NTT Data, Nissan Announce Child Protection IC Tag Test Results.Tokyo, Japan, Apr 27, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Data, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., its communications Inc., Tokyu Security Co., Ltd. and TRENDY Corporation revealed that most of the drivers who tested the new 'i-safety' IC tag service which alerts drivers to the presence of children in surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. areas said they slowed down and adopted a more cautious attitude after being alerted by a voice-recording from an electronic device located in the vehicle. The service was especially helpful in areas with low visibility due to hills, house walls and other obstructions. A voice recording calls out "Children nearby, please be careful," when children are in the vicinity. The recording is triggered by signals from a child's IC tag, which are transmitted through "lookout spots," such as electricity poles and schoolyard gates, affixed af·fix tr.v. af·fixed, af·fix·ing, af·fix·es 1. To secure to something; attach: affix a label to a package. 2. with receivers to pick up such signals. In addition, participants acting as guardians of the children during the test found the system's "child arrival or departure notification" service useful in informing them of the children's whereabouts where·a·bouts adv. About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live? n. (used with a sing. or pl. . This service automatically notifies designated guardians by e-mail on their cellular phone or PC when a child passes a "lookout spot" on the street. The recent i-safety service test involved 114 drivers, 162 children carrying IC tags, 268 guardians, and 24 lookout spots. A total of 22 alarms were triggered. NTT DATA and the other co-developers plan to increase the reception areas for the IC tags and improve the service's ability to pinpoint the exact location of children carrying such tags, with the aim of commercializing the service. The service is expected not only to help reduce traffic accidents involving children, but also protect them from crime. NTT DATA is a systems integrator An individual or organization that builds systems from a variety of diverse components. With increasing complexity of technology, more customers want complete solutions to information problems, requiring hardware, software and networking expertise in a multivendor environment. , Nissan Motor Co. is a global automaker, its communications is a telecommunications service In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. operator, TRENDY is a computer software developer and consultancy and Tokyu Security is a security firm. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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