Providing a Better RideToday and Tomorrow
Matt MatsushitaPresident & CEODENSO International America, Inc.
Comfort & Convenience
Innovative Technology & Products
• Higher performance, lower cost• Add consumer value• Contribute to an Advanced Automotive
Society
Comfort & Convenience
Instantaneous Radiant Heater
• Creates warm feeling almost instantly• Generates heat with infrared light
Comfort & Convenience
Oxygen Concentration Conditioner
• Supplies air with increased oxygen• Enrichment film is more permeable
to oxygen
Comfort & Convenience
Matrix IR Sensor
• Provides high-accuracy temperature reading of backseat passengers
• First to be used in a vehicle cabin
Comfort & Convenience
Rear HVAC
• 25 percent smaller• Creates spacious rear seating area• Less noise with smaller fan and diverging
scroll
Comfort & Convenience
Flat-panel AC Controller
• Automatic pop-up rotary knobs• Clean design with smoked glass finish
Comfort & Convenience
TFT Cluster
• World’s first to use LED backlighting
• High-visibility graphics and excellent HMI
Comfort & Convenience
ITS
• First car transceiver launched in 1973• Began developing car navi in 1980s• Car navi is expanding in North America
and Europe, as well as Japan
Comfort & Convenience
New Navigation System
• Launched in U.S. on Lexus LS460
• Provides traffic alerts sent via satellite
• Provides alternative route guidance
Comfort & Convenience
Wireless Technology
• Outstanding Paper Award
• Expanding sensor range to non-line-of-sight
• Testing technology with industry groups, government
Comfort & Convenience
Card Key
• World’s thinnest for passive entry and start
• Smaller than a credit card
• Highest level against bending
• Waterproof circuit
Comfort & Convenience
Today, Tomorrow
• Providing a better ride
• 18,700 registered patents worldwide
• More ideas in pipelines
• Quality since 1949• Improve cost