Define user partners. What is the soft power expression geometry of Aichi U5?

The smart car system of the new force of making cars has been widely concerned by the industry.

Compared with domestic independent brands, joint venture brands and traditional car companies, the blood of intelligent networking flowing in the bones of the new car-making forces, coupled with the Internet atmosphere given by this era, make them naturally have more future technological attributes in the soft power of automobiles, and better meet the growing diversified needs of consumers. From the first time I saw Wei Lai NIO? The joy of OS, and then the shock brought by the 48-inch * * * giant screen, Che Yun bacteria found after evaluating many in-vehicle systems.

The user experience of this smart car system is gradually moving from functional convergence to intelligent cockpit differentiation.

In this article, Che Yun bacteria brought a clean stream to Aichi U5, a new car-making army. Let's take a look at its performance in the intelligent cockpit.

Multi-mode intelligent interaction

Aichi U5' s interior design adopts minimalist design style, and there are almost no physical buttons inside. In this atmosphere, its unique three-fold suspension combination instrument panel and 12.3-inch central control display screen are full of science and technology.

Is U5 used for the three-fold suspension combination instrument panel? Ion concept car design concept, Che Yun learned from Aichi car networking related staff that this design is not entirely for novelty, and the visual package it brings can also bring a better impression to drivers. However, it should be noted that the three-fold suspension combination instrument panel on the production model has made a certain degree of "compromise", and the screen size is relatively reduced, which is not as cool as the concept car.

Specifically, the "big screen" in the middle of the three-fold suspension dashboard mainly displays real-time driving related information, including vehicle speed and remaining cruising range. Moreover, it also has three different display modes, which can be controlled by the shortcut keys on the steering wheel.

The left screen mainly displays vehicle control information, including vehicle status, tire pressure information, fault list, startup data, reset data and instantaneous power consumption. The screen on the right mainly displays the real-time information of map navigation, but due to the small screen size, Che Yun usually observes the information on the central control screen when using navigation.

In Che Yun's view, Aichi U5' s unique three-fold suspension combination dashboard can really bring different impressions to users, or the so-called "freshness". But back to the user experience level, Che Yun believes that at least two points need to be improved: First, the instrument display effect is delicate, while the fonts and icons are slightly smaller and less eye-catching; Second, the joint area between the three screens is slightly larger, which is not conducive to the overall sense of science and technology.

On the other hand, the screen size and UI interactive design style of Aichi U5 central control display screen are not quite like the new car-making forces such as Weilai and Tucki. On the contrary, it is somewhat similar to the car-making system of domestic independent brands. Specifically, the control display interface is divided into two parts. On the left is the shortcut key of "bottom function bar", and on the right is the card-type function area and map display interface.

The shortcut keys of the "bottom function bar" are the function keys of home page, settings and air conditioning control respectively. In fact, in Che Yun's view, the bottom two display icons related to air-conditioning control, namely, internal circulation and automatic, can be completely set by the user in the air-conditioning control interface, without special viewing in the main interface. Therefore, the setting of shortcut keys below is open to question. If the function icons in these two positions are changed to function keys such as previous song and next song, it may be customized directly and will definitely be more practical. ?

Most of the display area of the main interface is the map display on the right. This design also shows that Aichi hopes that users can often use this exclusive navigation application for electric vehicles customized and developed in cooperation with NavInfo. There are several function cards hanging on the map display screen, including music, telephone, weather, account and so on. , and these feature cards support custom sorting.

It is worth mentioning that the common control functions of each function card are designed to the first-level interface, which is convenient for users to operate very intuitively and reduces the operation steps. Moreover, when the user enters the entertainment system interface, the map display of the main interface will adapt to the screen size, which is very humanized. Open the dark mode, and the overall sense of science and technology has increased a lot.

In addition, this car machine system clearly divides all the functions that can be set. Generally speaking, it is divided into vehicle control and system control. Vehicle control includes the control of doors and windows, lighting, assisted driving and charging, while system control is the control of Bluetooth hotspot, sound and display brightness. It is worth mentioning that users can control common functions in the quick control interface, which is very convenient.

Generally speaking, the intelligent car system of Aichi U5 performs well in operation fluency and operation logic. Compared with the "Android car system" of similar independent brands, it can also create a different sense of advanced through the overall tone of UI and the linkage of internal and external decoration. However, as mentioned above, there is still much room for improvement in some functional details of this system.

In-vehicle system consists of three parts: entertainment, navigation and voice assistant.

After the UI interactive design of Aichi U5 intelligent in-vehicle system, let's take a look at its performance in entertainment system, navigation function and intelligent voice assistant.

In terms of entertainment system, this in-vehicle system not only integrates QQ music and Himalayan universal application, but also integrates radio and Bluetooth /USB interface, so users can easily find all entertainment resources in the entertainment system interface. ?

In terms of navigation function, Aichi U5 has made a lot of efforts. According to the actual experience of Che Yun bacteria, users can view the road congestion in real time on the main interface, and can also search the location of nearby charging piles with one click. It is worth mentioning that users can further check the available number of charging piles and some surrounding information. Of course, the route preference options commonly used on Gaode map are also available.

More importantly, navigation applications can add many types of waypoints, such as charging stations, hotels, toilets and so on. After the user sets the destination, it is suitable for users with long-distance driving needs. After adding route points (such as charging stations), the system will automatically retrieve the shortest charging station to recommend navigation routes for you, which is very user-friendly. The following is the actual demonstration video:

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Moreover, Che Yun learned from relevant persons of Aichi Car Network that the navigation function of Aichi U5 can intelligently recommend the most commonly used routes for users with the continuous accumulation of driving behavior. In real life, what we use most is commuting. Users only need to click the "familiar with driving" function key, and the system will automatically enter the navigation mode.

In terms of intelligent voice assistant, Aichi U5 supports solidarity positioning function and scene control ability. In other words, the voice assistant can well recognize commands such as "open the window" and "I'm hungry". More importantly, it also has various custom functions, including voice, voice and image. For details, please stamp "I am full of happiness after experiencing Aichi U5".

Some bright spots and slots

Highlight 1: DMS monitoring and passenger emotion recognition function

The on-board camera on the A-pillar can monitor the driver's status in real time. When the driver is on the phone, yawning or looking ahead, the system will give a voice broadcast prompt, which can effectively improve driving safety. In addition, Aichi U5 also provides users with the switch option of this function.

Highlight 2: Customize the "*" key of the square control.

On the multi-function steering wheel, Aichi U5 designed a function key. Users can set this key to four different functions in the system according to their own usage habits: previous song, next song, sound source switching and panorama.

Highlight 3: Automatically return to the main interface

If the user stays in the vehicle setting interface for a period of time and the system does not detect any operation, then the system will automatically jump back to the main interface. In Che Yun's view, the design of this detail also reflects Aichi's intention.

Slot 1: How to close the panoramic image?

Frankly speaking, the four cameras around Aichi U5 make its 360 panoramic image mosaic and display very clear. Unfortunately, Che Yun can't find a button to close this interface. I have to say, that "?" It's really not obvious

Slot 2: Radar warning sound "magic sound"

I believe that many users are extremely helpless about the sound of radar alarm, especially when queuing at high-speed toll stations. Aichi U5 is equipped with three millimeter-wave radars and 12 ultrasonic radar, so the ranging accuracy is better, but it is also more noisy. Fortunately, users can turn this feature off in the settings. Compared with some models that can only solve the problem by hanging the vehicle into the P gear, Aichi U5 has been very humanized.

Che Yun abstract

By 2020, with the entry of more and more intelligent electric vehicles, the competition of players' soft power will not only be reflected in the smoothness of operation and the richness of functions of a single on-board system. Frankly speaking, the mainstream in-vehicle systems on the market are getting closer and closer in user experience, and there is almost no big difference. Che Yun believes that under this trend of integration, how to define the intelligent cockpit of the whole vehicle and bring consumers a differentiated intelligent cockpit experience is a realistic problem that all car companies need to consider next.

Aichi U5 has been able to meet the demands of many consumers in terms of relatively basic UI interaction design and functional richness, which is the most basic and important. At a higher level, Aichi U5' s intelligent cockpit emphasizes personalized customization, and they hope to be users' partners and make users feel more friendly. However, just like the problems faced by many new car-making forces in the early days, these intelligent voice assistants and creative interface platforms that can reflect personalized customization services need to be gradually realized.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.