Nearly 200 were killed
in 2013 in car crashes involving collisions with dear in USA, according to the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. More than 12 million deer-vehicle
accidents occurred over the same period, costing more than $4 billion in damage
and causing an average individual insurance clain of approximately $4000, as
per State Farm estimates.
Volvo has introduced
innovative driver assists over the last few years to help motorists avoid
everything from pedestrians to cyclists and now its training the same sensors
and software on large animals such as deer, elk and moose to prevent this kind
of road-kill carnage. The Swedish automaker says its all new Volvo 2017 S90
Sedan is the first car proving Large Animal Detection with Autobrake.
Volvo noted at a press event in Spain this week to launch the S90
that the new system leverages the same technology that enables its pedestrian
and cyclist detection: radar to sense an object and a camera to identify it.
But the real magic is in the software.
The system’s radar sensor, front-facing camera and software work
in unison to determine whether a large animal is standing on the road or moving
across it. The information is instantaneously crunched by a combination of
camera recognition technology, analysis, processing and an image database that
decides whether to activate the system.
Once triggered, the driver is warned with visual and audible
alerts, and if the driver doesn’t react, the brakes are applied to avoid or at
least mitigate the impact, similar to the pedestrian and cyclist detection
systems with full auto brake.
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