Morphing Smartphones into Automotive Application Platforms

Introducing Terminal Mode

Tanbin Islam Siyam 0707043
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Introduction
A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers more advanced computing ability and connectivity. Smartphones are getting smarter. Lots of Applications. Becoming cheaper.

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Introduction (cont.)
Todays cars are smart too. They have built in system called In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI). For entertainment, navigation, internet etc. features on car.

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Introduction (cont.)
People passes more time in their car then before. But service is limited. Limited number of apps from manufacture.

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Introducing

Terminal Mode
New technology developed by Nokia. Transforms mobile application platform to automotive application platform. Terminal mode gives smartphone users access to their favorite applications and services inside the car.

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Why

Terminal Mode
User safety and experience driver or passenger safety is always important. Plug and play interoperability Standardization same experience in all vehicle. Requires less maintenance. Application support

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Terminal Mode concept

Fig 1: The diagram of terminal mode concept.

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Terminal Mode concept

Fig 2: a. Terminal Mode inside a Vehicle b. Smartphone Music Player via Terminal Mode
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Connectivity
Universal Serial Bus (USB) It will support USB 2.0 for wired connectivity Wireless LAN (WLAN) It will support 802.11b/g. This will be helpful for short journey. Bluetooth It will optionally use Bluetooth for wireless connectivity.
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User Interface & Control

Input
o Touch (Touch Screens/Track Pads), o Non-touch (Buttons/Multi-functional Knobs) o Audio (voice).

Output
o Video Display and Audio.

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Conclusion
Here was the overview of the terminal mode technology. Development of some more feature is going on like Addition of video streaming mechanisms to the Remote UI components of Terminal Mode. Addition of discovery and delivery of vehicle based services to the Terminal Mode standard including access to on-board diagnostic data and other vehicle sensor data through the IVI system.
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References
1. Morphing Smartphones into Automotive Application Platforms, Raja Bose, Jorg Brakensiek & Keun-Young Park, Computer, pp. 53- 61, May, 2011. 2. Terminal Mode - Transforming Mobile Devices into Automotive Application Platforms Author: Raja Bose, Jorg Brakensiek & Keun-Young Park, Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto 94304, U.S.A. Second International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2010), November 11-12, 2010, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 11
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