Cars in future

Ingenious computer technology is making the cars having following features

Display

All data is within the field of your vision

You will never lose track of the road again. With a new-generation of heads-up display, don’t need to glance at the dashboard at all. Colored lasers project information gathered from diagnostic sensors, including the current speed and cruising speed limit, directly onto the windshield. This technology is already being used in some of today’s passenger vehicles.

Lane assist

No more straying from the road

Cars swerve into in the roadside ditches over and over again, particularly during cross-country trips. Honda’s active tracking system identifies lane markings on the road using a camera placed on top of the rearview mirror, and points out to the driver that the car’s direction must be altered. In case he does not do it, the system intervenes and corrects him automatically. The system has already been introduced successfully in Japan and Great Britain.

Assistance for Parking

Managing without the driver

Dents on the bumper and scratches on the doors could soon be things of the past with Volkswagen’s parking assistance technology. Using cameras and ultrasound sensors, the new system not only identifies suitable parking spaces while driving, but also maneuvers the vehicle into them automatically. Regardless of whether the car needs to move parallel or backwards, the newest version of the parking assistant can handle it. All this is possible with a powerful 2 GHz processor that analyses the sensor data and makes the necessary moves. The parking assistant can be operated comfortably with a single button or through a special remote control which can be operated from the outside the vehicle.

Cross-country vehicles

Help for off-road drivers

Renault Koleos have made vehicle which reinforces the steering column while driving on slopes or making risky downhill runs with the help of HSA (Hill Start Assist) and DHC (Downhill Control). It also displays helpful information on the dashboard screen, including the vehicle’s current angle, altitude, and tire pressure.

Dark Night vision

Seeing in the dark

The human eye can work at only about 10 percent of its normal capacity at nighttime, so the thermographic camera integrated into the new BMW 7 series really comes in handy in absolute darkness. The assistance system identifies animals and passers-by, analyses their proximity and trajectory, and highlights any possible danger on the central monitoring screen. While analyzing the sensor data, smart algorithms keep the number of warnings to a reasonable limit.

Vehicle (Car) to Vehicle (car) Communication

Cars exchanging data

Traffic lights turn red, vehicles stops by themselves and switch off their engines. Instantly, a computer starts downloading the latest traffic data and other current news. The signal turns green and a short radio signal from the traffic light brings the engine to life once again. The vehicle takes a turn and lines up in the correct path—without the driver touching the steering wheel at all.