existing information sources and produce an interoperable tool set supporting both vehicle-to-infrastructure (v2i) and vehicle-to-vehicle (v2v) communication, providing greater transport efficiency and increasing safety. The I-Way platform aimed to integrate several independent sub-systems that work together to provide the whole I-Way functionality. It is composed of the in-vehicle subsystem and the external transport system. The in-vehicle subsystem developed by I-Way consists of the following modules which are located in the interior of the vehicles: The vehicle sensing module. It is responsible for the acquisition, processing and analysis of raw data coming from the on-board sensors. The data acquisition module. It is responsible for the aggregation, combination and correlation of acquired information provided by the vehicle sensing module and by external sources. The mobile interfaces of the vehicle. Through vocal and graphic interfaces drivers input and receive significant information regarding accurate traffic jam estimations, weather conditions, the road shape, speed and distance from a vehicle travelling ahead etc. The situation assessment module. Its purpose is to provide estimation of the road situation based on prior knowledge and incoming transient information. The communication module which handles the real-time exchange of data among the vehicles with each other and between a specific vehicle and the Road Management System. The External Transport System which includes: The Roadside equipment which is responsible for data acquisition referring to the road environment in locations where vehicles cannot precisely recognise dangerous conditions. The Road Management System including an application and a database server which holds and manages the real-time road information. The key feature that enhances I-Way innovation is that refers to a cooperative system for road safety, where vehicles cooperate not only by receiving information from infrastructure but also by serving as scouts. I-Way's driving platform can ubiquitously monitor and recognise the road environment and the driver's state in real time using data obtained from three types of sources: the in vehicle sensing system the road infrastructure other cars. Searching for OpenAIRE data... There was an error trying to search data from OpenAIRE No results available
