The evolution of the vehicle information terminal

The traditional car navigation systems are now facing a re-definition of requirements. This is due to the rise of smart phones. Face of the smart phone real-time online applications continue to increase the flexibility of function, car navigation systems have no strength to fight back. In order to promote the evolution of vehicle information terminal, the auto companies and automotive companies are stepping up action.

The rise of smart phones are making the car navigation market changed dramatically. The first affected Simple car navigation device (PND). Its development momentum from the past the heyday of state plummeted.

Swedish survey company BergInsight 2011 the global PND sales of 33 million units, a decrease of 500 million units more than 38 million units in 2010. Expected to fall to 23 million units by 2016.

The multi-function built-in navigation systems due to the auto companies are strengthening the original product with shipments expected in the future will be expanded. But this is not peace of mind. Consumers understand the convenience of the smartphone was originally closed car information terminals began to pursue an open environment. Like to support the independent standard of the Japanese i-mode "of the domestic mobile phone, smart phones change to be able to permanently access to the open Internet, car information terminals but also ushered in a period of redefinition.

In fact, "among consumers that the new map, to obtain real-time traffic congestion and other information of smart phone more convenient than the built-in navigator view are proliferating (a car navigation systems business). Now, the conventional car navigation systems in terms of hardware performance, as well as permanent Internet access and flexibility has been unable to compete with smartphones.

In the rise of the smartphone felt the crisis the auto companies and automotive companies are prepared by three strategies to try to reform vehicle information terminals (Figure 1).

Now, automotive products with some of the features of the smartphone linkage has come out. Will focus only equipped with a display and buttons, the HMI for in-car products, by the implementation of the smart phone smart phone type of all applications, as well as an independent type of smart phones have the same function in the future estimates.

The first strategy was to abandon confrontation with the smartphone, launched fully rely on smart phones smart phones based automotive products. The running of application software (hereinafter referred to as applications) and Internet communications to the smart phones, automotive products are focused on the operating system of the car display and touch panel.Main product: in car dvd player  Way through the USB wireless LAN and Bluetooth connection between smart phones and automotive products. Navigation functions and automotive-related services while the smart phone applications in the form by the auto companies, car navigation companies or its partner companies.

The second strategy is to enhance the function of car navigation systems, the introduction of features and smart phones "independent automotive products. Is to make the car alone the advantages of the smart phone navigation applications - updated in real time maps, the extension by an additional application. Although the basic operation without the help of smart phones, but to play music stored in the smart phone content, you need to use the DLNA