Executive Summary
This report analyzes a relatively new area in the auto industry - enhancements of car operation with computerized radar and telecommunications devices to avoid or reduce the risk of collisions. The topic is very important and timely for our society - every year thousands of people are being killed in car accidents and millions are injured. Our economy losses from traffic accidents are enormous, and the government is trying to improve the situation.
The report analyzes technologies and markets for CDPS - Collision Detection Prevention Systems. They include RCDPS -Radar CDPS and CCDPS - Communications CDPS. Devices, which belong to different classes, can work either independently, or together, supporting each other.
This report shows that both classes of the devices were adopted from other industries, namely radar and telecommunications. This adoption requires a lot of adjustment and design of the systems specific for car collision prevention application.
The report also analyzes the CDPS market and provides a market forecast for 2004-2010. The analysis is based on the author's model of the market and the use of publicly available information as well as interviews with vendors' personnel.
Altogether, the authors goal was to provide a complete picture for the CDPS technologies and market, and present their benefit and limitations. The authors are sure that CDPS proliferation is a near future, though a road to wide spread of these devices may be bumpy.
The report consists of eight sections:
- Section 1 is an Introduction.
- Section 2 describes the government initiatives in different countries aimed to create an intelligent highway system.
- Section 3 provides CDPS classification.
- Section 4 details technology for RCDPS and CCDPS.
- Section 5 is devoted to the market analysis of CDPS.
- Section 6 summarizes the major technical and economical CDPS characteristics.
- Section 7 analyzes a portfolio of the major market players.
- Section 8 is Conclusions.
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