| Takeiki Aizono, Dr. Eng. | Telematics Business Development Center, Automotive Systems, |
| Shinya Ohtsuji | 2nd Dept., Systems Research, Hitachi Research Lab. |
| Akio Amano | Multimedia System Div., Central Research Lab., |
| Shunichiro Kikuchi | 1st Research Div., Systems Development Lab., |
Telematics services have become increasingly popular recently, and various types of telematics systems are expected to rapidly integrate to increase the value of services and to reduce system operation costs. Also, telematics systems, that connect car manufacturers and car users directly, are going to be connected to sales systems and production systems to provide a pillar of information strategy to car manufacturers. Hitachi, Ltd. is considering telematics agent to integrate heterogeneous systems, an advanced HMI (human-machine interface) that is exclusive to cars, advanced navigation systems, the applications of car information, and an open interface between car terminals and telematics portals as key technologies for next-generation telematics services and terminals. It is currently engaged in the development of these technologies.
 | The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
telematics, navigation system, traffic information, agent, Java, VXML, CRM
