HG camera series officially licensed for improving driver safety
SEPTEMBER 9--Redlake MASD (Tucson, AZ; www.redlake.com), a provider of high-speed and high-resolution cameras, has teamed with NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) as the officially licensed high-speed camera manufacturer. Redlake's MotionXtra HG series of cameras will assist NASCAR at its R&D Center with the ongoing effort to develop safer racecars for the NASCAR circuit.
Steve Peterson, NASCAR's technical director, supervises safety testing at the center. His team uses a variety of means in addition to Redlake's high-speed cameras, including computer simulations and crash-test dummies, in an endless quest to make a dangerous sport safer.
Peterson said: "We have been focused on the driver's space and what protects the driver: restraint systems, the seat, and the space around him. The car of tomorrow will be a bit bigger in the driver's compartment area. It looks the same, but just a few inches, from the driver's perspective, is a big deal. We fill some of that increased space with crushable material that absorbs energy. Redlake's high-speed cameras allow us to record how these materials deform and crush just as we have recorded simulated driver movements in past crash simulations, and those images are then utilized by our engineers to further improve the vehicle."
The automotive community has utilized Redlake cameras for decades in a quest to improve safety. General Motors Corporation recently chose Redlake to be the exclusive provider of high-speed cameras for vehicle crash, sled, and impact testing. That contract, valued at more than $5 million, has General Motors taking delivery of numerous Redlake MotionXtra cameras, which consist of the HG-100K, HG-TH and HG-LE. NASCAR will be using a similar complement of cameras at the Research and Development Center for similar applications.
Redlake's MotionXtra series of cameras have resolutions that range from 1000 frames/s at full resolution up to 100,000 frames/s at reduced resolutions. The rugged design of the Redlake cameras allows them to withstand up to 100 G in any axis.
