Human interface technology for cars to be growth market

Human interface technologies in cars, like touch-screens, head-up displays, haptic feedback, proximity sensing and gesture recognition, are going to be a big deal in 2015, said IHS.

Components delivering all these technologies will see 20% or better growth this year, the company said.

“Most of these technologies have such significant compound annual growth rates for two reasons – first, they are relatively new to the automotive industry,” said IHS’ Mark Boyadjis. “Also they provide unique and valuable usability characteristics that make driving and operating infotainment systems easier on consumers.”

Touch screens are different in that they have been around for longer – some of the first navigation systems available in cars offered touch screen inputs back in the 1990s.

However, with the increased use of touch screen smartphones and tablets, IHS estimates sales of vehicles with touch screen interfaces will grow from 16.7 million units in 2015 to more than 61 million units in 2021.

Meanwhile, it forecasts that centre stack display systems will pass 54 million unit sales in 2018, while an increasing number of vehicles will have two or more unique displays in their centre stack – for infotainment, HVAC, rear cameras, vehicle diagnostics and more.

Speech recognition systems in cars will also be a growth market.

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