VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., April 12, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Visteon
Corporation (NYSE: VC) product experts from Europe, Asia and North America
have collaborated to deliver global perspectives on automotive trends and
advancements at the 2007 SAE World Congress, April 16-19 at Detroit's Cobo
Center. These engineers have co-authored technical papers related to
automotive climate control, lighting and electronics technologies that will
be presented during the Congress.
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Interest in touch screen vehicle controls featuring haptic feedback is
the topic of a paper contributed by Colleen Serafin -- a Visteon engineer
-- and her colleagues in North America and Germany, Michael Tschirhart,
Ph.D., and Rainer Heers, Ph.D. Serafin and Tschirhart will present the
paper at the Congress.
"The increasing content and functionality that drivers bring into the
vehicle cockpit, initially through consumer electronic devices in many
cases, may also bring added complexity to the driver experience," explains
Tschirhart. "A fundamental challenge is how to design products that
integrate important new features in a way that is consistent with the
driver's limited information processing capability."
Managing this proliferation through touch screens with haptic feedback
-- feeling a click or pop underneath your finger -- is the focus of this
paper, for which consumer research studies were conducted in both Germany
and the United States.
Another Visteon paper focuses on emission devices in the North American
and Asian markets. The paper proposes a new evaporative emissions device
that can be permanently installed in the vehicles' air cleaner cover
without requiring service for 150,000 miles (the expected life of the
vehicle). This Visteon-invented device is designed to reduce the level of
harmful emissions from the vehicle. The paper documents some of the
considerations of programming an absorbent evaporative emissions device in
a 2007 production passenger car for the North American and Asian markets.
The Visteon technical papers will be available Monday, April 16, on
http://www.sae.org, Here is a complete list of the papers, by presentation
date and time (EDT):
Monday, April 16
* User Experience in the U.S. and Germany of In-Vehicle Touch Screens with
Integrated Haptic and Auditory Feedback (to be presented at 10:30 a.m.
in room W2-68)
Tuesday, April 17
* Radiated Noise Prediction of Air Induction Systems Using Filter Seal
Modeling and Coupled Acoustic-Structural Simulation Techniques (written
only, no oral presentation)
* Towards Development of Thermal Standards for the Design of LED Lamps
(1:30 p.m. in room W2-66)
* Construction and Application of New Field Lenses (TIR Type) for
Automotive Lighting Functions (3 p.m. in room W2-66)
Wednesday, April 18
* Control Method of Dual Motor-Based Steer-by-Wire System (9 a.m. in room
W1-51)
Thursday, April 19
* A Real Time Statistical Method for Engine Knock Detection (9 a.m. in
room W2-69)
* Subjective Odor Evaluation in Automotive Industry (2:30 p.m. in room D2-
08)
* Investigating Cleaning Procedures for OEM Engine Air Intake Filters (3
p.m. in room D2-08)
* Design Considerations and Characterization Test Methods for Activated
Carbon Foam Hydrocarbon Traps in Automotive Air Induction Systems (3:45
p.m. in room D2-08)
* A High Speed Flow Visualization Study of Fuel Spray Pattern Effect on
Mixture Formation in a Low Pressure Direct Injection Gasoline Engine
(10:30 a.m. in room M2-29)
The SAE World Congress is a forum that brings together representatives
of vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, government and academia from around
the world for the exchange of ideas on the state of advanced automotive
technology and business.
Visteon Corporation is a leading global automotive supplier that
designs, engineers and manufactures innovative climate, interior,
electronic and lighting products for vehicle manufacturers, and also
provides a range of products and services to aftermarket customers. With
corporate offices in Van Buren Township, Mich. (U.S.); Shanghai, China; and
Kerpen, Germany; the company has facilities in 26 countries and employs
approximately 45,000 people.
SOURCE Visteon Corporation
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