Five technologies that will change the way we drive

Many car brands are paying more and more attention to the development of advanced technology that will make driving easier for the driver or help increase the safety of road users. We highlighted five advanced assistance systems that could make driving easier for drivers very soon.

1. System for monitoring traffic light operation

Many brands such as Audi, BMW and Honda they are preparing a system that will be able to communicate with the local infrastructure of traffic lighted intersections via an Internet connection and advise the driver, when approaching a certain intersection, the speed at which he should drive in order to catch the green wave, and if it is higher than the legally prescribed one, he will be advised stop accelerating the vehicle. At a red light, the system will inform the driver how long the red light will last and, if necessary, with the help of the system start&stop also turned off the vehicle's engine.

2. Reverse camera instead of mirror

Nissan is preparing a system that should replace the classic mirror with the help of a classic HD camera built into the vehicle's roof spoiler. Namely, the camera would project the acquired data about what is happening behind the vehicle onto a special one HD LCD screen placed in the housing of the center mirror and would show the situation behind the vehicle in "real" time. This would make a significant improvement transparency back, which in classical theaters is often disturbed by passengers, luggage or bad weather conditions. The system is already being tested in practice, and serial production is possible within a few years.

3. Recognizing driver anger

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Scientists are studying the possibility of using in-vehicle cameras to recognize the driver's emotional state. Researchers at the Swiss development center, in cooperation with the PSA Peugeot Citroën concern, have developed a detector that is based on the vehicle facial expressions recognizes the driver's emotions. The system recognizes facial expressions with the help of an infrared camera installed behind the steering wheel. The system is not yet that close to serial production.

4. Car2car communication

Volvo is one of the pioneers and still the leading manufacturers and developers of advanced ride comfort systems. At the moment, they are paying a lot of attention to the development of a communication system between cars, where drivers could obtain information about the conditions on the road, especially contact with the ground in relation to the condition of the roads. Then, with the help of cloud technology, the vehicles will share this information with nearby vehicles. The system is already relatively close to serial production, but it is conditional on a sufficiently large number of users.

5. Anticipating the road in advance

Many, mostly German, premium manufacturers are developing a system that, with the help of camera and IR and radar technology, will enable the prediction of the road on which the vehicle will drive in the near future and thereby manage the operation of driving systems and parameters, so that the drive will be as smooth as possible, consumption and the lowest. BMW has already announced the predictive power management system, with the help of a GPS signal and a navigation device, it enables a view of the road in advance and dictates the most optimal operation of the gearbox and engine.