Inspired by the latest Intelligent Park Assist Technology
Nissan Motor Presents The World's First Automated
“Intelligent Parking Chair”
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.announced the first “Intelligent Parking Chair”, a concept inspired by its intelligent park assist technologythat allows drivers to easily park their vehicles using automatic steering.
The “Intelligent Parking Chair” is a unique chair that automatically moves to a set position. The chair includes a roller to automatically move 360 degrees paired with a system that indicates the target position. Four cameras placed on the room’s ceiling generate a bird’s-eye view to wirelessly transmit the chair’s position and its route to destination.
With this innovation in office technology, Japanese businessmen are now freed from the troublesome task of arranging chairs, using this new technology already adopted in some Nissan vehicles.
BACKSTORY
The "Intelligent Parking Chair" is a promotional project that materializes Nissan’s corporate vision of “enriching people’s lives through technology”. It was produced in collaboration with the award-winning creative team BIRDMAN. This concept aims at increasing knowledge around the latest technology adopted by Nissan vehicles, while showing how this is slowly changing our daily lives.
CONCEPT
The “Intelligent Parking Chair” was inspired from Nissan’s latest “Intelligent Park Assist” technology. The base “Bird’s-eye view” and “Automatic Movement” concepts are also introduced in the Intelligent Parking Chair. Conversely, the surprise and comfort earned from this effortless process can be equally seen in the Intelligent Parking Chair.
The system of the Intelligent Park Assist uses fourcameras on the car body (the front, rear, and both wingmirrors). The system converts video footage from thecameras and composites a virtual bird’s-eye view imagethat allows automatic steering.
The Intelligent Parking Chair also uses four camerasplaced on each corner of the room’s ceiling. The cameras will locate the chair’s current position, while the systemcalculates the chair’s route to return to its original position.
About Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Nissan is a global full-line vehicle manufacturer that sells more than 60 models under the Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun brands. In fiscal year 2014, the company sold more than 5.3 million vehicles globally, generating revenue of 11.3 trillion yen. Nissan engineers, manufactures and markets the world's best-selling all-electric vehicle in history, the Nissan LEAF. Nissan’s global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan manages operations in six regions: ASEAN & Oceana; Africa, Middle East & India; China; Europe; Latin America and North America. Nissan has a global workforce of 247,500, and has been partnered with French manufacturer Renault under the Renault-Nissan Alliance since March 1999.
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