Glossary

Unintended Start Prevention

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Stops accidental powertrain engagement by adding conditions to when the power unit can be engaged. Where powertrains are controlled by wire (i.e. electric, hybrid, automatic start-stop or start-by-button), vehicles must put more restriction in to…

Unity

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Computer game engine with advanced world-building, simulation and multi-platform deployment capabilities – making it a popular and accessible research and development tool for autonomous vehicle technologies.

Vehicle to Everything – V2X

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Communications between vehicles and other undefined devices, such as smartphone, internet of things sensors, road infrastructure, intelligent signage, health and occupancy monitoring systems, etc. May include communications to other devices and even vehicles via the…

Vehicle to Infrastructure – V2I

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System of communication between transport systems, such as road condition monitoring, traffic systems, authorities, data centres, emergency services – and vehicles. Likely to rely on 4G and later 5G mobile technologies and enable better response…

Vehicle to Vehicle – V2V

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Vehicle to Vehicle communication conveys information between sensor-equipped vehicles about speed, traffic conditions, road quality or other safety-critical data. As an evolving suite of ideas, most V2V communication is restricted to vehicles from the same…

Wrong Way Driving

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A system that warns the driver when they are travelling into the wrong direction, for example on a one-way street or multi-lane road. Typically uses a Traffic Sign Recognition system to detect wrong-way traffic sign…