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| The Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) system allows drivers to pass through toll gates without stopping for toll payment. Japan's Highway Public Corporation estimates toll gates account for about 30 percent of toll road congestion. The ETC system alleviates congestion, thereby improving fuel economy and reducing exhaust emissions. |
| DENSO supplies ETC equipment, including on-board equipment and roadside antenna, for the passive method under Europe's Comité European de Normalization (CEN) standard and for the active method under Japan's Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) standard. In the passive method, the roadside antennas transmit signals that are reflected by the vehicles. In the active method, both the roadside antennas and the on-board equipment transmit signals to perform interactive communication. DENSO has supplied on-board equipment for more than 25,000 vehicles in Chongqing, China since 1999, and has also supplied equipment for ETC field tests in Hong Kong and Shanghai. DENSO is the only company in the world that supplies the systems for both passive and active methods. |
| Currently, 25 nations have adopted one hundred ETC systems. In Japan, the ETC system was introduced in March 2001. About 900 toll gates-about 70 percent of the nation's total-will have ETC lanes by the end of 2002. |
| In the Japanese market, DENSO’s compact ETC on-board equipment, the smallest in the industry, has earned high marks since its launch in March 2001. DENSO further added two products to its ETC equipment lineup in 2002. One is a separate antennal type having a voice guidance function launched in May 2002, and the other is a built-in antenna type without a display, launched in October 2002. |
| DENSO also associates the ETC on-board equipment with car navigation systems, and offers more advanced human-machine interface (HMI). DENSO aims to develop an integrated type with navigation systems or instrument clusters to be installed in vehicles at factories. The integrated type will promote the spread of the ETC systems in the automotive market. |
| [Contact] Shinya Omi, Yoko Suga, Miwa Kurokawa, Jennifer Knoll Corporate Communications Department of DENSO Corporation, +81-566-25-5594/5592 shinya_omi@denso.co.jp, yoko_suga@denso.co.jp, miwa_kurokawa@denso.co.jp, jennifer_knoll@denso.co.jp http://www.globaldenso.com |
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