First Automotive Bluetooth Application Leads Innovations With Saab; Delphi Wins Substantial High-Technology Business on New Saab 9-3
Wednesday September 25, 9:01 am ET
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PARIS, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the automotive industry's first production implementation of the Bluetooth(TM) communications protocol is amongst several innovations being introduced to the public by Saab at the Mondial de l'Automobile (Paris Auto Show) with the support of Delphi Corp. (NYSE: DPH).
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Other Delphi technologies on the new 9-3 include integrated entertainment control units, communication units and reception systems, telematics and navigation for the mobile multimedia system, a column integrated module, electrical / electronic distribution systems, and various other electronics sub-systems.
Bluetooth(TM) allows portable devices to communicate over 10 meters without physical connections. Using this standard protocol, the telephone fitted to the new Saab 9-3 can be accessed by any Bluetooth(TM) enabled device. Although Bluetooth(TM) is now widely used in offices to connect computers with peripherals, this is one of the first original equipment in-car applications.
"Bluetooth(TM) opens opportunities for a vast range of convenience features in the car," explains Dr. Robert Schumacher, Delphi's general director of mobile multimedia. "We are already working with Saab to implement future personal productivity features that will allow the system to read (by text-to-speech) emails or other files from a laptop computer in a briefcase. I can see Bluetooth(TM) becoming a 'must have' for business drivers just as hands-free is today."
The Saab infotainment system is built on Delphi's new mobile multimedia Open Computing Platform, which controls the various functions via a MOST communications bus operating in the more efficient parallel combined mode -- another industry first. The Open Computing Platform runs a real-time, deterministic operating system with modular applications software, allowing additional functionality to be quickly added and providing the option of integration with systems from other suppliers.
"This is a very powerful platform that will allow Saab to maintain industry-leading functionality without substantial hardware revisions," says Schumacher. "Features such as voice control of entertainment are already planned, as well as some exciting personal productivity and navigation functions that will be right at the leading edge of mobile multimedia technology." |
