Computer Controlled Vehicle Systems

Some tasks associated with vehicle operation are too complex to be control by the driver e.g. the controlling of pressure, temperatures, injection amounts, timing, etc. by the engine and drivetrain control.

In Japan, the basic concept for Computer Controlled Vehicle Systems was formulated in July 1970. In autumn of 1970 work on the basic design of the system began with support of the Ministry of International Trade.

Almost all vehicle systems are now controlled by computer. Computer Controlled Vehicle Systems such as engine management, traction control, anti-lock braking and stability control, need to communicate with each other in order to obtain the optimum performance from the vehicle.

To achieve this end the individual systems are linked together by communication bus that permits data to be interchanged between the systems at  a very high data transfer speed; systems that operate at high speeds of data transfer are said to operate in ’real time’.

The advantage of Computer Controlled Vehicle Systems, the systems taking of tasks originally controlled by driver, the driver has more time to concentrate on the remaining tasks which are more difficult to automate.

A further advantage with a computerized controlling of vehicle systems originally managed by the driver is the faster and more precise control process achievable.
Computer Controlled Vehicle Systems

B2B: Vertical markets

Business to business or B2B, e-business models take a variety of forms. B2B marketplaces can be classified as vertical or horizontal. Vertical markets are industry specific.

A vertical market is a specific industry in which similar products or services are developed and sold using similar methods. They are well suited to sell direct goods that are incorporated into the final product or offered for resale items that tend to be industry specific.

E-commerce solutions in this category most frequently address the inefficiencies within a given industry, and hundreds of vertical market makers have already emerged in highly scattered, highly populated industries.

Examples of broad vertical markets include insurance, real estate, banking, heavy manufacturing and transportation.
B2B: Vertical markets