Interior displays have become the centrepiece of the car cockpit, and the interaction between the driver and the car (HMI) is key to user experience and safety. Progressively, more automation brings new vehicles to L2 and L2+ thanks to ADAS technologies. It will include self-driving periods (motorway, traffic jams) and manual driving scenarios, where management of transitions will be key to maintain the highest standard of safety. This session will give us a better understanding of HMI and Display evolution in that context, and also the technology and software needed behind the screens to ensure efficiency, safety and comfort.
Through the architecture of their latest concept car, Grupo Antolin will present what they name the Intelligent Cabin, where user features and innovation will be possible thanks to cockpit trends and ambient lighting.
Professor Dr. Blankenbach from Pforzheim University will tell us about “New Design Visions and Holistic HMIs by Advanced Display Technologies”. He’ll explain the concept of Holistic User Experience, and where new display technology will support this system approach with new shapes, higher pixels, holograms, augmented reality and up to emotion.
Then semiconductor experts from Inova will explain their “ILaS – the new lighting network for the car”. to harness the power of the hardware/software structure behind the screen, the electronic network, with light and sensors, to be efficient, to minimise development, and to ensure full reliability.
And Ansys will talk about “Interior optical design workflow”, with their development tools to ensure we can simulate, get a live preview of the targeted user effect, in short to get a preview of the user perception.
The second part of the session will be devoted to smart interior lighting. Market analysts predict a tenfold increase in light elements in the near future. Lighting is becoming pivotal to the overall perception, but also into safety, and this session will address how ambiance, decoration, alert, personalisation, and brand signature is changing thanks to new lighting and integration technologies.
Osram/Arm and Melexis will talk about “Smart ambient light: the next step towards safety applications”. How, together, they can for instance have fusion of safety display function with ambient light and what is the right technical solution with components and architecture to make work safely and user friendly.
Then Dr. James Gourlay, CTO at DesignLED in Scotland will talk about “Backlighting Technologies”. Interior personalisation is becoming more and more important, and integrated lighting, with very thin backlight, is a cost effective solution tunable only through software and controls, either through touch or voice control, and with OTA update possibilities.
Novem R&D Director will then talk about “Light & function integrated interiors – supply landscape”. He will address how we combine physical and digital for seamless user experience, putting together new functions in premium materials, such as wood, aluminum or carbon, anywhere in the interior, and how it will influence automaker-supplier relationships.
Finally, Wolfgang Clemens—Director of Product Management & Business Development at PolyIC—will make a lecture titled “Innovative HMI panels with integrated touch sensors—shy-tech decoration for backlighting”. Combination of decoration and light, using capacitive touch sensors with haptic feedback creates the new generation of HMI. He will give us also some hints on how to produce and integrate.
