New Car Navigation Systems to Show High-Quality TV
Posted on: Monday, 15 May 2006, 12:05 CDT
By Kyodo News International, Tokyo
May 15--TOKYO -- Car navigation system makers will release new products this summer, including models allowing people to watch high-definition television broadcasts and others aimed at providing more accurate traffic forecasts.
The launch of the navigation systems that also function as high-definition TVs for land-based digital broadcasting follows the start in April of the "one segment broadcasting" service.
The new service, popularly known as "One Seg," is a new type of digital terrestrial broadcasting for mobile phones and car navigation equipment.
On June 15, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will release the latest version of its mainstay "Strada" car navigation system equipped with a tuner for digital terrestrial broadcasting as standard feature.
Matsushita, the maker of Panasonic brand products, has developed technology that enables One Seg and other types of high-quality broadcasting to automatically segue into each other depending on radio wave conditions.
Consumer electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. has succeeded in miniaturizing its systems in joint development with Nissan Motor Co.
The new products will be loaded into the Nissan vehicles.
On July 1, Fujitsu Ten Ltd., an affiliate of computer maker Fujitsu Ltd., will market a model under its "Eclipse" brand that automatically studies traffic information and shows less congested routes with higher accuracy than previous models.
Audio equipment maker Pioneer Corp.'s new system, due out later this month, can memorize parking lot entrances a driver once used, and automatically guides a car there when the driver sets the same destination.
Among other systems offering special features, the product Sanyo launched last month warns drivers using chimes when it judges their driving manner is harmful to the environment, such as engine idling.
Matsushita has developed a system that shows alert broadcasts in the event of a natural disaster and allows users to search for evacuation sites.
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Source: Kyodo News International, Tokyo
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