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The new Night View system from Toyota aims to increase road safety for both drivers and pedestrians, by highlighting anyone on foot in the vehicle’s way. While the older Night View system superimposed the road on the windshield, the new version, seen on the Crown Hybrid, displays the road on the LCD meter. The upside is that the windshield stays clear - the downside is that the driver should keep looking up and down to get a good idea about the road ahead of him.

The system employs pattern recognition to identify pedestrians and, when spotted, surrounds their location, as well as the whole screen, with a yellow band. However, conditions such as high speed (over 60km/h), intense darkness or wipers operating during the rain will decrease accuracy.

Although the Night View system can only identify pedestrians now, Toyota aims to add features for recognizing bicycles and animals.

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