When a Qualcomm employee turned on the car, a voice welcomed him by name — straight-up "Knight Rider" vibes.
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When Yeh turned on the car, a voice welcomed him by name — straight-up "Knight Rider" vibes.
“As you can see, the vehicle just recognized me, said my name through a facial-recognition app, put on my favorite color scheme — in this case, blue — it’s got my seat position, and it’s playing my music,” Yeh said, pointing to each of these features inside the car.
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Cars are becoming much more safe because they're more aware of their surroundings
Nakul Duggal, senior VP and GM of automotive, Qualcomm Technologies
Duggal added that the industry as a whole is headed more toward driver-assistance technology and not so much toward self-driving vehicles.
“A feature that automakers are starting to introduce is monitoring of the driver: Is the driver distracted? Is the driver drowsy? Is he impaired in any way? Can the driver take over and bring the vehicle to a halt carefully?”
Duggal said that the concept car showcases how an automaker could have a more personal relationship with the driver and allow certain transportation and delivery companies to have better management of their vehicles. He added that Qualcomm is proud to represent San Diego as the company enters the auto industry via an existing international network of partners and customers. Not as automakers, to be clear, but as drivers of technology merging more and more into future vehicles.
“What we are doing here is affecting the global automotive ecosystem," Duggal said. "We are now participating, really, across the world."
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