2 Business and Innovation Magazine for Satellite Navigation Mobility is the new paradigm of our modern, intelligent society. The evolution of mobility is giving the average individual the ability to use new technologies in efficient ways. ●● ●● Road-Guard provides eco-driving and driver safety solutions through mobile phones, personal navigation devices, in-vehicle infotainmentconsoles or embedded in cruisecontrolsystems. news Where the car is just another device AUTOMOTIVE SOLUTIONS // Gerion Wolff, Senior Vice President Marketing & Strategy at MATERNA Information & Communications will chair the session on Automotive Solutions on October 22 nd , 1 pm–3 pm. Automobile navigation is perhaps the most traditional field of use for satellite signals. The application potential of these signals, however, reaches far beyond just navigation. Whether in security, route optimisation, or tracking, satellite navigation is capable of facilitating enormous improvements and cost savings. The focus of the Automotive Solutions session will be on integrating the vehicle into the driver’s interactive mobile world – web services in the car! In addition, attendees will hear about new ways to optimise logistics processes, reduce costs, lower CO2 emissions and improve traffic safety. Web-services in the car As a result, we are enjoying a higher quality of life – more mobility, security, flexibility, optimised resources, and comfort – and witnessing significant changes in how we get around in our largest cities. People and our desire for freedom are set to be integrated into the networked world, giving us the chance to explore the worlds of tomorrow. But only by implementing high-quality information and communication technologies and providing for the intelligent networking and integration of various transport systems can the organisations involved ensure that individual mobility remains affordable. One prerequisite of this is planning that goes beyond the personal vehicle; planning that is supported by a portable system and utilises both interfaces within the car and other transfer media. At the same time, adhering to the route in question must be the main priority, followed by the integration of transport schedules and other services. The challenge now is to define and support this chain of processes such that all of the interfaces involved work together seamlessly and always ensure the integrity of every individual’s privacy. To promote the integration of webservices in the car and to accelerate related business opportunities, the Network of Automotive Excellence (NoAE) initiated a series of workshops on connecting the vehicle to the driver’s interactive mobile world. The working group is being co-ordinated by Microsoft and is open to any interested party. www.noae.com Vision of integrating the vehicle into the driver’s interactive mobile world Make fuel efficiency a part of your lifestyle As the cost of oil and related fuel products continues to rise, car owners and drivers are looking for new technologies to get more miles per gallon. It is equally impossible to ignore the effect fossil fuel consumption has on global warming and the dire consequences we face if nothing is done. GreenDrive™ is Bavaria’s winning solution in the European Satellite Navigation Competition, helping drivers develop smart, smooth, and safe driving techniques that lead to an average fuel savings of 15- 25% – clearly a positive contribution to environmental protection. Though modern vehicles are theoretically capable of certain performance and fuel economy figures, in practice it can be hard to achieve these due to driver behaviors that increase fuel consumption, such as repeated rapid acceleration and hard braking. GreenDrive’s patented ecoadaptive Horizon Prediction technology learns vehicle parameters and senses the nature and significance of impending road attributes that influence fuel consumption, determining what constitutes economical driving. The system provides drivers with realtime indications and historical information about their eco-driving performance. GreenDrive accounts for human factors and advises the driver without causing distraction. Information related to the vehicle and driver performance is collected during driving. After a journey is completed, drivers are able to evaluate the collected data in a web application, which statistically analyses data and provides feedback. The in-car unit also provides immediate feedback to help drivers improve their driving style. GreenDrive delivers an innovative driver-vehicle interface system and services to encourage sustained changes to driving styles and behaviours that are safer and more economical. With GreenDrive, drivers achieve more than real fuel savings. They also do their bit for the environment, reducing traffic pollution emissions and producing less carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main gas contributing to global climate change. The time for fuel economy solutions couldn’t be better … www.road-guard.com © Microsoft Meet your markets to the point – certified! NavCert accompanies you from the first idea to marketable products. We certify positioning and navigation products and services. As your long-term process partner we care for your solutions, observing all relevant legal requirements and convincing with constant quality while meeting your customers’ expectations. For further information please contact us: www.navcert.com, info@navcert.com The automotive industry is working fervently to implement tele - matic applications into their 2010+ vehicles in order to follow the eCall programme of the European Commission, led by Viviane Reding. Approximately 700,000 telematic units were sold in Europe in 2007. By 2012, the annual number is expected to be over 17 million and economies of scale will result in much cheaper hardware. “The eCall unit itself is just a small fraction of the cost,” says Harald Trautsch, Executive Vice President of Octo Telematics, Europe’s lead- Special issue: Navigation World 2008 No. 3 – October 21 st , 2008 a company of and Crash data helps reduce the cost of eCall false alarms ing provider of insurance telematics and automotive telematics services. “False alarms increase real costs tremendously and may have a significant negative impact on the eCall initiative.” With more than 650,000 cars already equipped with eCall-enabled systems, Octo Telematics has analysed nearly 20,000 real crashes. Says Trautsch, “Our experience with crash data is used to constantly improve our software and push the number of false alarms to less than 1 %, but there is still a great deal of work to do.” www.octotelematics.com eCall: Triggered by a crash sensor a message is forwarded over the GSM network to a Public Safety Answering Point which guides emergency services to the place of the accident.
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