The Trend of Car Navigation

Published:2010/7/22 20:53:00 Author:Li xiao na From:SeekIC

The car entertainment market is experiencing the imperceptible changes now. The sales of GPS have surpassed the car audio. Two directions make the differentiation of the GPS after its application of military and instrument; one is supplying the location service for the movable network, the other is the automotive application, such as the advanced driver assistance system, C2C, C2I and so on. It is predicated that the ratio of car navigation takes will reach twenty five percent in the year of 2012. The yearly growth rate of the instrument GPS is fifteen percent from 2007 to 2013; the growth rate of the portable GPS can reach sixteen percent.

The navigation technique has surpassed the single route guidance. The independent driver assistance system and the cooperative security system are the next development goal. The advanced driver assistance system and the emergency call in the navigation system will be the standards of the high-class automobile. The advanced driver assistance system includes the adaptive cruise control, adaptive front light system, lane departure warning, blind spot monitoring, parking assistance and pre-crash safety systems. Apart from considering the influence that the advanced driver assistance system made on the cost of the automobile, the security and stability of the device are also the key points. Therefore, the designer of the related products should balance the cost and the stability.

Emergency call is the typical application of the current information market. The emergency call will send out the signal to the nearest rescue center automatically when the accident happens. America and Japan have developed such services. The number of the emergency call is still small at the present time, and it will increase from 2010, especially the European market.

Making a general observation of the navigation market, we can find that low cost; internet connection will be the direction of the middle and low degree automobile market, while the advanced driver assistance system and emergency call system are the standard of high-class automobile. The related integrated circuit is DS18B20.

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