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As self-driving vehicles and connected cars are becoming more and more important nowadays, Bosch, as a leading company in its sector, will present at the 2016 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas some of the newest connected functions and assistance systems.
At its booth, the German company will offer participants a glimpse into the car of the future, as they see it. According to Bosch CEO Dr. Volkmar Denner, visitors will interact in a new way with the technology because providing the right information at the right time will minimize driver distraction.
In the show car, the interior has been completely reimagined by the German company, as the central console has been transformed into an electronic display that shows information depending on the vehicle’s current surroundings. For example, if a pedestrian is closing in from the right, a lighting sequence is triggered to alert the driver.
The car of the future will also be able to know its owner schedule, and if an appointment is being canceled, it will indicate the route to the next one. And wait, that’s not all. The car will make a connection with a "smart house" and enable particular functions such as heating or security systems to be operated at any time.
The CES organizers have presented Bosch with the Innovation Award for a new touchscreen developed by the German company, which can generate different surface textures, allowing elements to be felt on the display. Thanks to this feedback, it will be easier to operate the navigation, radio or the smartphone functions, and drivers will not even need to look at the information on the screen to control it.
Bosch has an answer for road safety as well. To be more precise, for wrong-way drivers. The company is already working on a new cloud-based alert that will let the driver know of any danger only ten seconds after it arises. All of this will be possible because the software will compare the vehicle movements on freeways with permitted directions of travel. If a change intervenes, the driver will be warned in a matter of seconds.
Also at CES 2016, the company will showcase the systems and sensors needed for automated journeys that will hit the highways in 2020. The autopilot who assumes all the driver’s tasks and responsibilities is already being tested in Germany, US, and Japan.
Future cars will be able to see possible danger spots such as accidents, traffic jams or construction sites, thanks to a stream of real-time information from the Internet.
Bosch also has an answer to parking spots. To make it easier, it has developed a new function called automated valet parking that will allow cars to park themselves. Drivers can leave the car at the entrance to the parking garage and they can instruct the car to find a free space with the use a smartphone app. When their job is finished, they can call the car back to the drop-off point.
In the show car, the interior has been completely reimagined by the German company, as the central console has been transformed into an electronic display that shows information depending on the vehicle’s current surroundings. For example, if a pedestrian is closing in from the right, a lighting sequence is triggered to alert the driver.
The car of the future will also be able to know its owner schedule, and if an appointment is being canceled, it will indicate the route to the next one. And wait, that’s not all. The car will make a connection with a "smart house" and enable particular functions such as heating or security systems to be operated at any time.
The CES organizers have presented Bosch with the Innovation Award for a new touchscreen developed by the German company, which can generate different surface textures, allowing elements to be felt on the display. Thanks to this feedback, it will be easier to operate the navigation, radio or the smartphone functions, and drivers will not even need to look at the information on the screen to control it.
Bosch has an answer for road safety as well. To be more precise, for wrong-way drivers. The company is already working on a new cloud-based alert that will let the driver know of any danger only ten seconds after it arises. All of this will be possible because the software will compare the vehicle movements on freeways with permitted directions of travel. If a change intervenes, the driver will be warned in a matter of seconds.
Also at CES 2016, the company will showcase the systems and sensors needed for automated journeys that will hit the highways in 2020. The autopilot who assumes all the driver’s tasks and responsibilities is already being tested in Germany, US, and Japan.
Future cars will be able to see possible danger spots such as accidents, traffic jams or construction sites, thanks to a stream of real-time information from the Internet.
Bosch also has an answer to parking spots. To make it easier, it has developed a new function called automated valet parking that will allow cars to park themselves. Drivers can leave the car at the entrance to the parking garage and they can instruct the car to find a free space with the use a smartphone app. When their job is finished, they can call the car back to the drop-off point.
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