This file photo provided by Hyundai Mobis shows engineers testing the radar-based rear occupant alert (ROA) system at the company’s R&D center in Yongin, 50 kilometers south of Seoul.
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker, said Sunday it has developed a radar-based in-cabin sensing system meant to prevent hot car deaths.
The radar-based rear occupant alert (ROA) system alerts a driver to check the vehicle’s back seat in case the presence of a child is detected.
Hyundai Mobis said it had “preemptively” developed the ROA system as carmakers should adopt such an in-cabin safety alert in their vehicles in Europe from 2022.
“The radar-based ROA system is more accurate in sensing children in rear seats than an ultrasonic alert system. The radar-based system has not been applied to a vehicle yet,” a company spokesman said.
There were vehicular heat stroke accidents in South Korea in recent years as children were left unattended in vehicles in the summer.
In 2018, a 4-year-old girl died of vehicular heat stroke near Seoul.
The world’s in-cabin sensor market is expected to grow an average of 7 percent a year to reach US$14 billion in 2030 from $4 billion this year, the company said, citing data from consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
(Yonhap)
