In April this year, Huawei upgraded its smart car solution on the eve of Shanghai Auto Show. The new upgrade includes a series of products such as HUAWEI ADS 2.0, HarmonyOS cockpit 3.0, smart car lights and smart car lights.
Among them, the powerful strength of HUAWEI ADS 2.0 and HarmonyOS Cockpit 3.0, we have already felt it on the version of the M5 Intelligent Driving, and the true colors of the other products will not be revealed until the M9 goes on the market in the fourth quarter.
Except for their XPIXEL smart headlights.
Recently, a demonstration video suspected of Huawei’s XPIXEL smart headlights went viral on the Internet, and the contents on the PPT of the conference seemed to be realized one by one.
In my opinion, this video can be divided into two stages. When watching the previous paragraph, the psychological activity is probably like this:
Oh, the effect is not bad.
Can animation be customized?
But when I saw the content behind, I lost the skill of speaking, so I had to watch the video with my mouth open.
I divided the functions shown in the video into three levels:Ordinary level, progressive level, and fate level..
Let’s look at the "ordinary level" first.
The so-called "ordinary level" refers to those functions that look ordinary, have little use, and at most bring some emotional value. Although these functions look different, they actually project words or images through the brightness changes in some areas of dot matrix headlights.
Including small animations when starting and leaving the car:
Small eggs for the other half on Valentine’s Day:
An animation that follows the rhythm of the music in the car;
And, weather reminder:
Well, isn’t it more clear and readable to put the weather reminder on the head-up display or screen? If the weather reminder can have some practical use, other functions are more like "doing it for the sake of doing it". Moreover, this is not a difficult function to achieve, and models with similar functions can be found in the current market.
However, it is not bad if users can customize the projected animation.
Let’s look directly at the function of "entering the class".
First of all, it is a distance reminder in the car-following scene:
And this world’s most intuitive lane change reminder:
When passing through some narrow lanes, the headlights will outline the next driving track of the vehicle to avoid rubbing, which is similar to the width-indicating carpet of Zhiji L7:
The turning carpet below will light up the whole lane for you when you turn.
Compared with those fancy words and patterns, these driving functions are much more practical, right?
What is more worthy of recognition is that Huawei’s smart headlights are very accurate in identifying lanes, and at the same time, they can quickly adjust the brightness when the ambient brightness changes.
Finally,What I call "anti-sky level" are two functions that combine autonomous driving.First of all, it is a relatively basic courtesy to pedestrians.
It can be seen that after the automatic assisted driving is turned on, the vehicle can inform other traffic participants of the vehicle status through headlights. When pedestrians on the roadside need to cross the road, they will project a guide line to give way to pedestrians.
I think the most necessary thing to do is the following function, which I would like to call "Wang Fried".
Due to the prohibition of motorcycles in urban areas, Guangzhou is a city that relies heavily on electric bicycles. When you walk on the road after work at night, you can often see some electric bicycles driving on the motorway, which is very dangerous, especially in some dark places.
The "Chu River-Han Boundary" projected by Huawei’s smart headlights clearly defines the next driving trajectory of the vehicle, which has a certain warning function.
Don’t come here. jpg
Although Huawei’s smart headlights have not been officially put into production, we can still draw the conclusion that:
Headlights in the future will not be limited to simple lighting. With the further exploration of smart cars for users’ needs, headlights will also become a bridge for communication inside and outside the window. From simple flashing lights to reminding others of the change of driving route,The amount of information that headlights can carry will be greatly improved..
Today’s smart electric vehicles are strikingly similar to the era of smart phones more than a decade ago.
At the press conference, Yu Chengdong shared his views on the development trend of intelligent electric vehicles before officially unveiling the new products.
Because I was in charge of Huawei’s terminal business ten years ago, I deeply felt at that time that many giants might not survive such fierce market competition or major changes in the industry.
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