The automotive industry continues to be a hotbed of innovation, with activity driven by autonomous vehicles, driver monitoring systems and predictive maintenance, and growing importance of technologies such as computer vision and image processing. According to GlobalData’s Technology Foresights, which plots the S-curve for the automotive industry using innovation intensity models built on over 619,000 patents, there are 290+ innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry. Among these are acoustic vehicle signalling devices, autonomous parking, brake pedal sensors, vehicle head up displays (HUDs), smart light dimmers, and automatic actuated vehicle doors. Gesture-sensing AR/VR interfaces is a key innovation area in IoT that should be tracked closely.
