Project description DEENESFRITPL Highly personalised protection for vehicle occupants All cars are built with safety features to avoid injuries and fatalities in the event of an accident. Passive safety systems (PSS) such as seatbelts and airbags protect vehicle occupants and other road users in case of an impact. PSS perform best for the ‘average person’, which is a 175 cm, 78 kg and male. Automotive passive safety systems do not adequately account for women, children, elderly, and men deviating from the average. Within the EU-funded SMART-RCS project, the project partners will develop a new, highly personalised protection technology. For the first time, touchless 3D imaging sensors will be used to derive precise and real-time information about each passenger (body physique, position and pose, weight and gender). Based on this information, a personalised airbag deployment strategy will be computed in real-time. Ultimately, this will lead to optimised safety for all occupants regardless of their body characteristics or sitting position. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Worldwide, over 1 million people die each year in road accidents and millions more suffer from injuries. Mandatory Passive Safety Systems (PSS) e.g. in case of a crash, trigger passive safety functions such as airbags and seat belts to reduce the number of fatalities and heavy injuries. However, these PSS follow a ”few-sizes-fit-all” approach (optimized to an “average person” – 175cm, 78kg and male) and thus today, especially for women, children, elderly and people deviating from the average, this leads to significantly higher risks, e.g. any seatbelt-wearing female occupant is 73% more likely to suffer from serious injuries than seatbelt-wearing male occupants (Univ. Virginia). Our project combining R&D and market expertise of 2 industries (airbag and testing systems) and 1 SME partner (computer vision-based software) will disrupt the existing PSS market by introducing a novel highly PERSONALIZED PROTECTION. For the first time, touchless 3D imaging sensors are used to derive precise and real-time information about each occupant - body physique, position and pose, weight and sex - in order to control the PSS mechanisms tailored to each individual occupant. This optimizes the protective function while simultaneously also mitigating the risks of doing unnecessary harm which today also can occur. During this project we will develop our system up to TRL8, standardize & prepare its components for the market needs and implement quality assurance processes required by the automotive industry. Also, a first pilot project with a car manufacturer shall be conducted to allow a short time-to-market across the EU and worldwide on the long run. Our impact targets: saving more than 11.000 lives and preventing over 600.000 injuries between 2025 and 2035. Our innovation strategy: What the system will provide in nowadays cars will also be highly relevant when passengers will be able to move much more freely throughout the interior of a car – in the era of autonomous vehicles. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringautonomous vehiclesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Keywords Human-aware adaptive airbag personalized vehicle safety Programme(s) H2020-EC - Horizon 2020 Framework Programme Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Topic(s) EIC-FTI-2018-2020 - Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) Call for proposal H2020-EIC-FTI-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme IA - Innovation action Coordinator EMOTION3D GMBH Net EU contribution € 677 600,00 Address RAINERGASSE 1/8 1040 Wien Austria See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 968 000,00 Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all MAGNA ELECTRONICS SWEDEN AB Sweden Net EU contribution € 379 942,50 Address WALLENTINSVAGEN 22 447 37 Vargarda See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 1 282 000,00 Third-party Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure. VEONEER FRANCE SAS France Net EU contribution € 517 457,50 Address BOULEVARD LENINE, BP 506 76800 Saint-Etienne-Du-Rouvray See on map Region Normandie Haute-Normandie Seine-Maritime Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 739 225,00 AVL HUNGARY KFT Hungary Net EU contribution € 320 495,00 Address MÜHLGANG UTCA 5. 2030 ERD See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Pest Pest Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 457 850,00 AVL LIST GMBH Austria Net EU contribution € 500 062,50 Address HANS-LIST-PLATZ 1 8020 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 714 375,00
