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Intelligent in vehicle infotainment the key differentiator
1. Special Feature
40 Automotive Products Finder | july 2018 | www.APFIndia.com
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utomotive infotainment
is one of the fastest
growing technologies
in the industry a growth
trend expected to continue
with the smart phones technology boom.
Consumers want PC-like responsiveness,
human-machine interface and power from
every device on the go. Meeting this
growing demand for the best possible
consumer experience within time to
market demands, is increasingly falling
in the infotainment domain.
Infotainment units are hardware
devices used in vehicles to provide
navigation, connectivity and audio-visual
entertainment. Most vehicles nowadays
have infotainment for entertainment,
connected with devices such as personal
navigation systems and smart phones
with a hands-free car kit. Smart phone
connectivity bridges the product life cycle
gap between car infotainment systems
and smart phones. It utilises the advances
made in a rapidly expanding smart phone
based infotainment system. IVI features
include, handset integration, head-up
display, infotainment systems for driver
assistance, interior personalisation and
Cloud based infotainment. The million
dollar question is, can a smart phone
replace all systems used in the car, from
dashboards and navigation systems to car
audios and telematics?
Integrating technology to support
multiple features or systems is not a new
idea. Indeed, many automotive component
suppliers are involved in integrating the
existing car navigation system with the
car audio and the mobile phone, using
a handsfree kit or Bluetooth. Fresh
thinking and focus is all that is required
to bring about a change in the automotive
infotainment domain. Including a cluster
dashboard in the integrated solution with a
smart phone could well be the future trend.
The possibility of standardisations, with
MirrorLink, which uses Virtual Network
Computing (VNC), has added strength to
handset integration.
Infotainment systems are not only
used in entertainment, they are also used
in road assistance for driver safety, with
features such as video & data recording
from rear view & night vision cameras and
black box recording. Add an augmented
reality head-up display and you not only
have a driver that stays focused on the
screen, but also one that assimilates more
information on the move. There is a huge
and growing market opportunity for IVI
systems that create a superior in-car user
experience. The interlacing of the car’s
IVI system with the driver’s mobile device
and applications can help achieve that
connected car experience. The main mobile
applications used for music streaming
include Spotify and iTunes, with each
media player using different methods to
get user experience data.
This convergence enables the creation
of innovative applications which interact
with the electronics control unit for remote
monitoring and control in-car multimedia
experiences, navigation and internet
connectivity. Intelligence in IVI can be
used in various scenarios and with different
implementation approaches:
Proposed approach
With rapid growth in smart phone and
Cloud technologies, consumers are
clamoring for live streaming of music,
Internet radio and smart phones. Ideas for
advanced infotainment features integrate
both user behaviour and the next level of
data based infotainment systems. They
can: a) Add power to IVI by manually
personalising the media source playlist or
With rapid growth in smart phone and Cloud technologies, consumers are
clamoring for live streaming of music, Internet radio and smart phones. Ideas
for advanced infotainment features integrate both user behaviour and the next
level of data based infotainment systems, says Vageesh Kumar.
Intelligent in-vehicle infotainment:
The key differentiator
2. Special Feature
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by automating the choice of entertainment
based on user behaviour data. User
behaviour data is derived by analytics
inputs from interactive voice recognition,
based on the mood of the vehicle owner.
b) Enroll on demand entertainment from
Cloud based sources to intelligent IVI
instead of local media databases like DVD
players or Bluetooth streaming audios. c)
Share and store media files like photos,
music and videos, which include, Cloud
based media databases like Twonky, Plex
and air video. This sharing of media files
will lead to saving local space and having
more media choices between groups.
Universal plug and play or digital
living network alliance software helps
people enjoy personal and online music,
photos and videos. It is also used to share
favourite media with PCs, TVs, stereos and
other devices connected to your network.
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication can
be used to transfer music by extending
vehicle interior personalisation like ambient
mood lighting and instrument cluster
rearrangement to include user’s choice
of music. This opens up the possibility of
completely altering how the car’s dashboard
and other interior components look. Having
integrated technology by extending the
human-machine interface of smart phones
with navigation units also helps. It is done
by using virtual network computing, hands-
free or Bluetooth interfaces.
Registering vehicle health reports on
an infotainment device would also be
possible as an advanced feature. It is a
feasible scenario as intelligent IVI acts
like a standalone Electronics Control
Unit (ECU) and could easily be interfaced
by a gateway to talk to other ECUs. An
application which is resident on the
infotainment unit can typically utilise
standard on board diagnostic tests to
provide vital health information.
Possible uses
This system architecture could, for
example, be used for intelligent profiling.
It could detect kids in a vehicle through
an interactive voice recognition system
or an image processing system, using the
human detection algorithm.
Lone drivers identified by interactive
voice recognition or image processing,
could choose pre-set music or make a
mood-based profile to help them relax.
Profiling can be achieved in two ways
- manually or semi-automatically. Semi-
automatic profiling takes various inputs
such as voice recognition for identifying
persons, a human detection algorithm to
detect images of users in the cab or even
noise level detection.
More intelligence can be added by
getting Cloud based songs, depending
on the user situation. Indeed, making an
interactive radio by requesting for a song to
be broadcast is one of the challenges which
need support from Cloud or a frequency
modulation radio service provider.
Existing devices with user
behaviour analytics
Some existing media players distinguish
user behaviour patterns in both thick and
thin customers, where analytics is done on
the device itself, as well as on the Cloud.
Media players use their own technique
or approach to analyse user behaviour.
The big disadvantage is that logging
too much user behaviour data makes the
device performance low. A Cloud based
system, which distinguishes user behaviour
patterns using analytics, is done online.
Cloud based players perform better, as
they put a lower burden on the central
processing unit.
Examples, Genius Mixes in iTunes,
the Last.fm feature in Spotify; the history
based choice feature in Pandora and the
history based channel selection satellite
radio. iTunes has a big music database with
intelligence in PC application. It uses the
Genius feature to create a playlist from the
library, based on a single selected song
played on the drive. Spotify, however,
streams music online, has an on-demand
option and is mostly free and Pandora
chooses a song or artist based on history.
Conclusion
Allowing users to personalise their cars and
infotainment systems with user experience
data, music, apps, themes and colors of
their choice can only enhance their driving
experience. Integrating these features with
customised human-machine interfaces to
retain brand identity can be a key to success
in an exponentially growing industry.
About the author
Vageesh Kumar Baluvanera
lumaheswaraiah is Manager at
Mindtree Ltd. He has worked as
a part of Mindtree’s Engineering
- R&D team to build automotive
products and competence.
Research areas included are
ADAS, Connected cars and AUTOSAR.
Allowing users
to personalise their cars
and infotainment systems
with user experience data,
music, apps, themes and
colors of their choice can
only enhance their driving
experience.