NOTABLE
Continental ( continental-corporation.
com ) is working with the French
national weather service, Météo
France, on using connected vehicles
and swarm intelligence for purposes
of providing drivers with accurate
information . . . about the weather.
Continental is using its eHorizon
system, which is ordinarily used for
advanced navigation operations, and
has integrated them with vehicle
systems such as ABS, ESP, fog lights and windshield wiper sensors. These inputs provide infor-
mation about such things as temperature, air pressure, visibility and road conditions.
The information is sent via an integrated telematic unit to Météo-France, which aggregates
the information (there are approximately 200 vehicles in the test fleet, which constitutes the
swarm), then sends it back to vehicles, with real-time weather information.
According to Jean-Yves Le-Gall, Design & Innovation Manager in Continental´s Interior
Division, "By integrating information from our vehicle sensors with external data to bring
real-time weather warnings to vehicles, the joint solution is eHorizon. Weather is helping here
particularly well."
Swarming
the Weather
Information about the weather, as well
as about routing and areas of interest,
are provided in an up-to-date manner
via the eHorizon.Weather system.
INFO:
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