infotainment system of car

IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM

Presented by M.Brundha Sholaganga

CONTENTS

• Introduction• Infotainment network system• Entertainment services• Phone services• Information services• Conclusion• References

1)The first entertainment system in the car is … Radio

2) The first information providing system in the car is ….

Radio Data System i.e Traffic Announcements from Radio stations

INTRODUCTION

Initially in 1960’s the cars are provided with the audio system i.e radio later traffic information is provided through Radio stations

Advancements in Technology lead to efficient infotainment system we can have a tablet equipped in the car for better user interface

INFOTAINMENT NETWORK SYSTEM

HU Processors

SERVICES OF INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM

• Entertainment services• Information services• Phone services

ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES

A)Audio: • The audio stuff may be through radio ,CD player or playing tracks

with USB or Phone connectivity and it Supports mp3 or wma format based on the OS.

• It should be noticed that Steering wheel will be provided with some control buttons like mute, reduce volume etc for driver convenience.

ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES contd…

Radio: Receiving antenna gets activated on selection of Radio option over Audio.

Manual Tuning Auto Tuning


• U.S.B/C.D: Majorly Playing Tracks using CD is being replaced

with USB connectivity.• Bluetooth: we can turn Bluetooth on and allow the system to

recognize device like Phone the audio from Phone is transmitted to the infotainment system and the sound is played through car stereo system.

ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES contd……B) Video:• Television : Having a TV in the car Dates back to 1970’s.Now a days we can have

Internet TV and there is also an other option for mobile TV achieved through satellite.

• Powered by inverter

• Bad signal reception under motion• Picture will not be clear

We can also have a video played through

• DVD player: The other way in which we can play MP4 or AVI content is through DVD

• USB/SD card: We can have video played through USB or SD card.

Rear seat entertainment:

Tablet installed at the rear part.

Headphones are provided separately .

They can access the required application or media of their choice.


PHONE SERVICES:

Hands freeanswering of calls with Bluetooth Headset having speaker and microphone

Hands free device working on voice commands connected via Bluetooth to Phone

• So,we need to have separate hardware for hands free answering of a call and privacy is to be considered so going for headset is better option for this we need to have voice recognition system in phone. The same thing is applied to infotainment system.

2 ways of hands free car kit for attending calls

PHONE SERVICES contd…• How it’s going to work in Infotainment system ? When we get a call all the other audio related operations gets muted the

calling tone from mobile gets transferred to car stereo system.

Pairing with the PhoneSynchronizing the phone book

Call can be attended with buttons on headset we can accept or reject the call

Dialing a number on voice command basis

Message alerts:

We can enable or disable the message alerts.Text to speech conversion is used to read the message

INFORMATION SERVICES• Rear parking assistance: we can have a radar at the back which detects the

presence of vehicle and warns the driver or we can have a camera which records the objects at the rear part of vehicle and displays over the screen accordingly.

• Navigation system:

INFORMATION SERVICES contd….

RDS (Radio Data System): The Radio Data System (RDS) is used to extract additional radio station

information with the FM signal. RDS data provides the following information:• Radio station name• Traffic announcement broadcasts We can enable or disable the traffic alerts When we receive traffic alerts the other audio systems get interrupted and continues after the alert

INFORMATION SERVICES contd..

• Vehicle related information:

It provides information about the overall distance the vehicle can cover with the fuel .Other information includes:Servicing of vehiclesBrake fluid levelAir filter clogged with dust particlesDoor not closed properlyand much moreAll these above functions requires sensors and the information is processed and displayed on over the display screen.

CONCLUSION

• The infotainment part forms the better access for media and information with the display screen. We can have advancement in the system by having WIFI capability ( instead of sharing the internet) and 3G dongle providence.

REFERENCES

• Infotainment for Better driving - Intel in Automotive• Infotainment Manual - Mahindra XUV500• Top 10 infotainment systems - Auto Guide.com• Infotainment system - Harman Industries• Rear parking assist system -Kia Sorento Features• Smart Parking assistance system -Hyundai Australia• Satellite approach for Mobile T.V. -Tracvision• Hands free way of attending calls -Driver-lexus.com• In vehicle infotainment and Navigation a new direction in automotive interaction - Nvidia• Infotainment Features - Volkswagen