STMicroelectronics and NAVTEQ Combine Road Map and Position Data to Enhance Driver Safety

STMicroelectronics and NAVTEQ Combine Road Map and Position Data to Enhance Driver Safety

STMicroelectronics and NAVTEQ to develop a solution to combine digital road map with positioning data and enable driver assistance apps, such as curve over-speed warning or adaptive headlight control.

STMicroelectronics announced a collaboration with NAVTEQ on the development of a novel solution that combines a digital road map with positioning data to enable advanced driver assistance applications, such as curve over-speed warning or adaptive headlight control.

Embedded in a small, low-cost module, the Map and Positioning Engine (MPE) is designed to enhance driver safety and convenience in all vehicles, even when a driver navigation system is not resident.

Because traffic accidents can result from driving too fast when navigating curves, systems capable of warning and aiding the driver in keeping a safe speed look promising. Knowing distance to an upcoming curve and the curve’s radius, the ST engine with a NAVTEQ MPE map can enable applications that calculate a maximum speed to safely pass the curve and, if the vehicle’s speed exceeds this limit, warn the driver – visually, acoustically, or haptically – or even reduce the speed automatically.