汽车行业一直是创新的摇篮，整个行业的研发投资逐年增加。以下是 Neonode 技术十多年来如何改变全球车载体验的简要介绍。
汽车行业是如何利用技术改善数十亿人日常生活的光辉典范。来自市场各个角落的汽车制造商不断采用创新方法，使驾驶体验更加安全，这也就不足为奇了。
As the number of vehicles on the road continues to rise, unfortunately, so does the number of road fatalities. Every year, 1.35 million people are killed in collisions, and vehicle manufacturers are increasingly leaning on technology to reverse this trend. For the trailblazers, driver and passenger comfort and pleasure is also key to differentiating their brand in a highly competitive market.
For more than 10 years, we’ve been developing technologies to meet these needs. Today, almost five million vehicles on the market come with Neonode technology integrated into their systems, from the hyper-luxury Koenigsegg, to the iconic London black cab, and the world renowned Volvo. This demand isn’t slowing down. Here’s a whistle-stop tour of our history, and future, in the automotive industry.
伦敦电动汽车公司（LEVC）
大约 20 年前，触摸屏手机成为主流。Neonode 的触摸技术在其发展过程中发挥了重要作用。同样的触摸技术也非常适合平板电脑和打印机等其他应用，很快，每个人都在触摸屏上轻点鼠标。
Thankfully, the automotive sector doesn’t miss a trick, and fortunately, neither do we. After the smartphone revolution, the industry introduced smart, in-vehicle infotainment (or entertainment) HMI screens and our tried and tested technology was a natural component choice.
2012 年，一家领先的汽车制造商找到我们，希望我们为他们的信息娱乐显示屏提供触摸技术，我们为他们未来的车型开发了定制设计。如今，在每一辆下线的汽车上都能看到 Neonode 技术的身影。在此之后，汽车行业的其他大公司也纷纷效仿，随着车载娱乐屏幕的兴起，我们在该行业的足迹也越来越广。
配备 Neonode Touch 技术的科尼赛克 Regera。
In 2014, we broke new ground and partnered up with Autoliv, the world’s leading automotive safety supplier to develop a never-before-seen solution: the smart steering wheel. After an explosion of buttons and touchscreen controls, the goal was to create something that allowed drivers to keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel.
这款新一代智能方向盘结合使用了机器学习和光学触摸传感器，以创造更安全的驾驶体验。方向盘的整个边缘都是智能的，可以检测到驾驶员双手的位置，并相应地调整互动区域，这样驾驶员就可以在双手不离开方向盘或使用机械开关的情况下完成接听电话或调节音量等操作。内置的 LED 灯为驾驶员提供必要的视觉提示，使他们即使戴着手套，也能通过简单的点击或划动做出反应。方向盘上的交互式触控板也可根据驾驶员的选择进行编程，以显示控制功能或信息。最后，也是最重要的一点：如果驾驶员的手离开方向盘，它还会立即启动自动驾驶功能。谁能想到方向盘可以如此聪明？
Figures show that up to 80% of all crashes involve some sort of driver distraction. As a result, it’s no surprise that driver monitoring systems are set to become mandatory in the imminent future due to new EU and US regulations.
Since 2017, Neonode has been investing heavily in developing driver and in-cabin monitoring technology, and in 2020 we officially launched our remote sensing solutions after years of development and testing. Based on our MultiSensing software platform, the solution can monitor and track both the driver and passengers irrespective of vehicle size, from buses to compact cars. The platform is built upon a sophisticated framework that uses both rule-based and machine learning algorithms to process vehicle data and images from one or multiple cameras to detect things like driver distraction and drowsiness, or where the driver’s hands are positioned. With unique three-dimensional tracking and identification, it also has the capacity to understand the independent actions and interactions of not only the driver, but all individual passengers, regardless of where they are positioned in the vehicle.
但这一解决方案的真正魅力在于其构建方式和扩展灵活性。与其他解决方案相比，我们的解决方案更省电，微控制器（MCU）更小，内存需求更少，摄像头分辨率更低。作为一个平台，我们的客户可以购买交钥匙解决方案，也可以积极参与开发，最终添加自己的功能。这种架构意味着功能和特性可以不断扩展，以包括其他安全和便利特性，例如，安全气囊的自适应展开或对儿童或遗留物品发出警告。
此外，其他方法依赖于真实世界的数据来训练机器学习模型--这带来了高昂的价格、较低的准确性和较长的准备时间。在 Neonode，我们创建自己的合成数据来训练我们的模型，消除了这些问题，同时实现了传统方法无法实现的功能。
汽车行业是多重传感技术的天然应用领域，但由于其模块化结构，这种技术很快也将应用于电梯、自助订货、零售店和仓库等其他环境。
汽车行业一直是创新的沃土，也是 Neonode 的重点关注领域。我们目前正在研究如何快速采用挡风玻璃来投射信息--请密切关注我们即将推出的抬头显示功能。我们将继续与我们的合作伙伴和客户一起开拓创新，让每个人都能获得更安全、更顺畅的车内体验。
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