Nissan Canada Inc. (NCI) today announced INFINITI’s ground-breaking Around View Monitor technology was named one of three finalists for the Automotive Journalists Association of Canada’s 2009 Technology Awards.
“The Around View Monitor is just one example of INFINITI’s continued leadership and commitment to new technologies,” said Ian Forsyth, Director of Corporate & Product Planning. “It’s a driver-friendly safety feature designed to reduce the stress of everyday driving.”
The Around View Monitor was launched in January 2008 and has become a landmark technology for INFINITI. It uses small superwide-angle cameras – mounted on the front, side and rear of the vehicle – to project a sharp Real-Time 360? view of potential objects on every side of the vehicle – helping reduce blind spots when parking.
First introduced on the 2008 INFINITI EX, the system uses advanced image processing to provide a unique “Top-down View” of the vehicle, making it easy for the driver to position the vehicle for parallel parking by simultaneously confirming the exact placement of the front and rear of the vehicle. A digital image processor creates the image and an in-dash colour monitor displays the image.
The system development was initiated by Nissan in 2005 in partnership with Sony who developed the hi-res camera and Xanavi who developed the digital image processing controller and software.
About Nissan Canada Inc.
Nissan Canada Inc. (NCI) is the Canadian sales, marketing and distribution subsidiary of Nissan Motor Limited and Nissan North America, Inc. With offices in Vancouver (BC), Mississauga (ON), and Kirkland (QC), NCI directly employs 250 full-time staff. There are 150 independent Nissan dealerships and 29 INFINITI retailers across Canada. Nissan is dedicated to improving the environment under the Nissan Green Program 2010, whose key priorities are reducing CO2 emissions, cutting other emissions and increasing recycling. More information about Nissan in Canada and the complete line of Nissan and INFINITI vehicles can be found online at www.nissan.ca and www.infiniti.ca