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Une application mobile gratuite de la Silicon Valley protège les piétons des véhicules connectés. 

BERKELEY, Californie, 7 juillet 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sur les 250 000 décès de piétons par an, 65 % présentent un problème massif pour l'industrie automobile. Une startup de Berkeley pourrait bien avoir résolu le problème.

Functioning as a digital safety belt, the !important app communicates the user’s location to nearby connected vehicles. The technology can immediately alert drivers and even trigger vehicles’ brakes automatically to prevent a collision with an approaching person, bicyclist, or motorcyclist. This first pedestrian-based technology works in all 20 common pedestrian death scenarios and could save a million lives over the next decade.
Functioning as a digital safety belt, the !important app communicates the user’s location to nearby connected vehicles. The technology can immediately alert drivers and even trigger vehicles’ brakes automatically to prevent a collision with an approaching person, bicyclist, or motorcyclist. This first pedestrian-based technology works in all 20 common pedestrian death scenarios and could save a million lives over the next decade.

Une étude automobile française i montre que les décès de piétons résultent de 20 scénarios courants que l'on peut classer en quatre groupes : responsabilité du conducteur (35 %), obstruction visuelle (28 %), comportement imprévisible des piétons (26 %) et conditions météorologiques (11 %). Alors que les capteurs embarqués existants tels que les caméras, les radars, les sonars et les lidars répondent à la première catégorie, les autres catégories ne sont pas résolues par les technologies actuelles.

L'application !important fonctionne comme une ceinture de sécurité numérique et communique l'emplacement de l'utilisateur par rapport aux véhicules connectés à proximité. La technologie peut alerter immédiatement les conducteurs et même déclencher automatiquement les freins des véhicules pour éviter une collision avec une personne, un cycliste ou un motocycliste qui approche. Cette première technologie basée sur les piétons fonctionne dans les 20 scénarios courants et pourrait sauver un million de vies au cours des dix prochaines années.

>> Téléchargez l'application gratuitement sur www.important.com

L'application !important est disponible dès maintenant à titre gratuit sur les magasins d'applications iPhone et Android. « Elle résout les 65 % des cas de décès restants. Nous espérons qu'elle se transformera en règlement pour l'industrie automobile », a déclaré Bastien Beauchamp, inventeur et PDG de !important.

Tara Andringa, directrice exécutive de Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), l'a bien résumé : « … une question clé est de savoir comment nous allons assurer la sécurité des piétons dans un monde de véhicules automatisés (VA). !important s'attaque à ce problème de sécurité des piétons et son application mobile a pour but d'optimiser la sécurité routière en améliorant la communication entre les piétons et les autres usagers de la route. »  

Début 2021, la technologie sera mise en œuvre dans les véhicules sur les routes de Reno, Nevada (États-Unis) dans le cadre de l'initiative Intelligent Mobility (IM) en collaboration avec le Nevada Center for Applied Research (NCAR) de l'Université du Nevada à Reno. Le directeur du NCAR, Carlos G. Cardillo, a commenté que « L'application !important augmentera la sécurité des usagers de la route vulnérables et l'acceptation des infrastructures de véhicules autonomes en minimisant les dangers potentiels. »

À propos

!important a été nommée parmi les 30 meilleures startups de la Silicon Valley par Alibaba Jumpstarter 2020. !Important est une entreprise appuyée par des groupes de médecins qui fait partie des programmes accélérateurs Skydeck de l'Université de Californie à Berkeley et SPARK de Ann Arbor. Elle collabore avec 12 universités.

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Contact : Bastien Beauchamp, 1 855 231 3783, [email protected]

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