ERTICO eMagazine September 2013

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ERTICO eMagazine In this Issue: Drive, expertise and enthusiasm bring ITS to life in Croatia

Preview The ERTICO Partnership at the 20th ITS World Congress, Tokyo

Interview with Yoshinari Shiraishi and Akihiro Fujiwara, FUJITSU TEN

September 2013

Editorial

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Drive, expertise and enthusiasm bring ITS to life in Croatia

Dear Readers, and

reputation as a centre of innovation

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The ERTICO Partnership at the 20th ITS World Congress, Tokyo

worldwide cooperation and exchange

and digital expertise, Tokyo will

of information and ideas is on the

host the ITS community under the

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Interview with Yoshinari Shiraishi and Akihiro Fujiwara, FUJITSU TEN

menu for this September edition.

world congress title “Open ITS to the

Regional,

international

The first article takes a close look at the newest and 28th member of the European Union, Croatia. How did ITS develop in Croatia, what are Croatia’s ITS strategy and priorities, what does Croatia expect from the EU membership and what are Croatia’s current major projects and activities? These main topics are

The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are solely those of the authors and other contributors.

These views and opinions do not necessarily

represent

ERTICO or its Partners.

those

of

dealt with in the first contribution written by Maria De Rycke, the newly appointed ERTICO Communication Manager.

Next”. ERTICO’s Ian Bearder takes you through the initiatives that will be taken by the ERTICO Partnership in Tokyo to represent the multiple European ITS projects and activities.

ERTICO is proud to welcome a major industry player and one of Japan’s flagship companies in the deployment of ITS, namely FUJITSU TEN, who joined

the

ERTICO

Partnership

late in 2013. In the third and final article, ERTICO’s Carla Coppola had the pleasure to interview Akihiro

The worldwide ITS Community will

Fujiwara, Vice President of the

meet next month in Tokyo, Japan

Technical

at the 20th ITS World Congress, to

FUJITSU TEN Europe GmbH and

focus on how ITS will affect future

Yoshinari Shiraishi, Executive Chief

generations.

Engineer, FUJITSU TEN LIMITED. One

With

its

worldwide

Centre

Nuremberg

of

of the main focus areas for FUJITSU TEN in Europe is safety and especially the European emergency service eCall.

Enjoy !

The Editorial Team

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Drive, expertise and enthusiasm bring ITS to life in Croatia With Croatia becoming the 28th country joining the EU 1st July 2013, this article takes a close look at the current ITS status and future outlook in Croatia.

by Maria De Rycke

ITS in Croatia has known a rapid and accelerated development in the recent two decades. ITS research projects backed by public and private initiatives led to the formation of the necessary collaborative platforms in Croatia for ITS development and deployment. The Republic of Croatia is committed to secure the safe, accurate, energy efficient and ecological and environmental friendly transportation of people and goods, especially with regard to the high number of tourists during the summer period. Hence Croatia’s focus on the implementation of new traffic management systems, parking management and intermodal transport . International harmonisation is also a key priority for Croatia. The adoption of the EU ITS Directive of 2011 (1) earmarked the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall (the European emergency number) as a national ITS priority. International harmonisation of transport systems also opens opportunities for wider, regional cooperation.

Sound platform for ITS development Already back in the 80s and 90s, road telematics was on the agenda in institutions such as the University of Zagreb and private companies such as Ericsson Nikola Tesla. At the end

by Croatia’s Ministry of Science or

Croatia, to form public scientific and

other public bodies and public-owned

professional opinion about ITS, and

companies.

to cooperate with ITS associations on

The creation of the

Croatian Institute for Construction – IGH and first business initiatives helped to spread the ITS idea.

a European and global level.

The Business Innovation Centre of Croatia – BICRO - was established

of the 1990s a group of transport and

In 2005, ITS was included as a

to enhance further collaboration

traffic scientists, led by the Faculty

new branch in Croatia’s National

between

of Transport and Traffic Sciences of

Classification of Scientific Areas. In

entities. This governmental agency

the University of Zagreb, recognised

the same year ITS Croatia was founded

provides the support to technological

the importance of ITS and initiated

as a scientific and professional non-

development and commercialisation

a number of research projects.

governmental

of

Among these projects were general

the aim to promote and achieve

researchers and business cooperation

models of ITS and their modal

harmonised development of ITS in

also

mapping, methods for development

Croatia. The main objectives of

and other necessary preconditions

of integrated intelligent transport

ITS Croatia are to stimulate and

for innovation development.

systems and the methodology for

promote

importance and role of ITS and

the development of an integrated

members in the development of the

intelligent

adaptive

logistics

national architecture of ITS and the

recognised and supported by BICRO.

system. The projects were supported

harmonised development of ITS in

transport

and

the

organisation

cooperation

with

among

research

research ensuring

and

results financial,

road

business

through material

telematics

The was

Croatia’s ITS development strategy Prof. Sadko Mandzuka, President of ITS Croatia, Member of the Croatian Council for the development of ITS in road transport and Head of the Chair of Transport Telematics of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic of the University of Zagreb, was interviewed by ERTICO in September 2013 on Croatia’s ITS development strategy.

potential obstacles in the traffic

from Horizon 2020 to different EU

flows on the important pan European

based

corridors passing through Croatia.

and initiatives. EU membership will

Given

and

provide the Croatian ITS community

economic situation and the condition

with the opportunity to join several

of

COST action groups (2). Some of

the

global

Croatian

financial economy,

Prof.

these

would need financial support in order

development,

to implement different ITS systems

especially in the area of GNSS-

and services.

based (Galileo) (3) development.

appears

that

Croatia

rely

the implementation of new traffic

sector initiatives for the further

management

development of ITS services.

systems/centres.

includes adaptive traffic parking

management

Austria

intermodal transport in

small

and

Bosanski Novi

Bihac

Gospic

Bijeljina

Bosnia and Hercegovina Zenica

44°

Sarajevo

Livno

the

implementation

and of

Gacko

Hvar

Ploce Poluotok

Korcula

Mijet

ITS

Following its EU counterparts, Croatia plans to set up a special department in the Ministry of Transport dedicated to ITS. The goal of this department be

the

Niksic

Ston

16°

systems and services in Croatia.

would

Montenegro

Peljesac

Dubrovnik

various

development

of

methods and measurements required

Therefore, Croatia will need to establish the infrastructure

to

In line with the ITS Directive

from

the

European

Commission,

Affairs, Transport

Mostar

Brac

14°

development.

the Ministry of Maritime

Split

accelerate

development

ITS

a

Italy

sn

Bo

Sinj

Sibenik

Adriatic Sea

public-private and

Vlasenica

Kain

Otok

technology and business

manage these interfaces.

Tuzla

Zadar Dugi

the EU platforms and

and

Brcko

Bosanski Petrovac

Udbina

joining

appropriate procedures

Bosanski Brod

partnerships will enable, lead

Vinkovci

Banja Luka

Mandzuka believes that future

Vukovar Backa Palanka

Derventa

Jajce

telematics Prof.

Serbia

Osijek

Nasice Slavonska Pozega

Pakrac

a

Bosanska Krupa

Pag

systems

equipment.

Sav

Prijedor

Otocac

Karlobag

Drava

Slavonski Brod

Senj

Krk

manufacturing of

and

Sisak Glina

Slunj

Cres

Pula

Sombor

Uljanik

Croatia

Omisalj Labin

medium

management

pa Ku Karlovac

Rijeka

enterprises with focus on

Bjelovar Virovitica

from

how to take part in the

Baja

Pécs

Ivanic- Grad Kocevje

Koper

of

Kiskunhalas

Hungary

Zagreb

Slovenia Trieste

Porec

development

counterparts, how to leverage the

46°

Novo Mesto

This strategy will enable

to the best way to join their EU

Kaposvar

Koprivnica

ITS

standardisation,

benefits

Varazdin

target

is currently a learning curve as

private

Nagykaniza

Celje

Kranj

cities and ferry ports.

the

Maribor

Ljubljana

and

on

Klagenfurt

Villach

control, public transport management,

It

considerably

groups

For Croatian ITS specialists, there

will

ITS strategy is strongly linked to

action

organisations

Mandzuka is expecting that Croatia

It

He confirmed that this

the

professional

Trebinje

Serbia Titograd (Podgorica)

Infrastructure of Croatia will develop guidelines for the deployment of priority areas of ITS.

18°

These

EU Membership

and

areas

included

the provision of EU-wide real-time

In 2013 Croatia joined the EU.

traffic information services;

During an ERTICO

and procedures for the provision,

conversation

data

with a high level Croatian ITS

where

stakeholder representing both the

related minimum universal traffic

business and academic stakeholders,

information free of charge to users;

it

the harmonised provision for an

was

Croatia

safety

interoperable EU-wide eCall; and the provision of information services for

be

the

safe and secure parking places for

established and the future transport

trucks and commercial vehicles and

ITS infrastructure built jointly by

the provision of reservation services

In a European context, international

EU

for safe and secure parking places for

harmonisation is necessary to avoid

part in various activities starting

Croatia, as well as monitoring the performance of ongoing plans.

able

to

members.

benefits

road

EU membership. The country will

implementation related to ITS in

enormous

that

of

from

to encourage the development and

expects

confirmed

possible,

integrate

Croatia

with

will

take

trucks and commercial vehicles.

5

Successful eCall pilot project In

line

with

above

Zagreb, Croatia, Campus Borongaj (Faculty of Traffic and Transportation Polygon) on 25 April 2013

mentioned

Real environment testing of eCall in Croatia including a real crash test of vehicles equipped with the eCall in vehicle system unit.

priorities, Croatia has been an active partner in the HeERO consortium current testing and validating in real life conditions the European eCall standards defined and approved by the European Standardisation Bodies.

The Croatian National consortium is led by the National Protection and Rescue Directorate (NPRD) with active participation from several stakeholders such as Ericsson Nikola Tesla and the Croatian auto club (Hrvatski autoklub).

systems within the EU, a regional

international

Pavao Britvic of the NPRD and the

Balkan

flows.

Croatian eCall Pilot National Co-

additional opportunity.

ordinator, confirmed in an interview

Croatia is an active partner in

importance

the

Transport

participation in the South-East Europe

Observatory (SEETO) (4). This regional

ITS (SEE ITS) (5) project. This project

transport organisation established in

aims to stimulate co-operation and

2004 plays a vital role in the process

interoperability

of

ITS

to that

ERTICO all

in

September

requirements

for

2013 eCall

implementation have been fulfilled.

Croatia has recognised eCall as an enabling technology, a foundation on which ITS systems and services can

cooperation

South-East

transport

Prof.

Europe

and

infrastructure

of

applications

emphasied the

Croatian

between as

the

to

isolated ensure

infrastructure

(Trans-European Road Network) (6)

development, its main role is to

motorways. Integration with urban/

improve the quality of services and

interurban road networks, as well

transport efficiency. According to the

with other transport modes, such as

SEETO Secretariat in Belgrade, one of

public transport, ports and inland

the strategic priorities for transport

waterways, are on the agenda. SEE-

in the entire region is to reduce

ITS will develop an institutional and

ITS development in the South-

transport barriers and bottlenecks;

technical framework through which

Eastern Region

as well as to improve the regional

SEE organisations and countries can

interconnections,

harmonise ITS specifications.

vital for the economy of scale. Vehicle manufacturers,

mobile

network

operations and service providers are essential to what can be done and what can be offered.

In order to harmonise transport

Europe.

Along

the

Mandzuka

seamless mobility through the TERN

services from multiple stakeholders is

in

an

traffic

South-East

build. The integration of different

development

provides

commercial

the

in

order

to

attract the regional, European and

www.erticonetwork.com

Extra information/reference: 1. The EU ITS Directive establishes the framework to accelerate and co-ordinate ITS deployment in road transport and interfaces across EU. 2. COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology allowing the coordination of nationallyfunded research on a European level hence reducing the fragmentation in European research investments and opening the European Research Area to cooperation worldwide.

3. GNSS stands for global navigation satellite system.

The European Union’s

Galileo positioning system is a GNSS in initial deployment phase scheduled to be fully operational by 2020 at the earliest.

4. The governments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and the European Commission signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the development of the Core Regional Transport Network that established the SEETO. 5. On 20 December 2007 the European Commission approved the Transnational Cooperation Programme “South-East Europe” for the period 2007-

2013. SEE ITS is a programme in the framework of the Regional Policy’s Territorial Cooperation Objective. Its aims to improve integration and competitiveness in an area that is as complex as it is diverse. 16 countries are involved (majority EU member states, candidate member states as well as countries participating in the European Neighbourhood Policy).

6. The Trans-European road network (TERN) was defined

by EU Council Decision of October 29, 1993 and is a project to improve the internal road infrastructure of the EU.

Join us at the 20th ITS World Congress in Tokyo, the European Pavillion Stand No. 122

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ITS World Congress Preview The ERTICO Partnership at the 20th ITS World Congress, Tokyo

by Ian Bearder

On 14 October 2013 the ITS World Congress begins in Tokyo. Known worldwide as a centre of innovation and digital expertise, Tokyo will host the world’s leading ITS experts and industry chiefs under the congress title “Open ITS to the Next”.

This is the 20th anniversary of the ITS World Congress, and the theme which focuses on how ITS will affect future generations, is a tribute to the importance of ITS both now and for future generations. As Hiroyuki Watanabe, explains,

Chairman, these

ITS

Japan

‘next-generation’

systems ‘will address a variety of traffic-related issues, including the environment,

energy,

safety

and

traffic congestion. In addition it will contribute to enhancing quality of life while answering society’s need for accurate and prompt responses to disasters and other unexpected events’.

The ERTICO Partnership and the European Pavillion More than 25 ERTICO Partners will be present at the European Pavilion at

More information and the contest rules and a detailed timetable are available on the Congress website www.itsineurope.com.

the World Congress in Tokyo showing the latest developments of ITS in Europe. On October 15 at 17:00 the

The ERTICO Partnership in Action

pavilion will host a reception during

We are delighted that ERTICO CEO

which

Director

Hermann Meyer has been invited to

General of the Transport Ministry of

speak during the opening ceremony

Finland, will officially launch the App

at 14:00 on Monday 14 October where

contest. This contest will reward the

the winners of the 2013 ITS Hall of

best developments for new mobile

Fame awards will be announced.

Minna

applications

Kivimäki,

for

consumers.

The

award ceremony will take place at next year’s European ITS Congress in Helsinki, Finland. A drink of Bordeaux

During the next 5 days of the congress the ERTICO Partnership will host a number of events and we look forward to seeing many of you there.

Home to almost 35 million people,

wine, a symbolic introduction of

Tokyo is a city which is tackling

the European venue of the 2015 ITS

The FOT-Net project, which focuses

these issues head-on, so the high-

World Congress, will conclude the

on the results of Field Operational

tech mega-city provides a perfect

reception.

Tests (FOTs), will organise the FOT-

backdrop to this year’s congress.

Net Sixth International Workshop on

FOT network, support the transfer of

October (11:00 - 12:30) to inform

As eCall deployments are poised to take effect across America’s, Pacific Rim, Europe and Russia - eCall systems in Europe and Russia have the potential to influence casualties.

knowledge and best practices, and to

the ITS experts on the current

foster international cooperation on

status of the activities in the field

FOT activities.

of automotive radar systems. Invited

On Wednesday 16 October, a special interest session will discuss the deployment of eCall from the perspective of the four geographic areas, exploring the difference across the continents.

analysis, Strategies for deployment

Will the deployment of eCall in Russia and Europe affect other continents where it is deployed?

What can be learnt regarding policy and strategy, governance etc and could a common approach to eCall benefit the wider society?

These are just some of the questions the workshop sets out to answer.

Four round table discussions are also taking place on Data and Impact and satisfying stakeholders’ needs,

The event will be an excellent opportunity for the participants to establish and solidify business connections with auto industries of Japan and outside of Japan.

ERTICO Partners from the Traffic and

Sharing of cooperative systems data.

Transport Industry sector platform

They will be followed by a plenary

will participate in a special interest

presentation and discussion.

session on 17 October (9:00-10:30)

Driving

Studies,

Finally, FOT-Net will host a special session on Analysing the outcomes of

which

focuses

The

October, 11:00-12:30.

Government

See www.fot-net.eu for more info.

on

how

best

to

accelerate ITS deployment.

Field Operational Tests (SIS04), on 15

key

meeting

includes

high-level

representatives

industry

members

who

and will

explore ways to overcome barriers to deployment, the importance and the role of political leadership and how the authorities to ensure sustained operational acceleration.

On 17 October at 09:00, a 79GHz achievements of the 79 GHz Project

The Closing and “Passing the Globe” Ceremony

over the past year on a global level,

The Closing Ceremony will be held

illustrating the current allocation

at Tokyo Big Sight, International

status

Conference

project workshop will examine the

of

the

79GHz

frequency

worldwide.

An overview of the current activities related to 79 GHz radar sensors and their applications (e.g. fully automated driving) will be illustrated and the workshop will also focus

Group) to establish a worldwide acting

technical

interest Impact and deployment of FOT results and data on Monday 14 October 2013 at the Tokyo International Forum.

Taking place ahead of the opening the

workshop aims to reinforce the global

group

committee for

and

automotive

frequency allocation issues.

Session (SIS16) “Automotive Radar on the Move -Towards International Harmonisation”

This

ceremony

on

Friday,

18

on

16

will

provide

a

summary of the congress findings as well as future perspectives. Several Best Papers Awards will be presented.

The “Passing the Globe” Ceremony will symbolically pass the torch from Tokyo to Detroit, USA, where next’s years ITS World Congress will be held. In 2014, Detroit will hand over the torch to Bordeaux, France, that will the 2015 host of the ITS World Congress.

79GHz also host a Special Interest

Frequency

Room

October 2013 from 15:00 to 16:00.

Automotive Radio Regulations Expert

congress,

See www.79ghz.eu for further details.

and

Naturalistic

on the work of GARREG (Global

the

regulation/allocation.

the ITS industry can cooperate with

Taking place just ahead of the congress, a special eCall Day takes place in Yokosuka on Friday 11 October. The event provides an opportunity to discover the latest information about the new EU’s emergency response standard (eCall), the GLONASS union (ERAGLONASS), eCall certifications, and additional eCall services.

of

about the technology and frequency

Sharing driver data from FOTs and

eCall Day in Yokosuka

ceremony

speakers will present information

9 ERTICO Partners exhibiting in Tokyo Name:

Stand:

Name:

Stand:

Applus IDIADA

015

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

065

ASFINAG International

121

NEC Corporation

056

Continental Automotive Corporation

028

NXP Semiconductors

068

DENSO Corporation

123

PTV Group

067

Ericsson

102

Q-Free ASA

119

European Pavilion

122

Siemens 121

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

032

SWARCO 121

IBM 066 Kapsch TrafficCom AG

095

TomTom

086

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

106

ERTICO Partnership activities at the ITS world Congress, Tokyo 13/10 International Task Force on Vehicle-Highway Automation (FOT-Net) 14/10 FOT-Net Sixth International Workshop on Impact and Deployment of FOT Results and Data 15/10 SIS04 Analysing the Outcomes of Field Operational Tests 15/10 SIS11 Driven by Cities: Cooperative Mobility Services in Urban Environments 16/10 ES06 ITS Policy and Vision 16/10 HS10 Automated Driving – Next Generation Vehicle-Highway System 16/10 SIS16 Automotive Radar on the Move – Towards International Frequency Harmonisation 16/10 SIS19 Advancing eCall to Deployment - Global Perspectives 16/10 SIS22 Cooperative Mobility Workshop – Sub-Session 01 V2V/V2I FOTs 16/10 SIS24 TPEG Services on a Global Scale 17/10 SIS33 Creation of the Next-generation Car Society by Data Centric ITS ~ Realization of the New

Car Society by the Vehicle Cloud Advancing Worldwide ~ 17/10 SIS35 Accelerating Service Deployment – a Strategic View from the Traffic and Transport Industry 17/10 SIS37 Roadmap to Automation 17/10 SIS45 Sustainable Urban Mobility Solution to Address Challenges in Mega Cities 17/10 SIS48 Certification – Benefits of Common Guidelines for International Harmonization 17/10 SIS52 EU-Japan-US Trilateral Cooperation for Future R&D of Probe Data 17/10 SIS54 Predictive Map-based Applications Reaching Market and Perspective 17/10 79GHz Workshop 18/10 SIS55 Unlocking the Market for Cooperative Services: the Concept of a Universal Platform 18/10 Trilateral EU-US-JPN Meeting on Vehicle Automation: Support International Activities on

Vehicle Automation through the New VRA Support Action 19/10 COMeSafety2 9th International Workshop on Vehicle Communication

Interview with: Akihiro Fujiwara & Yoshinari Shiraishi, FUJITSU TEN Japan is well known for its advancements in technology and intelligent transport systems with a constant aim to increase driver and passenger safety.

The country is participating in a number of projects and activities on topics related to connected vehicles in cooperation with the EU (such as ECOSTAND and Compass4D), whilst a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed by the European Commission (DG Information Society and Media) and the Road Bureau (Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) in June 2011.

Amongst the nationwide companies, FUJITSU TEN is one of Japan’s flagship companies in the deployment of ITS, with a specific policy directed at “ensuring safety, creating a comfortable mobile space and protecting the global environment”.

This month we take a closer look into FUJITSU TEN’s activities in this field. I had the pleasure of interviewing Akihiro Fujiwara (Vice President of the Technical Centre Nuremberg, FUJITSU TEN Europe GmbH) and Yoshinari Shiraishi (Executive Chief Engineer, FUJITSU TEN LIMITED).

This interview is particularly significant for us here at ERTICO as FUJITSU TEN Europe GmbH recently became a Partner within ERTICO, joining our broad list of industry suppliers.

Also, in 2012, FUJITSU TEN Europe GmbH together with digital security company, GEMALTO, and ERTICO, launched the first facility for the European emergency number, eCall, testing in Japan. This represents a further step to support global car makers in complying with the new EU emergency response.

A few months ago you joined the ERTICO Partnership. Can you tell us why it was important for FUJITSU TEN to join, what benefits do you see in this partnership and

communication.

In December 2012 FUJITSU TEN

What are Fujitsu TEN’s current activities

in

the

intelligent

transport field?

what are the European trends in terms of ITS that interest you the

and supplying most of the automotive

In the automotive industry, the connected car will continue to develop. In response to these changes and advancements, FUJITSU TEN is focusing on providing technologies that encompass ITS support for driving safety,

advanced

car

telematics

for

eCall

experimentation

in

Japan. Why did you use a European initiative?

FUJITSU TEN is developing

most?

established the first platform

electronic

parts

and

systems in the fields of monitoring, sensing, safety & security and InVehicle Infotainment to a number of vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers, as well as working as a member of official adviser group of these communities.

For us it was vital to launch an initiative such as eCall in Europe, where safety is always more central and advanced than the rest of the world. The purpose of launching the platform for experimentation was to become a trusted hub for European initiatives. It aimed to contribute to the fast development of the “advanced safety system” by

systems and development of more

Recently we have introduced the

state-of-the-art technology for “lives

comfort for our customers.

environmental

saved” and to our saying “inochi-no-

We are proud to enlarge our expertise by working as an ERTICO Partner and to contribute to a better ITS society in Europe. Finally we expect to boost cooperative systems for Vehicle-toVehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure

mid-to

long-term

vision based on the FUJITSU Group’s vision “Green Policy 2020”. We will promote green mobility by developing products such as electronic control units (ECUs) for hybrid and electronic vehicles’ (HV/EV).

kizuna”.

What interests you the most about

the

emergency

call

system at a technological and social level?

11 There are several technologies for

secure

activation

and

connection to PSAPs (public-safety answering point) in the event of

*

an incident, which could reduce fatalities on the roads. The crossborder

interoperability

testing

activity is also unique and it’s important to us to keep product functionality and quality at a high level.

We are also focusing on the European eCall Implementation Platform (EeIP)

* with the vision of

task force RETRO

ensuring that eCall is widely adopted across Europe in the existing vehicle fleet; we think that the aftermarket device will accelerate the eCall benefit to a wider society.

This October Tokyo will host the 20th ITS World Congress of which Fujitsu TEN is a sponsor, can you give us some idea as to what will be presented from your side?

FUJITSU promote

TEN

continues

the

*

The RETRO task force is part of the European eCall Implementation Platform (EeIP) work. The EeIP is the coordination body that gathers relevant stakeholders associations and national groups supporting the implementation of a panEuropean in-vehicle emergency call in Europe.

The European emergency call will be mandatory in all the cars as of 2015, however cars produced before 2015 not having the eCall system will have the possibility to install eCall in their cars.

The RETRO task force set up the guidelines for an effective and harmonised fitting of the eCall on old cars.

* FUJITSU TEN is an associated partner of the European project HeERO II. It will work closely with

Luxembourg

by

proving

the country with IVS (in vehicle systems) devices for testing eCall.

For more information on the eCall and HeERO project, contact Andy Rooke,

ERTICO

Senior

Project

Manager and HeERO coordinator at a.rooke@mail.ertico.com

to

“vehicle-ICT

For any queries on the article,

business” in the three fields of

contact Carla Coppola at

“comfort and convenience”, “safety

c.coppola@mail.ertico.com

and security” and “environment”.

At the FUJITSU TEN booth, we will demonstrate four main scenarios: • Connected Services on Telematics Control Unit with Multi Angle Vision • Advanced Driver Assistance Systems • Millimetre-wave Radar Sensor • HTML5 based In-Vehicle Infotainment System Lastly, we will introduce the HeERO II project and give an update on the

*

cooperation with Luxembourg .

FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, was established in 1972 with investments from FUJITSU LIMITED, Toyota Motor Corporation, and the DENSO Corporation. It is a leading manufacturer of automotive electronic equipment. It is a globally-recognised manufacturer of car navigation and audio systems, ECU for engine and airbag control, and mobile communication equipment. Consolidated sales total 246 billion yen (US$2.62 billion) for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2013.

FUJITSU TEN is involved in the development of systems that use sensor technologies such as cameras and millimetre wave radar to detect obstacles near automobiles. It is expanding its business globally by fulfilling orders for genuine products for Toyota and other automobile manufactures both domestically and overseas.

For more information visit the website

ERTICO Partnership events

7 October 2013

SATIE test beds Workshop hosted by DITCM

Helmond (NL) 8 October 2013

Workshops on International Business Development

Brussels (BE) 14-18 October 2013

20th ITS World Congress

Tokyo (JP)

7 November 2013

ERTICO Forum on Emergency Call: where do we go from here?

Brussels (BE)

21-22 November 2013 HeERO Final International Event Bucharest (RO) 20-22 November 2013 eCoMove Final Event Aachen, Germany (DE)

Other dates for your Diary!

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