Taking care of every small detail

 

No road is 100 per cent safe to drive on. 

There are invariably some blind spots, which sometimes lead to accidents. In a quest to avoid this, Jaguar Land Rover is developing a smartwindscreen that uses two technologies, which they call transparent pillars and follow-me ghost cars. Based on the understanding that the pillars supporting the roof of the car obstruct the driver’s view, the company is developing transparent pillars. This would be achieved by embedding screens on the insides of the pillars to relay a live video feed from cameras covering various blind spots around the car. Their futuristic heads-up display technology will add to this unobstructed view, by providing information to keep the driver’s full attention on the road. For example, the movement of others on the road could be highlighted with an onscreen halo moving across the car’s virtual windscreen. Further to these navigation aids, a ghost car could be projected in front of the car for the driver to follow, in case of difficulty in navigating through busy urban roads. These concepts are part of a suite of connected technologies being developed by Jaguar Land Rover to improve road safety. According to the company’s press reports, the full potential of this windscreen would be delivered by connecting it to the cloud.