GPR Seeks Tweak to Auto Safety Waiver
GPR sought a tweak of a waiver the company received earlier this month from the Office of Engineering and Technology for its driver-assistance safety technology, which uses ultra-wideband (UWB) ground penetrating radar. The waiver grant is conditioned, in part, on…
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the GPR device halting operations when a vehicle comes to a stop, said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 19-241. “The GPR system’s design, however, has been updated to improve the system’s functionality and safety,” GPR said. The system “is designed to begin transmitting continuously when the vehicle’s electrical power system begins operating, including when the vehicle is stopped,” the company said: “Continuously providing UWB outputs while stopped allows for the system to make constant vehicle position corrections, thus avoiding problems induced by motion model or dead reckoning drift. This substantially increases the positioning accuracy and timeliness of vehicle position data when moving from a situation when the vehicle has come to a complete stop.” GPR representatives met with OET staff to explain the need for changes.