Location Based Systems

DHL Trend Research has launched its latest trend report, Self-Driving Vehicles in Logistics, which highlights the key elements and potential of autonomous technologies. The report sheds light on various best-practice applications of self-driving vehicles in various industries today, and also reveals a detailed look into the use cases of self-driving vehicles across the entire logistics value chain.

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has also developed an animated video to illustrate the concept of connected vehicles and help the public understand its potential benefits. Connected vehicle technology enables cars to wirelessly communicate with each other, roadside infrastructure, and even personal mobile devices, sharing valuable information that could save lives, reduce congestion, and lessen the impact of transportation on our environment.

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has also developed an animated video to illustrate the concept of connected vehicles and help the public understand its potential benefits. Connected vehicle technology enables cars to wirelessly communicate with each other, roadside infrastructure, and even personal mobile devices, sharing valuable information that could save lives, reduce congestion, and lessen the impact of transportation on our environment.

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has issued the synopsis of its connected vehicles pilot deployment program notice of Phase 1: Concept Development under the solicitation number DTFH6115R00003. Connected vehicle research is being sponsored by the USDOT and others to leverage the potentially transformative capabilities of wireless technology to make surface transportation safer, smarter, and greener.

In a unique collaboration, Volvo Cars, protective gravity sports gear manufacturer POC and communications technology specialist Ericsson is to demonstrate an innovative safety technology connecting drivers and cyclists for the first time ever at CES in Las Vegas, 6-9 January 2015.

Renesas Electronics’ R-Car V2H is the company’s newest system-on-a-chip (SoC), implementing image recognition technology to support high-resolution surround viewing utilised in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The R-Car V2H enables embedded system manufacturers to deliver high-resolution surround-view monitoring systems, with multiple cameras, for advanced point-of-view switching.

SNCF Maps, developed by HaCon for French national railway company SNCF, shows real-time data for all French trains and their connections, linking over one million operational train messages with about 5,000 timetable data sets of rail passenger traffic.

According to TomTom its latest product offering will enable even faster journeys for drivers by calculating routes based on actual weather conditions. As well as providing precise traffic jam information, TomTom Traffic now warns drivers about upcoming slow moving traffic due to heavy rain or snow.

Semiconductor solutions supplier Renesas Electronics’ new RH850/P1x-C series, a high-end version of the RH850/P1x series of 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) has been designed with the development of self-driving car and other driver assistance systems in mind.

Swiss-based u-blox has launched what it claims is the world’s smallest stand-alone positioning module, the EVA M8M, bringing multi-GNSS performance into the ultra-compact EVA footprint. The cost-effective module supports US GPS, Russian GLONASS, Chinese BeiDou, Japanese QZSS and SBAS augmentation systems.