Harman has presented details of a new software solution that hopes to offer contextual alerts “beyond view” to drivers, without the need for additional additional hardware or long development times for manufacturers.
Initially revealed as part of a package of automotive innovations in the Mobile World Congress event this year in Barcelona, Harman came into more details on his Harman Explore day in Munich last week, where he demonstrated several of his vehicle -based solutions.
However, the software such as the Service (SAAS) ready for the conscious could offer the greatest benefit for future drivers, since it takes advantage of the power of modern vehicle sensors, 4G or 5G connectivity and next -generation infoentretería systems to alert drivers about the dangers they still cannot see.
The company says that the digital approach guarantees that motorists receive “precise, relevant contextual ideas and almost in real time to improve situational awareness”, attracting data from the connected infrastructure and the connected cars of any brand.
According to the company, which is a Samsung Electronics subsidiary, the cloud -based analysis engine uses digital twins and automatic learning to create a detailed image of the surroundings based on real -time data received from a multitude of sources.
What can you do?
For example, Harman says he can detect hard braking circumstances ahead, if the vehicle in question is sending standardized vehicle messages to the cloud and then warn the driver of an imminent congestion.
This also works for a vehicle that is reversed ahead, a fast escape vehicle from behind, or even a vehicle that is coming or behaves erratically.
Similarly, the system can register standardized civil infrastructure data, such as mobile road works or defective traffic lights, and are distributed to any vehicle that is being prepared nearby.
Harman divides these events into events based on events and food -based, including things such as notifications of bad weather, objects along the way and the next accidents.
An event -based alert could include a stranded or breakdown vehicle, emergency emergency light activation ahead (traffic that slows down quickly) or a sudden change in the speed limit.
To reduce the number of false or incorrect messages, Harman says that his situational awareness engine (SAE) analyzes the data that he collects and assigns a ‘trust score’.
The more validation data receives, the safer is that the event is worthy of a notification. All this is done in real time, according to the company.
An attractive package
Google Maps and Waze users will be familiar with some of these warnings, but most of them trust the human community to register and confirm the dangers, which is not only less reliable, but can also demonstrate a distraction for those behind the steering wheel.
Harman says that the driver will have nothing to do thanks to his software, and that it is equally easy for OEM manufacturers and vehicles install the system: the main requirements are an existing sensor suite (cameras, sensors, lidar, etc.), the required processing power and a 4G or 5G connection.
In addition, the company says that the software solution can be executed on the information and entertainment platforms of Android and Linux, with a simple update of the air (OTA) enough for most modern connected cars to be compatible with conscious.
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Harman says that there are already more than 50 million cars on the road today equipped with its connected technology, and millions more with the hardware required to execute said system.
There is currently no timeline about when we will see its technology available in production vehicles, but Harman says he is ready now.
The company also announced this week that it is one of the first at the open source of a complete connected services platform, part of its Eclipse Connected Services Platform (ECSP) project.
He hopes that foster “interoperability” between the different automobile manufacturers and helps to accelerate the development and deployment of future cars connected.
