Sep. 22, 2004
Toyota, Hino, Daihatsu to Jointly Exhibit at 11th ITS World Congress
‘Toyota Showcase’ Tour to Offer Participants Hands-on ITS Experience
Tokyo ― TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC), HINO MOTORS, LTD. (Hino), and DAIHATSU MOTOR CO., LTD. (Daihatsu) announced today that they will present a joint exhibition booth at the 11th World Congress on ITS, Nagoya, Aichi 2004, to be held from Oct. 19 to Oct. 24 at Nagoya International Exhibition Hall (Port Messe Nagoya) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, under the organization of the Japan Organizing Committee for the World Congress on ITS Nagoya, Aichi 2004 (Japan Organizing Committee).
Concurrently, as part of the hands-on experience TT-2 course “Street Value Adventure in Toyota”*, which is one of the technical tours organized by the Japan Organizing Committee during the congress, the TMC-created “Toyota Showcase” at Foresta Hills (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture) is to present TMC’s ITS efforts and offer a chance to test-drive vehicles equipped with the latest ITS technology.
The Toyota-Hino-Daihatsu Joint Booth Design
*A tour featuring Toyota City's ITS strategy and TMC activities for motor vehicle safety and environmental protection
1) Toyota, Hino and Daihatsu joint booth
Toyota has consistently worked energetically to achieve high functional development of the automobile and advanced development of transport systems through ITS and has participated in the ITS World Congress since its inception with displays of the latest in ITS technology.
Although the ITS World Congress was previously aimed at specialists, under the concept of “citizen participation”, the exhibits at the Nagoya gathering are to be made open to the general public, presenting an unparalleled opportunity for a comprehensive presentation of activities in the ITS field by TMC, Hino and Daihatsu.
At their joint booth, under the theme ‘Drive ITS Dreams’, ITS activities will be explained in an accessible fashion under the three headings―“Safety”, “Sustainability” and “Accessibility/Comfortability”. A future ITS society will be presented using computer graphics and other media, and vehicles fitted with the latest ITS technology by TMC, Daihatsu and Hino will be on display so as to give a concrete demonstration of the link between vehicles and ITS.
There will also be a space devoted to the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan (EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN), where Toyota’s activities at EXPO 2005 will be presented along with ITS technology and other topics.
2) Toyota Showcase
Based on the theme "What Cars and Mobility Will Be Like in the Year 20XX”, the Toyota Showcase will present TMC concepts for ITS development and TMC’s vision of the ideal transport world based on widespread introduction of ITS, using computer graphics to present its vision from the viewpoints of people, roads and services.
Also, making use of roadways, parking lots and other facilities at the Foresta Hills site, participants will be offered hands-on experience using cutting-edge technologies currently still in development alongside already commercialized ITS technologies.
The cutting-edge technologies to be presented will consist of a navigation-coordinated system for safe driving support and a road surface projection system. The former is designed to provide the driver with information on “STOP” positions drawn from the navigation system’s map data and to undertake brake control when necessary. The latter is intended to reduce blind-spot accidents, such as corner-to-corner collisions, by using a visible laser light to project the expected traveling path of the vehicle onto the road surface.
A media preview of the Toyota Showcase is planned for Oct. 15 featuring test-drive vehicles equipped with the latest ITS technology. (Details will be announced later.)
Date /Time: Oct. 15, 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Foresta Hills (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture)
For your reference, please see the following:
Appendix 1 Overview of TMC, Hino and Daihatsu Joint Booth
Appendix 2 Overview of Toyota Showcase
World Congress on ITS
The World Congress on ITS is the world’s largest and most influential ITS-related international conference. It is held every year in rotation in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas. ITS-related groups (governments, research organizations and businesses) from a wide range of countries and regions use sessions (scientific papers), exhibitions and technical tours to present and display the latest in ITS research findings and products.
The congress, first held in Paris in 1994, returns to Japan following a nine-year break since the second congress was held in Yokohama in 1995.
Special features of the 11th World Congress on ITS, Nagoya, Aichi 2004 are:
- Admittance of the general public to both the congress and its displays
- A collective array of the latest in IT and ITS technology, allowing for multifaceted interaction
- A meeting to consider safe and environment-friendly ITS
- Displays to allow hands-on experience of ITS
- A major event addressing IT and ITS activities at both the Japan and world levels
1) Toyota, Hino and Daihatsu joint booth
Toyota has consistently worked energetically to achieve high functional development of the automobile and advanced development of transport systems through ITS and has participated in the ITS World Congress since its inception with displays of the latest in ITS technology.
Although the ITS World Congress was previously aimed at specialists, under the concept of “citizen participation”, the exhibits at the Nagoya gathering are to be made open to the general public, presenting an unparalleled opportunity for a comprehensive presentation of activities in the ITS field by TMC, Hino and Daihatsu.
At their joint booth, under the theme ‘Drive ITS Dreams’, ITS activities will be explained in an accessible fashion under the three headings―“Safety”, “Sustainability” and “Accessibility/Comfortability”. A future ITS society will be presented using computer graphics and other media, and vehicles fitted with the latest ITS technology by TMC, Daihatsu and Hino will be on display so as to give a concrete demonstration of the link between vehicles and ITS.
There will also be a space devoted to the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan (EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN), where Toyota’s activities at EXPO 2005 will be presented along with ITS technology and other topics.
2) Toyota Showcase
Based on the theme "What Cars and Mobility Will Be Like in the Year 20XX”, the Toyota Showcase will present TMC concepts for ITS development and TMC’s vision of the ideal transport world based on widespread introduction of ITS, using computer graphics to present its vision from the viewpoints of people, roads and services.
Also, making use of roadways, parking lots and other facilities at the Foresta Hills site, participants will be offered hands-on experience using cutting-edge technologies currently still in development alongside already commercialized ITS technologies.
The cutting-edge technologies to be presented will consist of a navigation-coordinated system for safe driving support and a road surface projection system. The former is designed to provide the driver with information on “STOP” positions drawn from the navigation system’s map data and to undertake brake control when necessary. The latter is intended to reduce blind-spot accidents, such as corner-to-corner collisions, by using a visible laser light to project the expected traveling path of the vehicle onto the road surface.
A media preview of the Toyota Showcase is planned for Oct. 15 featuring test-drive vehicles equipped with the latest ITS technology. (Details will be announced later.)
Date /Time: Oct. 15, 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Foresta Hills (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture)
For your reference, please see the following:
Appendix 1 Overview of TMC, Hino and Daihatsu Joint Booth
Appendix 2 Overview of Toyota Showcase
World Congress on ITS
The World Congress on ITS is the world’s largest and most influential ITS-related international conference. It is held every year in rotation in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas. ITS-related groups (governments, research organizations and businesses) from a wide range of countries and regions use sessions (scientific papers), exhibitions and technical tours to present and display the latest in ITS research findings and products.
The congress, first held in Paris in 1994, returns to Japan following a nine-year break since the second congress was held in Yokohama in 1995.
Special features of the 11th World Congress on ITS, Nagoya, Aichi 2004 are:
- Admittance of the general public to both the congress and its displays
- A collective array of the latest in IT and ITS technology, allowing for multifaceted interaction
- A meeting to consider safe and environment-friendly ITS
- Displays to allow hands-on experience of ITS
- A major event addressing IT and ITS activities at both the Japan and world levels
Appendix 1 : Overview of Toyota, Hino and Daihatsu Joint Booth
| Item | Content |
| Display booth | Drive ITS Dreams – Changing Lifestyles with ITS (Safety, Sustainability and Accessibility/Comfortability) – Aiming to realize an idea transportation reality (comfortable movement that is safe and considerate to the environment) and take a proactive corporate stance by means of the propagation of ITS |
| Booth Structure / Content |
1. Presentation Zone Using computer graphics, introduces, in an easy-to-understand show-like format, how the introduction of ITS will change lifestyles in both the present and future by focusing on three generations of the same family 2. Future Zone 1) Concept Wall Uses images to present thinking related to concrete initiatives, such as Toyota’s concept of ITS initiatives and the three themes of Safety, Sustainability and Accessibility/Comfortability. 2) EXPO 2005 Aichi Japan Corner Overview of the Toyota Group’s pavilion and the ITS technology that will be used for the Intelligent Multimode Transit System (IMTS) to shuttle visitors within the Nagakute site. 3. Contemporary Zone Presentation of the cutting-edge ITS technology of Toyota, Hino and Daihatsu. |
For reference: Each Company’s Display in the Contemporary Zone
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| 1. Vehicle Displays |
ITS Car (base platform) |
 Crown Majesta |
 Hino PROFIA |
 MOVE |
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| Main Equipped Technology
*Special Equipment |
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VDIM: Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management
AFS: Adaptive Front-Lighting System
ETC: Electronic Toll Collection System
VSC: Vehicle Stability Control
DOSS: Daihatsu Operation Support System
Appendix 2 : Overview of the Toyota Showcase
| Item | Details | ||||||||||||
| Theme | "What Cars and Mobility Will Be Like in the Year 20XX"
Toyota discusses its concept toward approaching ITS, and, through the development of specific technologies for achieving its ITS goals, offers a glimpse of Toyota's vision of the automobile and mobility in the future. |
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(Appendix A: System Configuration)
Safe Driving Support System Coordinated with Car Navigation System
(Appendix B: System configuration)
Road Surface Projection
Safe Driving Support System Coordinated with Car Navigation System
Road Surface Projection
