A new connected device "NP1", which symbolizes the new pioneer, has also been developed for two wheels, and in 2030 business

On February 10, Pioneer held a presentation of NP1, a driving partner that realizes a new drive experience with "sound" and "communication".At the venue, Shiro Yahara, Pioneer CEO and executive officer, presented a presentation on the new business, and a presentation on new products by Managing Executive Officer Masato Sakamoto.

The NP1 announced this time is a new connected device equipped with driving personal voice AI.In the conventional navigation, the display of the screen and the root guidance based on the sound were the basics, but in NP1, only the sound is guided.As for the development of development, the amount of information that the driver contacts in the car has increased due to the remarkable evolution of in -vehicle equipment, and the operation of the equipment performed by "eyes" and "hands" is a heavy load and stress for the driver.What I was.While solving this, we have been developing a mobility AI platform that predicts future actions while grasping the status of drivers and vehicles, and conveys necessary information at the best timing for drivers.

NP1 uses the newly developed mobility AI platform "PIOMATIX" for the first time, and can operate and search only by voice.By constantly connecting communication, it is always possible to provide route guidance and information by audio with the latest maps and functions.CERENCE's natural dialogue -type audio recognition engine is used, and combined with driving personal voice AI, it realizes audio communication optimized for cars.In addition, it is a major feature that a variety of functions such as a cloud drive recorder function that is not missed and Wi-Fi spot function that online the inside of the car room is installed in a compact body.

The body size is 118 x 36 x 93mm (width x height x depth), with two -camera and microphone speaker system.In addition to adopting Quarcom for the CPU, the camera adopts a Sony CMOS sensor equipped with Starvis technology, and the front camera and the inside/back/back camera are full HD quality (1920 x 1080 pixels), and the number of effective pixels is about 2 million.I made it a pixel.GPS or 6 -axis motion sensor is used for the position sensor.

NP1 will start reservations on February 10 and will be released on March 2.Two purchase plans are available: a “Basic Plan” with one year of communication and service usage fee, and a “value plan” that has three years of communication and service usage fee.The price is 65,780 yen for the basic plan and 93,500 yen for the value plan, and the value plan is 3960 yen in three years rather than updating every year.

Furthermore, as needed, docomo's data communication (LTE) is used using Wi-Fi "docomo in Car Connect" (550 yen/Sunday, 1650 yen/month, 1 month, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1). In addition to preparing 10,000 yen/year), a specialized mounting company sets "NP1 business trip installation" (13,750 yen or more), which is a business trip to the desired place and installs NP1 in about 1-2 hours. ing.