Whiplash Testing Protocol - Euro NCAP

Version 3.1
June 2011
Camera View 1 Camera View 2
Figure 14: Required camera views
10.2.1.4 For either on-board or off-board camera systems, care should be taken to ensure that that
camera placement is perpendicular to the direction of sled travel. Camera measurements
should be taken to the film plane of the camera, from both the fixed targets and the head
centre of Gravity target.
10.2.1.5 For on-board camera views, it should be ensured that the camera mounting systems are
suitably robust so as to prevent camera shake during the test. Target tracking
compensation must be included to correct for some small degrees of camera movement.
10.2.1.6 For off board camera views, compensation must be included in the film analysis to take
account of parallax effects due to sled motion relative to the cameras.
10.2.2 Video Motion Targets
10.2.2.1 In order to monitor and measure the motion of the seat and dummy, film targets should
be applied to both seat and ATD. Targets should be securely affixed to areas of the seat
which will not be deformed by the ATD during the test.
10.2.2.2 The following targets should be applied the BioRID, seat and sled to monitor the head
and seat back during the test. The required target definitions are illustrated in Figure 15
and are given along with their reference points in Table 3.
10.2.2.3 In order to track the trajectories of the ATD and seat with reference to the sled the
following dimensions should be recorded. All measurements shall be measured from the
camera film plane to the reference targets and recorded in mm. See Figure 16 and Table
4.
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