Contribution to the HTAS program

This project is deeply embedded in and adds to the HTAS “Driving Guidance” focus area. This area focuses on the use of automotive ICT in order to provide information, entertainment and driver support. Its main goal is to improve traffic flow, safety and the environment. The priorities for 2009 within its two main focus areas (Driver Guidance and Vehicle Efficiency) are efficient power train, connected car and vehicle dynamics control.
This project covers all three priority aspects, direct and indirect, since the aim of the project is to realize an open architecture on board and in the roadside infrastructure, with a focus on traffic management applications. The main contribution of this project is to the connected car objectives: using the OBU and the wireless connection with the RSU and BO. HMI is in this case an essential part of the project and of special interest to TomTom and GreenCat. Also, the project deals with the problem of connecting in a secure and safe way with the car-management system (vehicle dynamics control), such that after the project is finished, the next step can be taken towards vehicle dynamics control and the next steps on the E-Horizon roadmap and thus relates to the efficient power trains objectives.

Moreover, the majority of the technology to be developed in this project has been mentioned in the HTAS “Visie op Mobiliteit” document.

To name a few:

The development of an open dashboard platform is strongly supported by the open OBU platform:

• The key importance of the connected car using e.g. Car2Car en Car2Infrastructure radio communication technology;
• State estimation using ADAS technology.In addition, SPITS also has a relationship to the following programmes:
• Connect & Drive: As in SPITS, Car2Car and Car2Infrastructure is an important theme. However, contrary to Connect & Drive, SPITS concentrates its efforts more on industrialisation than researching its benefits on ITS applications. Due to the fact that some of the consortium members (TNO, Fourtress) participate in both projects, cross-fertilisation is to be expected.
• CCC: This project aims at the development of a device to give e.g. speed information to the driver. The results of this project will be aligned with SPITS' goals.
• Integrated HMI: The development of the HMI concept will be in line with this HTAS programme.

Contribution to the Point One program

Although this project's main focus is within the scope of the HTAS programme, work to be done within SPITS also has relevance to the Point-One programme:

• Point One's goal is to establish ecosystems of companies for a specific theme: SPITS will establish an ecosystem for Automotive and Mobility themes consisting of large industry (NXP, TomTom, Logica), SME (e.g. Catena, GreenCat) and knowledge institutes (TNO, universities). The project covers multiple topics on the Point One emerging technology agenda such as Embedded systems, Nano-electronics, and Crossing the borders of the technology domains.
• NXP's semiconductor activities within SPITS will provide insights relevant for Semiconductor design and the architecture business case of Point One.
• Furthermore, the results from SPITS have relevance to Point One's emerging technology agenda, especially Adaptive Systems Design, Model Driven Architecture and Man Machine Interfaces.
• The SPITS project is in line with the section “Transport, Logistics and Security” of Point One 2009 covering (a.o.) “Car-2-car communication technologies: The amount of electronic devices in cars has increased significantly in the last years. Real progress in mobility management efficiency as well as car safety can be made using communication technologies that enable cars to communicate with each other”.