Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is upping its safety game. The Blue Oval said that over the next few years, it will make a suite of advanced driver-assist systems standard on nearly all of the vehicles it offers in North America.

Ford's plan is a direct response to mass-market archrivals Toyota (NYSE: TM), Honda (NYSE: HMC), and General Motors' (NYSE: GM) Chevrolet brand, all of which are already making some of these systems standard on their own vehicles. But Ford says that its system, which it's calling Co-Pilot360, goes a few steps beyond the offerings from its rivals.

Here's what we know.

Ford's Co-Pilot360 safety suite will be standard on nearly all Ford and Lincoln vehicles in North America by 2020. Image source: Ford Motor Company.

What's included in Ford's new Co-Pilot360 package

Here's what Ford will include in the new Co-Pilot360 driver-assist suite:

• Automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection: When the system detects a potential collision, it warns the driver -- and then applies the brakes on its own if the driver doesn't respond quickly.

• Blind-spot information system with "cross traffic alert": This system uses radar to watch a vehicle's blind spots, alerting the driver when there's a vehicle there. The "cross traffic alert" warns the driver if it detects oncoming traffic while backing out of a parking spot or driveway.

• Lane-keeping system: If the vehicle drifts toward lane markings, the system warns the driver -- and in some circumstances it can help steer back toward the center of the lane. It also monitors the driver, and sounds alarms if it determines that the driver isn't paying adequate attention.

• Automatic high beams: This system automatically turns on the high-beam headlights if it's dark and no other traffic is present, and automatically dims them if it detects street lights or another vehicle.

• Reverse camera: This is already standard equipment on vehicles sold in the United States, but it'll be added to vehicles in other markets as part of this package.

Ford will roll out the Co-Pilot360 system across most of its product portfolio as vehicles are updated. It will debut on the refreshed 2019 Edge SUV this fall, and will be standard on 91% of Ford vehicles by 2020, the company said.

How the system compares with rivals' offerings

Ford released a little chart comparing Co-Pilot360 with the standard features offered by its three rivals. All three already offer reverse cameras (as does Ford), but the packages differ from there.