The company New Imaging Technologies (NIT) has been chosen by the European Commission to be one of the 13 partners of the "2 Wide Sense" project, aiming at funding the development of innovative technologies that will make our vehicles safer and more comfortable in the next future.

The "2 Wide Sense" 5 million Euro project officially started on Jan 1, 2010. During the next 3 years, the research activities will focus on the development and testing of new sensors to be placed onboard vehicles, aimed at helping the perception of the surrounding environment.

The key of this project is the development and use of innovative sensor technologies that allow to acquire multispectral images and test them with known applications such as Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR, day and night), Vulnerable Road Users (VRU, during the night), Road Conditions, Lane Departure Warning, and Vehicle Detection.

The new cameras will be tested on vehicle prototypes and their performance compared to current sensors. An enhanced perception is expected thanks to the fusion of visible and SWIR (infrared) spectra.