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Research paper : Integrated development of automotive navigation and route guidance system (H. Ito )−169−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.4 No.3 (2012) Considerations are done in the WP29Note 44) and IHRANote 45)/ITS WG of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, and items with different levels of enforcement such as standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and laws are being established. The car manufacturers and navigation manufacturers worked on the social introduction and product development while considering the usability, safety, and compliance to international standards. This became the foundation for the government-industry-academia collaboration, and contributed to the expansion of the market as shown in Fig. 2. 5 ConclusionThe reasons for the world diffusion of navigation are the presence of demand for a device that can guide the driver to the destination, the engineers of various fields shared and considered this interest, the necessary technology appeared at the right moment of history, the manufacturers were willing to develop this as part of promoting their products, the sales of cars increased dramatically and the market grew, the support was obtained from the government organization from their expectation for creating a new industry, and it was developed in several countries due to worldwide ITS promotion movement. The results were attained by the aggregation of wisdom, and through the fusion, integration, and development of various technologies and situations. I expect contribution to the area of enhanced intelligence and automation of future automobiles. In chapter 4, I described the concurrent development of the technological developments for the product and for safety. Ujike[9] is conducting such concurrent development in the field of 3D imaging, and this approach is expected to work effectively in building the social acceptance for products that people use daily.It should also be stated that efficient travel of an automobile to the destination not only reduces the psychological and physical workload on the driver, but also has good effect on the environment through reduced fuel consumption.The navigation for which Japan leads the world is installed in about 40 % of the cars in Japan. It has served as a good example for the personal navigation in cell phones and smart phones. Although Japan has taken the lead in the field of navigation, currently, the overseas companies take lead in production volume and revenue with the appearance of on-board PNDs. I hope we can make actual profit from navigation, and not just be known as brand names. AcknowledgementsI thank Hironobu Sugimoto, Electronics Development Division 1, Toyota Motor Corporation, and Motoyuki Akamatsu, Human Technology Research Institute, AIST, for their provision of information and discussions in writing this paper. NotesNote 1) Cathode ray tube (Braun tube)Note 2) Compact discNote 3) Digital versatile discNote 4) Secure digital memory cardNote 5) Hard disc driveNote 6) Thin film transistor liquid crystal displayNote 7) Global positioning systemNote 8) Vehicle information and communication systemNote 9) Intelligent transport systemsNote 10) Dedicated short range communication (an example of short range communication; ETC is an application)Note 11) Electronic toll collectionNote 12) Word created from Telecommunication + InformaticsNote 13) Technical specificationNote 14) Working groupNote 15) Geographic information systemNote 16) Personal navigation deviceNote 17) Head-up displayNote 18) Electronic route guidance systemNote 19) Intelligent vehicle highway systemNote 20) Federal Highway Administration (U.S.DOT)Note 21) Autofahrer-Leit und InformationssystemNote 22) Dedicated road infrastructure for vehicle safety in EuropeNote 23) Transport telematics application programmeNote 24) Comprehensive automobile traffic control systemNote 25) Advanced mobile traffic information and communication systemsNote 26) Road/automobile communication systemNote 27) Advanced safety vehicleNote 28) Advanced road traffic systemsNote 29) Automated highway systemsNote 30) Universal traffic management systemsNote 31) Driving safety support systemsNote 32) Super smart vehicle systemNote 33) Information technologyNote 34) “Grand Design for Intelligent Transport Systems”Note 35) Initially called Vehicle, Road, and Traffic Intelligence Society (VERTIS)Note 36) Japan Automobile Manufacturers AssociationNote 37) Technical committeeNote 38) Transport information and control systemsNote 39) Man-machine interfaceNote 40) SubcommitteeNote 41) Harmonization of ATT roadside and driver information in EuropeNote 42) Committee draftNote 43) Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (U.S.A.)Note 44) World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle RegulationsNote 45) International harmonization research activitiesNote 46) Lane change taskNote 47) Adaptive cruise controlNote 48) Forward vehicle collision warning system

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