【The core idea of this article (too long to read the version)】
1. Geely Xingyue L is built based on CMA's intelligent electronic and electrical architecture, and is equipped with the latest intelligent cockpit system deeply customized by Yijiatong Technology for Geely Automobile- Geely Galaxy OS, which supports the online upgrade of the whole vehicle-wide FOTA, which is the embodiment of the high level of intelligence of Geely Automobile;
2. Geely Xingyue L is equipped with a new generation of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip, which has reached a new height in terms of human-vehicle interaction, all-vehicle intelligent control, edge AI, and development ecology;
3. Geely Star Yue L supports IMAX triple screen and AR-HUD, and can achieve multi-screen interaction;
4. The comprehensive score of the intelligent cockpit evaluation of Geely Xingyue L ranks first in the overall evaluation of cheyun research institute, and is in the first echelon of the current intelligent car field.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > Star-Vietnam L Intelligent Cockpit Evaluation Results</h1>
The Star Etsu L is another flagship SUV model built on the CMA architecture since Geely entered the "Technology Geely 4.0" era. As we all know, the CMA architecture is a high-end modular platform jointly developed by Geely and Volvo, due to the use of a new electrical and electronic architecture, so that the vehicle can have greater advantages over traditional models in terms of data transmission rate, intelligent upgrade and safety redundancy, and also reserves a lot of space for future functional expansion.
On the basis of such a good architecture, the cockpit of the vehicle must of course have intelligent systems to match it, so that the full potential of the architecture can be realized. As a result, the new Geely Galaxy OS tailored by Yijiatong Technology for Geely came into being, and made breakthroughs in the dimensions of computing power, car control, voice, interaction, ecology, etc., so that Xingyue L achieved true intelligence.
Yijiatong Technology is a leading automotive intelligent technology company focusing on core technologies such as in-vehicle chips and intelligent cockpits. While providing intelligent cockpit solutions for Geely Automobile, Egatong Technology has also provided cockpit function support for Lynk & Co and other brands.
Geely Galaxy OS is the latest intelligent cockpit overall solution of Yijiatong Technology, and Xingyue L is also the first model equipped with Geely Galaxy OS. Based on the strong hardware capabilities and background technical support of Visteon and Qualcomm, this new intelligent cockpit solution of Yijiatong Technology has built an "all-scenario service ecosystem" with the mobile travel scenario as the core.
After the detailed evaluation of cheyun research institute, the results of the above scientific and technological breakthroughs were finally reflected in the final score of the CC-1000T intelligent cockpit evaluation. So, what is the overall score of 794 points obtained by Hoshikoshi L? We may wish to compare the top ten smart models released by the Cheyun Research Institute in 2020, there are only two models with a comprehensive score of more than 800 points, and the score of 794 can be ranked 4th in the 2020 list, which is very close to the "Wei Xiaoli" of the new forces. Due to the upgrade of the 2021 CC-1000T intelligent cockpit evaluation system, it is actually more difficult to get a high score, and it can be said that the gold content of the star-vietnam L score is very high. So, in what ways has the performance of Geely Galaxy OS brought surprises to users, and what details are the strength of EGATONG Technology? Please see the detailed evaluation content of Cheyun Research Institute below.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > intelligent performance:</h1>
The connection and response speed is fast, the voice interaction and intelligent control ability are strong, and the application ecology is rich and practical.
Geely Xingyue L's intelligent cockpit system is the Geely Galaxy OS developed by Egatong Technology, and one of the hardware bases of this system is the Snapdragon 8155 chip from Qualcomm. Compared with the Qualcomm 820A chip equipped with many smart models on the market, the 8155 chip has a smaller size, larger bandwidth and lower power consumption. Moreover, this is a 7 nm chip of the car specification grade, and its CPU and GPU computing power reach 105K DMIPS (million instructions per second) and 1000 GFLOPS (1 billion floating point operations per second) respectively, which is superior. In order to take full advantage of the performance of the 8155 chip, The Hoshigoshi L also equipped it with up to 12G of running memory.
1. Fast response
With the blessing of powerful hardware, the software system developed by Yijiatong Technology based on the underlying layer of Android can truly exert its capabilities. Let's take a look at the test results of the response speed of each Hoshikoshi L:
It can be seen that almost all of the speed test Star-Vietnam L performance is close to perfection, which we believe is inseparable from the optimization of both software and hardware of the vehicle.
What needs to be explained separately is the cold start of the car machine, and the cold start of the car machine of the Star Yue L is due to the need to play a long boot welcome animation, so that the overall time of the cold start is longer and the system score is low. There is a question of how to balance speed and ritual, taking the ideal ONE we tested earlier as an example, the car machine starts in advance when the person approaches the car, and enters the car is already ready to be completed. Therefore, the ideal ONE has a higher cold start speed score, but because it is almost impossible to feel too much ceremony, its ritual related score is relatively low. So, how to choose between the ultimate practicality and the pleasant sense of ceremony may be a problem that the company will solve in the future.
2. Strong voice interaction ability
The voice function of Hoshikoshi L is very good for us to experience as a whole, and there are many innovative features that make people have a lot of surprises. You know, CC-1000T intelligent cockpit evaluation system contains a large number of actual use cases of voice interaction, which requires hundreds of voice conversations, and in a whole day of communication, most of the questions I ask it can have answers, and even some of the more difficult questions can actually be interacted, which is really surprising. The simple instructions will not be repeated, and we have selected some of the relatively difficult test cases in the testing process, as follows:
It can be seen that Xingyue L can recognize more complex navigation commands, nicknames of some singers, has certain information query and computing capabilities, has strong voice car control capabilities, and can understand the intention of non-direct commands. If you want to continue to talk to Hoshikoshi L, you may not have enough time for a day.
In addition to these tricky problems, the system also supports a large number of wake-free instructions, covering the main use cases such as multimedia and navigation, as follows:
Of course, Yijiatong Technology has also developed a main driving geek mode specifically for Xingyue L. The main driver user can directly say the voice command without voice wake-up, including three contents such as visible speaking, scene-free wake-free and multi-tone zone anti-interference, and these three functions can also be opened or closed independently, which is very user-friendly.
Take the visible speaking function as an example, this function allows the user to make a voice description of any text information seen on the screen of the car, the system will automatically search for the corresponding position of the screen and accurately enter, you can use the function when the high-speed driver is inconvenient to touch the screen.
It is worth noting that in the case of turning on the main driver geek mode, the user can continue to speak, the system will automatically identify which are meaningful instructions, which are invalid dialogue content, compared to the ordinary wake-free function, although the cockpit can support more wake-free words and more car control functions, but also increases the risk of misidentification. Therefore, as an experimental function, from the results of the test of the Cheyun Research Institute, it is recommended to use it when driving a vehicle alone, which can effectively avoid the misidentification caused by chat and other reasons when many people are riding.
On the whole, the voice interaction performance of Hoshikoshi L is very good, and it can be said that it is basically empathetic. On the one hand, thanks to the strong computing power support, the 7 microphones in the cockpit also ensure accurate sound source positioning capabilities, of course, the self-developed speech semantic edge computing solution of Yijiatong Technology, enabling the "short path" voice interaction experience of Xingyue L is also an important reason for improving voice interaction capabilities. So what role does "edge computing" play?
I believe that many users of smart cars have encountered the phenomenon of "failure" of speech recognition caused by network instability, and in the case of disconnection, the voice of the cockpit seems to suddenly change from intelligent to mentally retarded. This is because the traditional car machine either needs to process semantic recognition online, or needs to network to obtain cloud information after command recognition, so the stability of the network is very demanding.
An application example of edge computing is that local AI intelligent voice can be semantically processed offline on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also preload information for high-frequency use, so as to realize the analysis, reply and execution of instructions locally in the absence of networking. In this way, interacting with Hoshikoshi L does not have to worry about poor communication and slow response due to network failures.
In addition, through the preload of information and local processing, it also reduces the risk of information leakage that may result from users staying online at any time, protects the privacy and security of users, and meets the requirements of the upcoming "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China".
3. Rich application ecology
In terms of the application ecology of the car machine, Yijiatong Technology has joined hands with Baidu, Tencent, Huawei and other leading ecological partners to introduce a large number of practical software and multimedia ecological content.
The system preset navigation is Baidu Map, the music is cool me music, the sound is Himalaya, and the video includes Douyin, Bilibili and iQiyi, including short, medium and long video platforms to meet the entertainment needs of different car scenes. If you want to sing a national K song, you can sing in the car after even Mai and support the upload of works, and the cockpit seconds become a song room.
Several core applications of the system support the unified management of accounts, after logging in to the main account, you will automatically log in to baidu maps, kuwo, Himalayas, Tencent accompanying accounts (need to bind in advance).
Tencent's ecosystem is a system of its own, Tencent Aiqu Listening aggregates Tencent's ecology - QQ music and WeChat reading, and Tencent's accompanying aggregating Tencent maps and 26 car light application services such as audio-visual, travel, games, food, information, and travel life services.
These colorful applications are basically able to meet the in-car entertainment and practical needs of most users.
4. Multi-screen linkage is cool and convenient
The most eye-catching in the Hoshikoshi L cockpit is naturally a multi-screen system composed of a 25.6-inch AR-HUD, a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument panel, a 12.3-inch central control touch screen, and a 12.3-inch co-pilot exclusive touch screen. In addition to the ability to share information between different screens, there are also many innovations in operation.
First, with a single finger swipe and tap, the user can do most of the system. In addition, you can also open the negative screen interface with a single finger like a mobile phone on the central control screen and the co-driver screen, realizing a large number of quick operations.
Secondly, the two-finger swipe can realize the interactive split screen of the multimedia and map interface on the central control screen. Swipe two fingers to the right to open the split screen menu interface, and swipe left to close the split screen interface. Users can split the map interface in the multimedia interface, and can also split the multimedia interface in the map interface.
Finally, three-finger swipes enable cross-screen interaction. For example, the use of three fingers on the central control screen can be used to migrate the navigation interface set up on the center control to the instrument; it can also move the multimedia interface between the central control screen and the co-driver screen through the three-finger swipe to achieve entertainment sharing and exclusive enjoyment.
The co-driver screen is likely to be a trend in the future, but there are still only a few vehicles with this configuration, and the Star Yue L is unique in the same class of models to be equipped with a co-driver screen, which reflects the forward-looking nature of Geely Automobile. It is worth mentioning that the co-driver screen of Xingyue L is equipped with an independent audio source channel that does not affect the main driver and the audio in the car, and the co-driver passenger can enjoy a private music space after connecting the Bluetooth headset. (System requires OTA upgrade to the latest version)
In addition, when the main driver is inconvenient to set the navigation, the passenger can also directly set the navigation destination through the passenger screen, and then send it to the central control screen for the main driver to use. This "co-pilot pilot" model is another unique interactive experience created by EGATONG Technology for Xingyue L users, reflecting the integration of intelligence and humanization.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="43" > ease of use:</h1>
The overall is easy to understand and easy to operate, the voice interaction fault tolerance rate is high, and the visibility of each screen is good.
Compared with traditional cars, smart cars have increased the cost of learning and using due to the penetration of IT technology. How to let users understand at a glance and use it is something that all intelligent cockpit design teams must consider.
The Geely Galaxy OS of Xingyue L can be said to be basically easy to learn and easy to use, so in terms of ease of use, the score of Xingyue L is quite high, which is also due to the efforts of Yijiatong Technology.
Specifically, based on the user's usage habits, the design team of Yijiatong Technology optimized the depth of information level of the main interface of the car. The quick operation area on the far left of the interface provides 5 core user demand scenarios (air conditioning, vehicle settings, application center, back to the homepage, user center), ensuring that the core functions of high-frequency use can be quickly found on the home page; the middle part of the interface is the scene function recommendation and voice assistant interaction; the right is the card-style infotainment section, the layout is not only staggered, but also supports the customization of the card.
For different scenarios, Yijiatong Technology has also designed two display modes of "day and night", providing an interface of light and dark colors. The interface displays automatic or manual style switching in day or night scenes to provide clearer recognition.
In addition, in order to make the interaction more intuitive, the control of common functions in the car was demonstrated by the designers in a 3D rendering interface. Without mechanical buttons, users can achieve intuitive "visible and controllable" vehicle control functions such as seats, air conditioners, rearview mirrors, luggage compartments, sunroofs, lights, etc. For example, if you need to view and adjust the status of the rearview mirror, just click on the position of the rearview mirror of the 3D model of the vehicle, and the menu will immediately jump to the rearview mirror adjustment interface. This is also the first time that Yijiatong Technology has assisted Geely Automobile to achieve "real-time rendering" on the interface.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="50" > appearance and sense of technology:</h1>
The cockpit has a certain luxury and technology style, and the sense of ceremony is strong.
With the blessing of triple screen, 25.6-inch AR-HUD, ergonomic seat, suede fabric, BOSE sound and multi-colored ambient lights, the smart cockpit of Xingyue L can immediately feel a good luxury and technology style when entering the car, and there is a feeling of transcendence.
With the increase in the number of screens in the car, the aesthetics of the interface between the user and the vehicle are becoming more and more important. A good UI design can not only make users pleasing to the eye, but also have practicality and convenience.
Specific to the intelligent network interaction system of Xingyue L, the interactive interface designer of Yijiatong Technology closely focuses on the "user-centric" strategy, after a year of polishing, nearly a thousand times of detail optimization and fine-tuning, by reducing the jump of the information level, removing the cumbersome effect modification, focusing on strengthening information reading and recognition, so that the system finally presents a visual and logical "flat" interface and interaction effect - from the perception level, reduce the user's learning costs, improve the user's use efficiency.
Moreover, the design of the interface is in line with the "mountain" design concept used in the exterior and interior of the vehicle. The instrument, main screen, and second screen in turn present a special treatment of the block gradient. Whether it is the boot guide page, the home page Launcher, or the widget on the main and secondary screens, it creates a visual effect that extends horizontally, runs through, and is continuous. At the same time, the design team also divided the entire screen into four areas of quick operation area, intelligent scene recommendation area, control display area and infotainment through the means of "segmentation", and presented it with an obvious sense of hierarchy to facilitate users to quickly identify relevant information.
It can also be seen from the car interface that a large number of rounded rectangles are used on various pages to make the affinity of the interface better. In many design details, consistency with the design concept of the mobile PHONE UI can also be found, so that the user's interaction can be seamlessly switched at multiple ends.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="57" > trustworthiness:</h1>
Overall security is high, but there is no physical B-CALL button.
Hoshigoku L's cockpit safety performance is also very good overall. In particular, the stability of the core software is high, whether it is the car machine system or the navigation and in-car entertainment software, the performance is very stable during our week-long test, without dropping the chain.
The monitoring of the abnormal state of the vehicle and the mobile phone APP is in place, and the abnormal state of tire pressure, endurance, central control lock, window, etc. can be monitored in a timely manner, so as to prevent problems before they occur. If there is a locked car without closing the window, there will be a safety information prompt in the APP, which is very intimate.
When the user leaves the car, the vehicle will automatically lock, but will not actively close the window and sunroof, there are certain security risks here, it is recommended to update the logic of the car lock through OTA upgrade. Without the B-Call button of the entity, we think it will also affect the user's ability to quickly establish contact with customer service. In addition, during the test, I encountered several cases of Internet of Vehicle Disconnection. Some of the above minor flaws have an impact on the overall rating score.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="62" > innovation:</h1>
Emphasize the application of scenarios and create a scientific and technological atmosphere.
Xingyue L's innovative projects are aimed at specific scene applications, both entertaining and technological, some of which have been covered in the previous article, and the following are some other highlight features.
1. WeChat Car Edition (5 points)
The on-board WeChat function can be easily turned on through the steering wheel button, and you can send voice or make voice calls without leaving the road. When receiving a WeChat message, the text message can be automatically read out by voice, which greatly facilitates the WeChat communication when driving, and also takes into account safety.
2. Steering wheel customization (5 points)
The "*" key on the steering wheel can be customized to one of the following four functions according to the user's needs: full-screen map of the instrument, multimedia source switching, 360 panorama, and one-click navigation home. Drivers can set up according to their actual needs and usage habits.
3. Sound Reproduction (5 mins)
We know that many navigation software have downloadable star voice packs, and Xingyue L also provides voice packs for Internet celebrities such as Feng Timo and Jinsha. Now, through the user recording 20 sentences and conducting AI analysis, the car machine system of Xingyue L can also automatically generate a private customized global voice package, not only navigation, all voice broadcasts in the cockpit can be carried out with their own voice, which is particularly intimate.
4. ON-HUD(3分)
It can display information such as speed, navigation, traffic sign recognition, and driver assistance, which is of great help to driving safety, but the navigation AR effect is not very obvious, and the fit of the indicator line with the ground is not ideal.
5. Light Show (5 mins)
Through the alternating flashing of the daytime running light and the turn signal, and the alternating light and dark of the near and far lights, the cool visual effect is formed, providing 3 kinds of welcome light and Goodbye farewell mode.
Attached: All innovations and corresponding scores
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="76" > Cheyun Research Institute commented:</h1>
Looking at the score of Xingyue L from the functional dimension, it can be found that it does not have obvious shortcomings, especially in the car system and instrumentation, which is obviously closely related to its Giga Galaxy OS equipped with triple screen, AR-HUD and Yijiatong Technology. The total score of 794 points has undoubtedly entered the first echelon of all the evaluated models of cheyun research institute, and although it is still a little distance from the top of the list, its "smart cost performance" (score/price) is obviously more advantageous.
Don't look at the Star-Etsu L is a fuel vehicle, but it does not affect its expansion in intelligence. As mentioned earlier, the CMA architecture is an intelligent, evolvable electrical and electronic architecture under which the Hoshikoshi L opens up more than 1300 signal interfaces and more than 170 vehicle control functions. Users can not only give full play to or control the functions provided by body hardware such as sensors, cameras, and microphones through the cockpit interface, but also make the OTA iteration of the Hoshigoku L smart cockpit full of imagination. Relying on THE FOTA cloud intelligent upgrade, StarYue L can continue to iteratively update in terms of power, control, entertainment and security, which can be said to be more and more new. It is reported that in the next upgrade version of Geely Galaxy OS, Yijiatong Technology will also pioneer the introduction of HUAWEI HiCar ecological application, which is very exciting.
In today's automobile market, new energy vehicles frequently attract attention, and it is indeed difficult for traditional fuel vehicles to stimulate consumers' desire to buy without real materials. However, Xingyue L is not mediocre, since its listing, its monthly sales have rapidly exceeded 10,000 vehicles, becoming another hit in the automobile market. The reason for the success of Xingyue L is obviously not only the external appearance and performance, but also the inner intelligence is undoubtedly the most important factor. It is believed that Geely Automobile will continue to empower Xingyue L with Yijiatong Technology, making it constantly evolving and powerful. If the future star is more intelligent than L, I don't mind talking to it for a whole day.