Jaguar Land Rover's latest innovation: see-through trailers - Fortune
, combines a video feed from the vehicle’s existing surround camera system with a video from a digital wireless camera that is placed on the rear of the trailer or caravan. The feeds are combined to create live video images that make the trailer behind appear see-through, the company says. When the trailer is coupled to the towing vehicle, the live video feed automatically appears in the rearview mirror inside. When reversing, the driver would be able to view the camera feed from the back of the caravan or trailer through the infotainment screen, with guidance lines calibrated to help reverse both car and trailer. A remote video camera inside the trailer and a mat of pressure sensors on the floor link wirelessly to the towing vehicle. A warning is sent to the dashboard to alert the driver, who can then view live video footage, which is transmitted through the infotainment system from the camera inside the trailer. As a luxury automaker, Jaguar Land Rover is targeting the kind of well-heeled customer who might own, and trailer, horses to equestrian events. So Jaguar Land Rover says it’s developing a more intelligent system that is able to detect a problem with the horse in the trailer and warn the driver. Source: fortune.com
