CSRC

Our Mission:

Advancing Safety for All

At Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center (CSRC), we have one core philosophy behind our research - everyone deserves to be safe. We want to enhance safety for all drivers, passengers and pedestrians on our roads -- not just in relation to Toyota vehicles, but rather advance safety in all vehicles.

By taking a collaborative approach and leveraging key partnerships with top academic, medical and research institutions along with government agencies, we are advancing safety systems across the industry at an accelerated rate as we look to build this safer future.

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DRIVER MODELING IN TRANSFERS OF CONTROL FROM CONDITIONAL AUTOMATION
Naturalistic driver study to understand how drivers interact with automated systems in everyday commuting

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ADAPTIVE HEADLAMP SYSTEM BENEFIT ESTIMATION

Measure the response characteristics and estimated benefit with respect to reduction in injury/fatalities of adaptive headlamp system that highlights detected pedestrians and bicyclists using both driver and pedestrian/bicycle simulator study.

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MENTAL MODELS OF ADAS/ADS TECHNOLOGIES: IMPACTS ON CONSUMER EDUCATION AND VEHICLE DESIGN
Our goal is to determine the nature of, and variants of, drivers’ mental models of ADAS/ADS technologies and apply research findings to consumer to education and vehicle design.

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INVESTIGATION OF IN-VEHICLE CARDIAC MONITORING AND SEVERE EVENT PREDICTION
Determining what safety systems should be implemented to mitigate accidents related to cardiac events

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DEVELOPMENT OF TESTING METHODS FOR VEHICLE ROAD DEPARTURE ASSIST SYSTEMS

By analyzing over 25,000 high resolution images available on Google Street View across the country, we were able to determine that grass, metal guardrail, concrete divider and curbs are the most common roadside boundary objects.

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INTEGRATED BENEFIT ESTIMATION

Estimate the Residual Safety Problem after Integrated Safety Systems (ISS) is deployed in the future. ISS consists of all active (auto braking for vehicle, pedestrian, bicyclist, lane keeping, etc.) and passive safety systems (advanced airbag, curtain shield airbag, roof strength, pedestrian protection active hood, etc.).

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TEAM & PARTNERS

CSRC is led by a team of industry-leading scientists and engineers with a diverse background in safety research.

Our core research groups include Human-Technology Integration, Passive Safety and Human Factors. CSRC is unique in its approach as a truly collaborative organization. We work with key strategic partners including: leading universities and research hospitals; working to identify potential research gaps that can be explored further and engaging in projects that leverage the expertise and ingenuity of these institutions. Unlike proprietary research programs, CSRC is committed to sharing its findings throughout the industry in order to benefit all drivers.

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Toyota Collaborative Safety Research Center

Our Mission:

Advancing Safety for All

DRIVER MODELING IN TRANSFERS OF CONTROL FROM CONDITIONAL AUTOMATION

ADAPTIVE HEADLAMP SYSTEM BENEFIT ESTIMATION

MENTAL MODELS OF ADAS/ADS TECHNOLOGIES: IMPACTS ON CONSUMER EDUCATION AND VEHICLE DESIGN

INVESTIGATION OF IN-VEHICLE CARDIAC MONITORING AND SEVERE EVENT PREDICTION

DEVELOPMENT OF TESTING METHODS FOR VEHICLE ROAD DEPARTURE ASSIST SYSTEMS

INTEGRATED BENEFIT ESTIMATION

TEAM & PARTNERS

CSRC is led by a team of industry-leading scientists and engineers with a diverse background in safety research.

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Researching the Automotive Future at CSRC