Kafas - BMW F48 Product Information

F48￿Driver￿Assistance￿Systems
2.￿KAFAS
The￿recognition￿of￿road￿users￿driving￿ahead￿and￿the￿detection￿of￿pedestrians￿are￿among￿the￿most
important￿functions￿to￿be￿satisfied￿by￿assistance￿systems.￿This￿function￿must￿be￿satisfied￿at￿both￿long
distance￿and￿close￿range.￿The￿functions￿in￿the￿F48￿have￿been￿implemented￿in￿optionally￿available
combinations￿as￿camera-based￿systems￿using￿a￿shared￿camera￿and￿shared￿control￿unit.
The￿KAFAS￿camera￿and￿KAFAS￿control￿unit￿therefore￿constitute￿the￿central￿element￿of￿the￿following
assistance￿systems:
• Collision￿warning￿with￿city￿braking￿function
• Pedestrian￿warning￿with￿city￿braking￿function
• Road￿sign￿recognition
• Lane￿departure￿warning
• Camera-based￿cruise￿control
2.1.￿Person￿recognition
F48￿Detection￿range￿of￿KAFAS￿camera
The￿person￿recognition￿in￿the￿F48￿only￿takes￿place￿with￿the￿help￿of￿the￿camera-based￿driver￿support
system.￿A￿radar￿sensor￿is￿not￿offered￿in￿the￿F48,￿unlike￿in￿other￿BMW￿models.
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