1. AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS（自律走行システム）

New concepts associated with the introduction of Automated Driving Systems (SAE Automation Levels 3-5) – for example: driver interface concepts to maintain situational awareness; strategies for the engagement/disengagement of automation; vehicle-to-vehicle communications; external vehicle signaling; and automated detection and management of conditions that require driver decision, e.g. 4 way stop, highway ingress/egress, and traffic flow.

2. ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS（ADAS）

New technologies for driver assistance in critical situations (SAE Automation Levels 0-2) – for example: crash warning systems, crash mitigation systems, crash prevention systems or new sensors which could provide inputs to such warning/mitigation or prevention systems.

3. VEHICLE ELECTRONICS SAFETY AND CYBERSECURITY（電子機能安全とサイバーセキュリティ）

Innovations in electronics systems safety – for example: novel approaches to system software test and validation; diagnostics and prognostics for intelligent vehicle health management; fail-safe and fail-operational mechanisms; detection and prevention of unauthorized access or malicious attacks; capturing data from unauthorized access or malicious attacks to enable forensic examination; and alerting the driver to vehicle limitations due to attacks, etc.

4. ELECTRIC VEHICLE SAFETY（電気自動車の安全）

New system concepts in electric vehicles – for example: preventing and detecting thermal runaway in lithium ion batteries; communicating safety information unique to electric vehicles, etc.

5. VISION SYSTEMS（視認システム）

Innovative vision systems to improve visibility and conspicuity to detect other vehicles, people, objects and other hazards in the traffic environment, etc. Vision systems that look at the occupant compartment to detect and understand the driver and passengers (e.g. driver monitoring, restraints optimization, unattended child detection, out of position airbag suppression, etc.).

6. DISTRACTION PREVENTION AND MITIGATION（注意散漫防止と低減）

New technologies to lessen driver distraction and minimize workload – for example: methods to detect distracted drivers; interfaces to influence drivers distracting behaviors; methods to adjust displays based on workload; novel in-vehicle systems that can detect cell phone use and provide a countermeasure, etc.

7. IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES（飲酒/薬物運転防止）

Innovative systems to reduce impaired driving – for example: ignition interlocks, passive drug, alcohol sensors, etc.

8. CRASH COMPATIBILITY（衝突コンパティビリティ）

Improved protection for occupants in vehicle-to-vehicle collisions – for example: use of new energy-absorbing structures; improving geometric alignment; optimizing the energy absorption during crash; improvement in intrusion caused by override or underride; adaptive and active bumper heights, etc.

9. RESTRAINT SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT（拘束装置）

Systems minimizing injuries to vehicle occupants during a crash – for example: vehicle interior design enhancements to seatbelts, airbags, and head restraints; integration of pre-crash sensors to optimize restraint performance; occupant position sensors, etc.

10. DUMMY DESIGN AND INSTRUMENTATION（ダミー設計、計測法）

Innovation in crash test dummy development or application – for example: improvements in dummy biofidelity, durability, instrumentation and/or analytical techniques to address future safety needs for vehicle design, testing, and restraint system development, etc.

11. PEDESTRIAN CRASH AVOIDANCE OR INJURY MITIGATION（歩行者事故回避、傷害低減）

Innovation in technologies to sense and/or avoid pedestrians, pedal cyclists, or other vulnerable road users in the vehicle's travel path. Redesign of passenger vehicle structures or deployable devices to minimize pedestrian/pedal cyclist's injuries.

12. POST-CRASH SAFETY（衝突後安全）

Vehicle and triage enhancements that improve post-crash injury prevention and treatment – for example: automated crash notification, crash severity prediction, minimizing fuel leakage, fire mitigation, advanced bystander care, automated crash scene measurement and reporting etc.