Denso is to showcase its safety, autonomous drive and environmental technologies with augmented reality displays, at the 2016 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), in Detroit next week.
The US supplier will use an augmented reality platform to illustrate its vision for ‘smart cities’ of the future, and how its technology could be used to make life safer and easier.
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The display also shows how vehicles, infrastructure, homes and grids can become connected and more energy efficient in future smart cities.
In the Smart City, vehicles talk to each other and city infrastructure and visitors will see how these technologies can be used to time traffic lights, prevent accidents, or work with a phone app to book a parking space or secure transportation within city limits.
Denso’s exhibit also a Harmonious Communications Cockpit equipped with safety support systems and intelligent technologies to help drivers and passengers arrive at their destinations safely.
This cockpit features head-up display so drivers can keep their eyes on the road; Harmonious Lumi which illuminates to inform drivers of obstacles in the road; Driver Status Monitor, a camera to monitor the driver’s attentiveness; Active Footrest to notify the driver when lane change assistance is activated; and Electric Mirror, which displays rear and side images when a potentially threatening situation is detected.
Denso also will display its Advanced Driving and V2X technologies.
The component manufacturer will display its newly-developed standardised Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit, which is 20% smaller and lighter than conventional units.
Denso maintains it is the world’s first standardised HVAC component which can be used in a variety of vehicles, which will allow carmakers to realise cost savings.
Also featured will be Denso’s Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and Hybrid, Electric Vehicle (HEV), as well as Stop/Start technologies.
The Integrated Efficiency Cockpit will showcase how Denso says it is improving engine efficiency, promoting electrification of vehicles, improving air conditioners and connecting vehicles with homes and society.
