Infotainment and Multimedia
Infotainment components are rapidly becoming a crucial element of today’s automotive equipment. Modern cars are turning into natural extension of users’ home and work environment and are expected to provide similar capabilities: multimedia receiving and playback, messaging, internet browsing, call continuity as well as vehicle specific functionality, such as driver assistance.
Infotainment and Multimedia are the strategic focus areas for Luxoft Automotive. Our engineers have been involved in a variety of development projects ranging from simple head unit HMI development to complex in-car entertainment solutions for different types of cars, from subcompacts to premium sedans.
Key Functional Areas Covered:
- Automotive-specific HMI (head units development)
- Radio and TV signal reception, tuning, decoding and visualization
- Speech technologies, voice recognition, re-sampling, echo cancellation and noise reduction
- Short distance communications (Bluetooth, WiFi, ZigBee)
- In-car internet access and web browsing, including vehicle oriented services integration
- Interactive navigation, POIs management, optimal routing technologies, visualization
- Wired and wireless connectivity, integration of in-car infrastructure with mobile phones, iPod and other players, mass storages, etc.
- Gaming solutions
Case Study: Automotive Hands Free Kit with Streaming Audio and Navigation
- GSM/CDMA
- Bluetooth
- Internal and External GPS
- MP3 audio playback
- Cellphone and PDA connectivity
Case Study: Automotive Connectivity System
- MOST development (Network Master Simulation, Online dispatcher)
- Design and development of Internet Browser (HTTP)
- QNX API (Posix) development
- HBAS specific tool chain: TraceClient, TSE, TASTE, Flash Tool, Build central, Lint, MOCCA
- Test automation using own framework
Case Study: HMI
- MSM, Widgets (definition of basic Menu logic)
- Mediators, VServices, Vector graphics
- Presentation layers design best practices
- HMI Design For Test concept, QTE Automation