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Toyota Industries, which is commissioned by Toyota Motor Corporation and is involved in the planning, design, and production of Toyota "RAV4" and "Harrier", specializes in mountain rescue at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022, which opened on January 14, 2022. "RAV4" 5D ADVENTURE 2022 "" was exhibited. The company aims to make the RAV4 even more attractive and provide it to users. See related images The theme of the concept model exhibited this time is "Ultimate RAV4". By researching professionals in various fields, he decided to create a model specializing in mountain rescue that makes use of the RAV4's kinetic performance, PHV, hybrid performance, etc., Nakamura, RV Product Planning Office, Product Planning Department, Automotive Division. Naoyuki explains. "I investigated the actual actions and thoughts of the mountain rescue team, and the flow of how to go to the rescue. Normal mountain rescue is headed by a helicopter, but in bad weather the helicopter can not fly, so in that case the mountains It seems that the rescuer goes to the rescue by car. At that time, I want to go closer to the rescuer, so I am thinking about what to do for that. "And first of all, safety Equipped with LiDAR (Laser Range Measuring Device) that can read and drive various terrain. By superimposing it on the AR function, it is possible to visually see the safe terrain read by LiDAR, and the members can proceed to the deepest part of the mountainous area based on that information. In addition, it is equipped with a removable cube unit equipped with various functions necessary for rescue activities such as LiDAR, camera, and lighting. A drone is also set on the ceiling of the car, and if it is judged that the car can not go any further, an alert prompting the dispatch of the drone will be activated and the drone can be operated with the steering and accelerator pedal of the car. It has become. Then, when the drone reaches the rescuer, he drops a first aid kit with a GPS transmitter. It was explained that the members could go to the rescue by relying on the GPS information. In addition, considering the rule that the mountain rescue team will change clothes at the rescue point, we have added outside storage with enhanced ease of removal and storage capacity. The seat arrangement has been realized so that the front seats are fully flat so that the stretcher carrying the rescuer can be loaded as it is. In addition, a storage space has been added to the outside in order to effectively utilize the dead space of the car. It is also possible to put filth such as dirty things and scented things that hesitate to bring into the car into the outer storage. Mr. Nakamura explains that the "RAV4 concept model" is a "RAV4 concept model" with many ingenuity, but it is not considered to be commercially available. "We hope that by developing these functions, we will be able to connect them to the next proposal. We have received various opinions from everyone who saw this concept model, and we are collaborating with Toyota. The significance of exhibiting this concept model is to get to know hints such as what can really be used. This time, the theme was mountain rescue, but one of the functions in this. One is that it can be applied to various things, such as the outdoors and the office in the car, so I would be grateful if many people could give us such opinions. "
Response Tomoka Senokawa
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