OREANDA-NEWS. Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. has announced development of the world's first 3D image synthesis technology for advanced driver-assistance systems. The new technology can display, without distortion and with an accuracy level within two centimeters, people and objects within close proximity of the vehicle that pose a risk of collision.

In previous commercially available products that improve a driver's field of vision, images from multiple onboard cameras are joined together into an overhead view using image processing, but distortions in this view make people, vehicles, and other objects in the vehicle's vicinity difficult to recognize.

Fujitsu Laboratories has used range information from wide-angle laser radars to augment the cameras, correct the distortion, and present the driver with a view of the surroundings that is much easier to recognize and that shows collision risks visually, day or night. When parking or passing on narrow roads, this technology will increase safety and provide reassurance to the driver.

This technology will be exhibited at Fujitsu's booth at ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013, opening October 15 at Tokyo Big Sight.