| Your vehicle darts along the road, continuing to | | | | cameras, are used. The camera helps to detail what |
| speed faster and faster. You press on the brakes, | | | | happens to the passenger and automobile during the |
| and discover you've lost control over the vehicle's | | | | crash. Due to the high cost of crash tests, these |
| breaking system! Seconds later, you hit a wall. Proving | | | | cameras are invaluable in helping researchers obtain |
| Newton's law that "for every action there is an equal | | | | as much data as possible from the test. A video |
| and opposite reaction," your head whips back against | | | | surveillance camera can be used for other types of |
| the headrest. The airbag, which ballooned on impact, | | | | tests on cars. For example, the road test checks |
| cushions your head. With your cranium buried in the | | | | whether or not the car is worthy to be driven on |
| inflated airbag, you feel like a dummy, and that is | | | | roads. Lastly, a video surveillance camera can be used |
| precisely what you are - a crash test dummy. To | | | | to enforce quality control at emissions test centers, |
| optimize what they could learn from you, researchers | | | | where the amount of pollutants that a vehicle |
| had placed a video surveillance camera on the wall. | | | | produces is tested. |
| Such cameras remain useful throughout the life of an | | | | The Protection |
| automobile. | | | | In addition to assisting in the production and testing |
| The Production | | | | of automobiles, video surveillance cameras can also |
| From start to finish, the production of an automobile | | | | be used to safeguard automobiles from auto theft, a |
| is a very precise and meticulous process. Video | | | | grave problem in America. Consider the following |
| surveillance cameras are vital in ensuring that quality | | | | statistics. |
| control is always maintained. They are mainly used | | | | * Every year, over one million vehicles are stolen in |
| for inspecting many parts, verifying that parts have | | | | the United States. |
| been positioned properly and in 3D guidance of | | | | * In 2005, the 2001 BMW M Roadster was the most |
| robots. For instance "smart" cameras are frequently | | | | frequently stolen passenger vehicle in the United |
| used in various stages of automobile production. The | | | | States. |
| camera helps robots "learn" certain parts. The robots, | | | | * In 2006, more vehicles were stolen in Las Vegas |
| in turn, use a "vision processor" to verify that a | | | | than in any other metropolitan area in the United |
| correct product has been installed. | | | | States. |
| Along an automobile assembly line, video surveillance | | | | Mounted in places such as driveways, parking lots, |
| cameras are also used to monitor the totally | | | | parking garages, and car alarm stores, video |
| automated installation of the windshield and | | | | surveillance cameras are valuable in protecting one's |
| rear-window. Cameras ensure that parts, such as | | | | investment. In addition to capturing visual evidence |
| panels, have been positioned accurately onto the | | | | against car thieves, they also serve as a deterrent |
| vehicle's body. | | | | for those who are thinking about taking someone |
| The Testing | | | | else's Jaguar, Road Runner, or Bug. |
| Many tests are conducted on automobiles. These are | | | | There is no doubt that from the assembly line to the |
| carried out to improve their quality and safety. One | | | | junkyard, video surveillance cameras shift gears to |
| example is the crash test. High speed cameras, which | | | | play vital roles in the lives of automobiles. |
| can capture more frames per second than other | | | | |