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Article: ELECTRONICS.(Nissan Motor Company Ltd. navigation system)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
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- Design News
- Article date:
- October 2, 2000
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Nissan will introduce a navigation system in several of its 2001 models that it says will be easier for drivers to use than alternative technology Traditional navigation systems direct the driver through planar maps, which requires switching from wide, zoom-out views to detailed versions of the mapping area, potentially distracting the driver's view of the road. "Our research at the Nissan Research Labs in Japan showed that drivers are distracted by this constant zooming in and out," says Hiroshi Tsuda, director of intelligent transportation systems at Nissan. "Our research showed that to be safe, a navigation system has to do both of these functions simultaneously, so we ...