A car turns right across the bike lane. A woman on a scooter is coming up in its blind spot.
Every street has spots like this: a bus at the stop, a van at the kerb, a corner, a stretch with no light. With Vizible Zone, the car knows she is there.
The car knows she is there before the driver can see her.
Vizible Zone links the phones of people on foot, on bikes and on scooters with the cars around them, so that the driver is warned before they meet: behind a bus, around a corner or in the dark.
Switch Vizible Zone off, then on.
A school block
In preparation.
The situation
12Awareness and understanding
Her phone and the car know about each other, even out of sight.
It does not rely on seeing, so a bus, a corner or the dark do not hide anyone.
Today: it knows whether its person is walking, crossing, or riding a bike or a scooter.
4Warning
It tells the turning driver.
Today: the driver is warned on a screen in the car: “Scooter on the right”.
Vision: the person outside will be warned on the phone.
Nothing carries her name, and the message is gone once they have passed.
Who is told: the turning driver. Nobody else.
What you get
The driver is warned about people the car cannot see yet.
Today: the driver gets the warning on a screen in the car, about children, seniors, cyclists and scooter riders.
Vision: the person outside will be warned on the phone; you will see where your streets put people at risk, by place and time, with no names; and traffic lights will give a slow walker more time. When the networks fail, the same phones will keep the city connected: see a whole city.
Where it stands
- Today
Works now, and we can show it to you.
- In development
Being built, or shown so far in the lab or in field trials. Not a product yet.
- Vision
Where we are going. Not built yet.
- Sees what eyes cannot Behind a bus, a wall or a corner, and in the dark. It does not rely on seeing; rain and fog are still to be measured. Status: Today
- Warnings about people the driver cannot see The driver is told about a person on foot, on a bike or a scooter, with the side they come from and how urgent it is. Shown in field demonstrations with cars since 2019. Status: Today
- On the car’s own screen The warning appears on the car’s own screen, as in our in-car demonstrations, among them one for Mitsubishi Corporation and Yazaki in 2023–24. Status: Today
- Inside the city’s own app Delivered as an SDK inside the city app residents already use, so the cars around them know they are there. Status: Today
- The person outside warned too The person on foot, on a bike or on a scooter will be warned on the phone. Status: Vision
- Earlier, with prediction With prediction, more time to warn before someone crosses. Status: Vision
- Adaptive crossing Traffic lights will give a slow walker more time. Status: Vision
- A city view of risky spots The city will see where people cross away from a crossing and where close calls happen, by place and time, with no names. Status: Vision
- Into fleets and driver assistance The same warning will reach fleet systems and driver-assistance features. Status: Vision
- Smart lighting The same awareness will serve smart lighting. Status: Vision
Try it
Rush hour on one block. The scene shows what works today: a turning driver warned about a scooter. It also shows the vision: a light that will give a slow walker more time, and the city’s anonymous view of risky spots, appearing and fading.
Back to the sceneWhere it began
A child steps out from behind a bus.
The car knows she is there before the driver can see her. Switch Vizible Zone on and off, then try it at night or in fog. The scene shows what works today: the warning to the driver.
The child behind the bus
In preparation.
On the road
Field demonstrations, filmed from the driver’s seat.
Request a pilot
Pick the crossing that worries you most.
The pilot covers a defined part of your city, with equipped cars and participating phones, and targets agreed before it starts. It measures detection and warning in your streets and your weather.