Starting this fall, General Motors will offer an "advance active safety and driver assistance system" on the 2013 Cadillac XTS.
The Driver Assistance Package is the first General Motors system to use sensor fusion, which can alert drivers of road hazards and help them avoid crashes. It is a "significant milestone toward the development of self-driving vehicles," GM said.
The system's use of radar, cameras and ultrasonic sensors enables advanced safety features, such as rear automatic braking, land departure warning, side blind zone alert.
"We believe sensor fusion will enable future active safety systems to handle a greater number of inputs to provide 360 degrees of crash risk detection and enhanced driver assist features," said Bakhtiar Litkouhi, GM research and development lab group manager for perception and vehicle control systems.
"A system that combines the strengths of multiple sensing technologies and expertly manages those inputs can provide advisory, warning, and control interventions to help drivers avoid collisions and save lives," Litkouhi said.
Sensor fusion also is a building block in the development of semi-autonomous and fully autonomous vehicles, which are designed to maintain lane position and adapt to traffic environments. GM said more sophisticated self-driving technology that could enable semi and fully autonomous driving could available by the end of the decade.
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