Harman’s new in-car technology could give you in real time Waze-like reports without the need for human helpers
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Harman has unveiled details of a new software solution whose hopes to offer contextual warnings out of sight to drivers, without the need for expensive extra hardware or long -term developmental schedules for manufacturers.
Initially unveiled as part of a package of automotive innovations during this year’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Harman continued in detail last week on his Harman Explore Day in Munich, where it demonstrated some of his vehicle-based solutions.
However, the ready-made software-as-a-service (SaaS) can offer the most benefit to future drivers, because it uses the power of modern vehicle sensor suites, 4G or 5G connectivity and infotainment systems of the next generation to warn drivers about dangers they cannot see yet.
The company says that the digital approach ensures that motorists receive “precise, relevant and almost real -time contextual insights for improved situational consciousness”, in which data is drawn from both connected infrastructure and connected cars of each brand.
According to the company, that is a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, the cloud -based analysis engine, uses digital twins and machine learning to make a detailed picture of the environment based on real -time data received from a multitude of sources.
What can it do?
Harman says, for example, that the circumstances of hard braking can detect ahead, should the vehicle in question send standardized vehicle safety messages to the cloud and then warn the driver of threatening congestion.
This also works for a vehicle that runs ahead, a rapidly approaching vehicle from behind, or even a vehicle away that is waving or acts incorrectly.
Similarly, standardized data from civil infrastructure, such as mobile road works or defective traffic lights, can be recorded by the system and are distributed to any vehicle that has been driven nearby.
Harman splits these events on events -based and nutrition -based reports, including things like reports of bad weather, objects on the road and upcoming accidents.
A warning -based warning can include a stranded or broken vehicle, activation of an electronic brake light ahead (traffic that quickly slows down) or a sudden change in speed limit.
To reduce the number of false or incorrect messages, Harman says that the Situational Awareness Engine (SAE) analyzes the data it collects and assigns it a ‘reliability score’.
The more validating data it receives, the more certain it is that the event is worth a report. All this happens in almost real -time, according to the company.
An attractive package
Google Maps And Waze users will be familiar with some of these warnings, but the majority of them relate to the human community to log and confirm dangers, which is not only less reliable, but can also prove a distraction for people behind the wheel.
Harman says that the driver does not have to do anything thanks to his software, and it is just as easy for OEMs and vehicle makers to install the system – the most important requirements are an existing sensor suite (cameras, sensors, lidar etc.), the required processing power and a 4G or 5G connection.
Moreover, the company says that the software solution can be carried out on both Android and Linux Infotainment platforms, with a simple update about the Air (OTA) sufficient to prepare the most modern connected cars.
We Recently reported on how EuroncapEurope’s leading organization for the safety of cars has greater levels of active safety as stimulated, making the Harman solution even more attractive for those OEMs who want a simple, affordable ready-made solution.
Harman says that today more than 50 million cars on the road are already equipped with his connected technology, and millions more with the required hardware to perform such a system.
There is currently no timeline about when we will make the technology available in production vehicles, but Harman says it is ready to roll it out now.
The company also announced this week that it is one of the first to open a fully connected service platform, part of its Eclipse Connected Services Platform (ECSP) project.
It hopes that it will encourage greater “interoperability” between different car manufacturers and help accelerate the development and use of future connected cars.
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