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GENIVI: moving an industry to open source

GENIVI: moving an industry to open source

Posted Aug 10, 2012 16:17 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: GENIVI: moving an industry to open source by fb
Parent article: GENIVI: moving an industry to open source

What? A proximity sensor that requires you to look at a separate display to see if it's fired? (Or was this projected onto the windscreen?)

There have long been proximity sensors that emit increasingly frequent beeps when near something, like old-time movie radar. They're useful when parking.


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GENIVI: moving an industry to open source

Posted Aug 10, 2012 16:33 UTC (Fri) by fb (subscriber, #53265) [Link]

> What? A proximity sensor that requires you to look at a separate display to see if it's fired? (Or was this projected onto the windscreen?)

The car had 6 such sensors ({front, back} x {left, center, right}), while the beeping would increase AND its position was simulated by the car's stereo system, the car also had a large screen display (one such 'head unit') which also displayed the car and each (of possibly many) beeping sensors.

I found checking the screen easier than relying on the stereo direction to know which was the triggered sensor.

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