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Crash safety through side impact protection

Aprosys project for environmental sensorics

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In the moments before a collision, only fractions of a second remain, in which to activate additional side impact protection and provide the passengers with better protection. As part of the European Aprosys project, a system has been developed, which can detect accidents at an early stage by using radar and video sensors and which uses a new type of very rapid actuator to activate the side impact protection. The project has been headed by engineers at Continental, the international automotive supplier.

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  1. Continental’s Chassis & Safety Division, Lindau, Germany

    Joachim Tandler (expert for radar and fusion systems)

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Tandler, J. Crash safety through side impact protection. ATZ Worldw 110, 4–11 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03225039

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