It started with beeping sonar backup sensors to guide the parking impaired into their spaces. Now, we've got advanced parking systems, backup-cameras and even hundred-thousand-dollar cars that can park themselves- no skill required.
Nissan's new Around View Monitor (AVM) can't take control of the steering wheel from the driver, but it does offer a revolutionary new way to park ones car. Drivers get a birds-eye view of their surroundings in real time by way of an advanced imaging system and software that assembles input from several body-mounted cameras.
Here's how it works.
Ultra-wide angle cameras are fixed to the bumpers and sides of the car. When drivers try to park, they're offered a simulated view from above and slightly to the left of their parking space. The screen is split in half, and a second image is displayed as a front or rear view on the right- depending on the gear selected.
Nissan says the AVM system offers drivers a comprehensive view of their vehicle and its surroundings in real time. The proximity between bumper corners and other objects is represented on the screen by colored graphics as well as beeping. Parking-lot unpleasantness will surely become a thing of the past.
Nissan will launch the technology in Japan on their new Elgrand model, and it'll be available on the new EX35 crossover in North America this December.
photo:Nissan
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Nissan's new Around View Monitor (AVM) can't take control of the steering wheel from the driver, but it does offer a revolutionary new way to park ones car. Drivers get a birds-eye view of their surroundings in real time by way of an advanced imaging system and software that assembles input from several body-mounted cameras.
Here's how it works.
Ultra-wide angle cameras are fixed to the bumpers and sides of the car. When drivers try to park, they're offered a simulated view from above and slightly to the left of their parking space. The screen is split in half, and a second image is displayed as a front or rear view on the right- depending on the gear selected.
Nissan says the AVM system offers drivers a comprehensive view of their vehicle and its surroundings in real time. The proximity between bumper corners and other objects is represented on the screen by colored graphics as well as beeping. Parking-lot unpleasantness will surely become a thing of the past.
Nissan will launch the technology in Japan on their new Elgrand model, and it'll be available on the new EX35 crossover in North America this December.
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photo:Nissan