Since its founding, Toyota InfoTechnology Center has participated in public R&D projects and has contributed to the establishment and standardization of fundamental technologies by verifying research results in field experiments.
Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Technologies
Our Vehicle-to-Infrastructure cooperative system, which is intended to reduce traffic accidents through the use of communication technologies, is designed to prevent “unavoidable” accidents by implementing autonomous safety systems through communication among vehicles, information on road infrastructure, and data on location of pedestrians. In order to commercialize this system, we are working in collaboration with relevant government agencies and industrial organizations to conduct field experiments of next-generation vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communications. We are also involved in standardization activities of both the ARIB (the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses) and IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).
Standardization activities
In order to help establish standards suitable for the automotive industry, we are participating in various standardization activities carried out by organizations such as IETF (the Internet Engineering Task Force, a communication protocol standardization organization), SAE (the Society of Automotive Engineers, a vehicle technology standardization organization), ARIB (the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses [Japan], an organization that develops standards for systems that use radio waves), and IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).