Hyundai Motor, KT Develop Child Shuttle Safety Solution for Detecting Left-behind Children
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Hyundai Motor signed a business agreement with KT, Kidsnote and MTR to develop a "dedicated safe boarding and alighting solution for child shuttles."
Based on the Staria EV, the agreement covers functions such as detecting children remaining in the vehicle, notifying boarding and alighting status and location, and recording automatic driving logs.
The four companies will use UWB and BLE to improve accuracy and pursue pilot operations aimed at better shuttle safety and vehicle operation convenience.
Hyundai Motor Co. is pushing ahead with the joint development of a child shuttle safety solution with KT, Kidsnote and MTR. Hyundai Motor announced on the 1st that it had signed a business agreement with the four companies to develop a "dedicated safe boarding and alighting solution for child shuttles."
The agreement aims to prevent safety accidents stemming from the possibility of children being left behind or unattended inside shuttle vehicles, and to digitize the child shuttle management process. The solution is intended to detect children remaining in the vehicle and notify guardians whether children have boarded or alighted, as well as the vehicle's location.
Development will be based on the Staria EV. Hyundai Motor and its partners plan to pursue integration between vehicle data and shuttle operation services.
They also set a plan to verify related functions in actual driving environments. The included functions are detection of children remaining in the vehicle, safety monitoring, real-time location sharing, automatic boarding and alighting confirmation and alerts, and automatic driving log recording.
They also prepared a plan for pilot operations going forward. The goal is to improve both shuttle safety and vehicle operation convenience at the same time.
Hyundai Motor will supply the Staria EV for child shuttle production. Hyundai Motor will be responsible for developing vehicle-service linkage functions.
The vehicle data to be used includes speed, ignition status and GPS. The purpose is to link the operating status of shuttle vehicles with safety services.
KT will provide the communications infrastructure for linking vehicle and boarding and alighting services. KT will provide precision positioning technology and build the foundation for identifying the location and movement information of shuttle vehicles, as well as a delivery infrastructure for related data services.
Kidsnote operates a shuttle information checking service for parents and teachers. The Kidsnote app provides real-time information on children's boarding and alighting as well as vehicle operations, and Kidsnote manages related records.
MTR will apply child safety devices and the safe boarding and alighting solution based on the Staria EV. MTR is expected to handle the development and production, certification and sales of child shuttles.
The four companies will use UWB and BLE to advance key shuttle-related functions. This includes plans to improve the accuracy of detecting children remaining inside the vehicle and the accuracy of automatically confirming whether children have boarded or alighted.
This is intended to support the guardian confirmation process and the teacher's shuttle management duties. Through this, the four companies aim to improve the accuracy of the functions in a way that supports guardians' confirmation process and teachers' shuttle management work.
Hyundai Motor said on this collaboration occasion that it plans to expand mobility solutions designed to combine vehicle data and software. The applications will include child shuttles, and the company plans to broaden the scope through vehicle-service linkage methods tailored to specific uses. Executive Vice President Yom Jae-seop, head of Hyundai Motor's domestic sales division, said the company's multipurpose vehicles are more than just a means of transportation and serve as a key axis connecting customers' daily lives with services, and added that through this collaboration the company will work to create a shuttle environment where children and guardians can feel at ease. He also said the company will continue expanding its business as a solution provider that delivers practical value to customers.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=406443
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