Some applications of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to the automobile are identified, and the use of Crossbow MICAz motes operating at 2.4 GHz is considered together with TinyOS support. These WSNs are conceived in order to measure, process and supply to the user diverse types of information during an automobile journey. Examples are acceleration and fuel consumption, identification of incorre...

The present situations and future prospects of the Japanese automobile industry are discussed. Selected topics in this paper include the following: analyses of the basic product-industry characteristics of the automobile (e.g., product architecture); the mature of the dynamic competition in the world auto industry; competitive performance (e.g., productivity) of the Japanese auto makers; organi...

We present an intelligent night vision system for automobiles in this paper. This system, implemented mainly by adopting infrared cameras and computer vision techniques, aims at enhancing safety and convenience of night driving by providing functionalities such as adaptive night vision, road sign detection and recognition, scene zooming and spotlight projection. We have tested the system in bot...