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Visteon's Navigation System Will Set Drivers Straight in Their Tracks

2 March 1999

Visteon's Navigation System Will Set Drivers Straight in Their Tracks

    DETROIT, March 1 -- It's raining, you're in an unfamiliar
city, you're late, and you're lost.  No problem.
    Just touch a couple of keys on Visteon Automotive System's new NavMate(R)
navigation system and then follow its turn-by-turn voice instructions to your
destination.
    Visteon will push vehicle navigation systems to a new level with the
introduction of NavMate(R) this year.  The system uses advanced navigation
features such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, dead-reckoning,
map matching, and a user-friendly display screen to deliver only the most
essential route information needed by the consumer.  Drivers can program
multiple tasks into the system using simple keypad functions.
    "NavMate(R) offers drivers a safe, reliable, and state-of-the-art vehicle
navigation system," said Mike Maloney, director of Visteon's Multimedia
strategic business unit.  "Consumers have been vocal about wanting an easy-to-
use navigation system that provides immediate route assistance.  This product
fits the bill."
    Among the features that NavMate(R) offers:

    * GPS positioning uses a system of satellites to calculate location.  When
NavMate(R) makes contact with these satellites, its location can be determined
to within 100 to 300 feet.
    * Dead-reckoning which works on feedback from vehicle and directional
sensors that determine when the vehicle turns to instantly compute change in
the vehicle's position.  Dead-reckoning not only takes over when there is a
degradation or loss of satellite signals -- as can happen in tunnels -- but it
also improves vehicle position accuracy from 300 to 30 feet.
    * Map matching allows NavMate(R) to continuously determine the shape of
the vehicle's route by comparing its dead-reckoning track to the actual road
layout.  It does this by using algorithms to compute changes in direction and
distance traveled.  As new data is received from the dead-reckoning function,
output coordinates are linked to known points on a digital road map and the
algorithm "snaps" the vehicle onto the road network.
    * A CD-based map database that contains route information for the United
States on three discs.  Each CD offers consumers route information on a
different part of the nation.
    * Automatic route recalculation functions, to recalculate the route for a
driver if he or she leaves the indicated roads.
    * Thousands of concierge services from over 40 categories such as gas
stations, hotels and automatic teller machines.
    * A personal address book which allows consumers to store and name often
repeated destinations in a personal address book.
    * "Softkeys" which allow consumers to program multiple functions into the
system with a minimum number of buttons.

    Visteon will introduce NavMate(R) as an aftermarket product later this
year.
    With a global delivery system consisting of more than 120 technical,
manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 20 countries, Visteon
is leveraging the talents of its 82,000 employees to deliver innovative,
consumer-driven automotive solutions to its customers.