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A SAMPLE OF CAR
TECH AT CES

Ainstein announced a millimeter
wave radar-based alternative to the
kick sensors now used on many vehicles for automatic trunk activation
and announced a joint venture with
ADAC Automotive (an auto industry
Tier 1 supplier) to design, develop and
manufacture the product. The joint
venture company, named RADAC,
demonstrated the patent-pending
solution at CES expected by the second quarter of this year as a new Tier
1 supplier.
Bosch won a CES 2020 Best of
Innovation award for its Virtual Visor,
which links an LCD panel in front of
the windshield with a driver or occupant-monitoring camera to track the
sun's casted shadow on the person's
face. The system then uses AI to
darken only the portion of the visor where the sun is hitting the
driver's eyes, leaving the rest of the display transparent for an
improved field of vision. Bosch also is a CES 2020 Innovation
Award winner in the vehicle intelligence and transportation category for its new 3D Display. It uses passive 3D technology (no
need for glasses) to generate three-dimensional images and
warning signals on the instrument cluster, which Bosch says
speeds driver cognition.
Continental received a CES 2020 Innovation Award in the
vehicle intelligence and transportation category for its
Transparent Hood technology. It uses four outside cameras and
image processing to let the driver see terrain and obstacles usually obstructed by the car's front end. The company also teamed
with Sennheiser to present an audio system without speakers. It
includes Continental's Ac2ated Sound system which excites
select surfaces in the cabin to produce sound as well as
Sennheiser's AMBEO 3D audio technology. The weight and
space savings achieved with Ac2ated Sound - up to 90% versus
conventional sound systems - makes it ideally suited to EVs,
which can gain range from the difference, Continental says.
Elektrobit demonstrated the convergence of camera-based
gaze detection with Amazon Alexa in a vehicle, to enable greater
personalization of car features.
Futurus Technology is a CES 2020 Innovation Awards
Honoree in the in-vehicle and entertainment category for its
light field head-up display. It projects two distinct screen fields
layered on top of one another. The first, about 1.5 meters in
front of the driver and sized at 25-inches, is for instrument
cluster and navigation information plus infotainment content;
the second, appearing to be 50 meters away and about
390-inches big, provides an augmented reality (AR) view of the
world. It is expected to be in a production vehicle from a
Chinese automaker in 2022, says Alex Xu, founder and CEO
of the Beijing, China-based company.
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Bosch's Virtual
Visor

Intuition Robotics announced a collaboration with Toyota to integrate its
"Q Engine" cognitive AI platform in a
forthcoming sedan. The technology
will create an in-vehicle "proactive not
reactive" digital assistant that aims to
achieve specific outcomes and recommend specific actions. "It's not just
driving and giving voice commands to
an assistant. It's much more of a collaborative experience, where the car is
a teammate of sorts," explains Dor
Skuler, CEO of the Tel Aviv, Israelbased company.
Ouster is a CES 2020 Innovation
Awards Honoree in the vehicle intelligence and transportation category for
its new OS2-128 long-range LiDAR sensor. The size of a coffee mug, it has a
range of more than 240 meters, a high
128-channel resolution, and is intended
for high-speed driving applications.
Ouster also introduced the OS0-128, a
128-channel LiDAR sensor with an
ultra-wide, 95-degree field-of-view.
Pioneer showed five new CarPlay and
Android Auto receivers at CES, including the DMH-WT8600NEX, a 10.1inch model with a 720p capacitive
touchscreen. The display hovers over
the dashboard, allowing a traditional
single-DIN chassis with no custom
installation needed. It supports both
wired and wireless CarPlay.
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