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Future Cars
Vehicles
serve as transmitters or receivers of information, which
they can also forward to other vehicles like a relay
runner passing a baton. Courtesy of
Daimler AG
Intelligent Vehicles
Fuel efficient, zero
emission vehicles will use high tech electronics to assist
drivers in a wide variety of ways. Vehicles will
communicate with each other, with the road and with
traffic signals. Autos and trucks of the future will use
vision enhancement devices to help you navigate through
bad weather and warn you of a possible collision with a
pedestrian or animal. They will also let you know if you
are getting drowsy or straying from your lane. Cars of the
future will be radically different than the automobiles of
today, and so will the driving experience.
Accident Free Driving
Obstacle detection, collision avoidance and intersection
warning systems are being tested right now by governments
and automobile manufacturers. Radio signals, sensors and
cameras, future vehicles will help avoid accidents by
examining the environment in real time and notifying the
driver of potential problems.
Image courtesy of
Daimler AG
Pedestrian and animal
warning systems could use infrared or other detection
technologies to identify large animals approaching the
roadway, and alert drivers by activating flashers on
warning signs. These systems may also activate in-vehicle
warning devices.
Autos That Talk and
Listen While you
are driving, your vehicles will communicate with the cars
and trucks around you. Your future car will notify you
when trucks are merging into your lane or motorcycles are
in your blind spot. Smart intersections will sense
vehicles from all directions and alert you of a possible
collision.
Vision Enhancement
In vehicle Vision Enhancement Systems will improve
visibility for night driving, inadequate lighting, fog,
drifting snow, or other inclement weather driving
conditions User
Interface Cars of
the future will do a better job of keeping your hands on
the wheel and your eyes on the road. Voice recognition
will provide a hands free way of accessing your on board
computer and navigation system. But your on board computer
may do more than talk back. Haptic interfaces are human/computer interfaces. Haptics
exploits human behavior, since people are more likely to
pay attention to tactile cues than visual cues. With haptic interfaces, a computer could receive or convey
information through touch, pressure, force or vibration.
For example, sensors embedded in the exterior of a car
could feel if it's veering too close to another vehicle.
That message could be relayed to the driver's seat, which
could alert the driver to the danger with a tap on the
shoulder.
Connected Cars
Using GPS, cameras and
sensors, vehicle-to-vehicle communication could help avoid
accidents. For example, a vehicle in an accident could
warn approaching traffic to slow down. Blind spots could
be eliminated. Communicating cars could also improve
traffic flow by taking the best routes or by telling you
when you are driving like a tourist.
Vehicle2Vehicle Communication
Reposit
CAR 2
CAR Communication Consortium
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications
Crash warning for connected cars?
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