Rugged Operator Interfaces in the Off-Highway Market

 

The off-highway industry shifts towards more automation of mobile machinery that smartly assists the operator rather than being operated as a simple tool. In order to complement the operator, machines need a better understanding of their working environment and must facilitate user interaction. 

Modern mobile machinery therefore requires increasing numbers of cameras and sensors as well as higher bandwidth and more processing power.

At the Center of Vehicle Architecture

Our third rugged operator interface generation Vision 3 is designed to be the center of a complex machinery system architecture, offering an extensive set of interfaces and suiting a multitude of use cases.

The ever-increasing number of sensors collect more and more data, which must be processed so that the information can be intuitively presented to the operator. Not only do the cameras and sensors connected to the machine provide information about the machine’s surroundings, but sensor data coming from the environment itself will also be visualized for the operator.

Key Features

 

High computational and graphical multimedia processing power

Excellent sunlight readability due to optical bonding and high brightness

Displaying four camera streams simultaneously

CAN, ISOBUS and Ethernet (Standard or Automotive BroadR-Reach) interfaces

Integrated loudspeaker

Fast boot-up time and sleep mode

Linux platform for C/C++ (e.g. Qt) or CODESYS® programming