Autoliv's second generation Night Vision, being introduced on the 2009 BMW 7-series, adds the world’s first advanced Pedestrian Detection capability. Night Vision 2 (NV2) uses far infrared technology to see pedestrians, animals and the road ahead in total darkness. NV2 tracks all pedestrians when they are 10-100 yards ahead of the vehicle. A visual alert occurs on the navigation display (or available head-up display) when pedestrians are in danger of being hit. Read more (pdf file)
“The new system is like an extra set of eyes — a very complex processing unit is constantly monitoring video of the road ahead,” says Stuart Klapper, night vision business director at Autoliv.