Magic touch
AS THE TREND FOR TOUCHSCREENS IN OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE CABINS
GATHERS PACE, SO THE ARGUMENTS FOR MAKING HMI MORE INTUITIVE
AND STANDARDIZED ACROSS VEHICLE TYPES – AND EVEN BRANDS – BECOME
MORE COMPELLING. SOME KEY CONCEPTS ARE NOW POINTING THE WAY AHEAD
We live in an age where human
experience is defined by
interaction with screens. As construction
and agricultural machines incorporating
ever more complex functionalities
become part of a digitalized working
continuum, next-generation human
machine interfaces (HMIs) are emerging
which seek to provide new levels of
integration and adaptiveness. With
conventional HMIs reaching their limits
of usefulness, new console concepts aim
to do more with less, combining fewer,
multi-use components in integrated
electronic architectures, facilitating an
intuitive and connected user experience
shaped by machine intelligence. At their
core is the touchscreen, that ubiquitous
window filtering our world, both
through our smartphones and,
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increasingly, our cars. Now, touchscreens
look set to establish themselves as the
defining element of tomorrow’s offhighway
vehicle interface.
The Liebherr INTUSI (Intuitive User
Interface) concept is an adaptive and
intuitive new HMI environment which
secured the Bauma 2019 Innovation
Award for Design. Combining joystick
control and minimalized switches and
wheels with a seat providing haptic
feedback and centerd on a 10in
Windows-based touchscreen, Liebherr
believe INTUSI will revolutionize
communication with, and between,
construction machines connected to
the Internet of Things (IoT).
Whereas current HMIs have seen
the multiplication of static keypad
elements through a modular approach
JACK ROPER, IVT INTERNATIONAL
/iVTInternational.com