Hyundai Mobis developed a “cluster-less” head-up display (HUD), integrating the cluster and HUD for the first time in the world. (Photo: Hyundai Mobis)

Hyundai Mobis has developed a “clusterless” head-up display (HUD), integrating the cluster and HUD for the first time in the world.

As space utilization is getting more important in an era of full-fledged EVs, Hyundai Mobis has unveiled a new concept display technology optimized for autonomous driving and electrification.

The clusterless HUD, developed by Hyundai Mobis, is a next-generation driver’s seat technology, designed to minimize the driver’s distraction by separating the HUD for major driving information in front of the driver and audio/video/navigation/telematics (AVNT).

The clusterless HUD puts essential driving information such as speed and Radio Resource Management (RRM) at the driver’s eye level.

Its addition of driving assistance functions such as road guidance, dramatically improved safety and convenience.

It has achieved design differentiation and raised the visibility of major driving information marks. Other auxiliary driving information is indicated in the AVNT.

The clusterless HUD consists of four sections – three sections in the upper tier and one section on the lower tier. Speed, RPM, information related to advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and road guidance information are indicted in the upper tier, while things like transmission mode and the temperature of the coolant are showed in the lower tier.

Hyundai Mobis has finished registration of the patent on the clusterless HUD on major countries, including Korea, the United States, China and Germany.

The automotive parts maker of Hyundai Motor Group is seeking to secure an upper hand in the future new cockpit technology market and land orders by aggressively making a pitch for its automaker brand in Korea and abroad.

Hyundai Mobis Develops and Employs Over 40 AI Technologies

Hyundai Mobis, aggressively employing AI to R&D, production, quality and other whole segments, said the number of AI application cases at worksites surpassed 40.

Hyundai Mobis has introduced AI technology applications to a wide array of sectors to its executives and staffer and encouraged them to utilize them. In this context, a separate publication booklet of application cases was released.

Hyundai Mobis inaugurated a team responsible for the development of AI technologies. An education program targeting staffers to ramp up AI utilization capabilities has been conducted since 2018.

Hyundai Mobis develops New ‘Lighting and Moving Grille’

Hyundai Mobis has developed ‘lighting grille’ technology, which implements an LED lighting function in the front grille of the car.

This helps determines the first impression, and also integrate the other new ‘grille integral active air flap’ technology. These are new technologies that have not yet been mass-produced worldwide.

They are the outcomes of differentiated R&D efforts in response to trending changes for electric and autonomous vehicles.

The core of the new grille technology, developed by Hyundai Mobis, consists of the ‘lighting grille’ and the ‘moving grille.’

Over the years, the automotive grille has been regarded as a vent for cooling the engine and as a design element that determines the first impression of the vehicle.

However, as electric vehicles have been becoming more popular in recent years, the existing grille is being transformed to have different uses including lighting systems, sound systems and displays.

The ‘lighting grille’ can be used as a means of communicating with other vehicles or pedestrians and it can also create strong and unique design effects depending on how the lighting patterns are applied.

Hyundai Mobis completed development of the technology earlier this year, and it is now verifying its reliability for commercialization purposes.

After next year, the company is planning to start mass-production through customer promotion.