The upcoming DVN Interior Workshop is in final preparation, and it will reflect major car interior trends. The rubric is Experience Interior • Technology for Safety, Comfort, & Fun.
The workshop is structured around six sessions:
• HMI: Human-Machine Interaction
HMI is much more than screen readability. There are many ways to interact with the vehicle (buttons, switch, touch screen, voice, gesture), and for the vehicle to interact with the driver (screen message, HUD, sound, light, vibration).
• Driver Monitoring Systems
DMS started out as a safety feature to reduce accidents related to driver drowsiness and inattention. It is becoming even more important as regulation is making it mandatory in new vehicles. As they evolve to become more advanced, the industry will leverage this detection technology to improve more aspects of all vehicle occupants’ health and comfort.
• Interior Lighting
Interior lighting is more than just what one sees when sitting in the vehicle. Interior lighting enhances the travel experience; facilitates finding and operating vehicle controls; supports infotainment, and visually improves surfaces and materials. In this context, intelligence means adapting to context; to mood. Lighting is increasingly a pillar of interaction between the vehicle and the driver, an integral part of the vehicle’s safety system. Lecturers will include:
· Dr. A.Bizal, Interior Lighting Innovation (Hella)
· Tobias Huber, Head of Advanced Development (AMS Osram)
· Stefan Hoffmann (Inova Semiconductors)
· Michael Bender (Melexis)
· A speaker from BMW
• Functional Surfaces
Car interior surfaces are located all around drivers and occupants—dozens of square metres throughout the vehicle! These surfaces previously just determined the interior styling; now they play a much bigger role as they becoming functional through the likes of sensing and haptic features, projection, and other new integrative techniques.
• Interior Air Quality
IAQ (interior air quality) is growing in importance as more driving is done in dense urban traffic and people are increasingly aware—and concerned—about it. IAQ is quantified as the concentration of pollutants like CO2, NOx and VOCs. Now it’s moving beyond just measuring extraneous substances in the air; now it’s adding new ones; namely, fragrance: increasingly a criterion of perceived quality and a design element reflecting the signature of the brand.
• Materials/Sustainability.
Car interiors represent a major challenge in terms of sustainability and carbon neutrality. Interiors also play a major role in consumer perception of sustainability through how materials and surfaces look and feel. What is true for the whole car is especially true for interiors, wherein plastic is the predominant material. Plastics represent about 12 to 15 per cent of the weight of today’s vehicle, which translates to 150-200 kg of plastic per vehicle, with a big chunk of it in the cabin.
We expect attendance of 150 people on-site following the lectures, visiting the exhibition booths, and networking. Get set to exhibit, to speak, or just to attend! Find more information here.
