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ANNUAL REPORT 2014
President’s MessagePresident’s Message
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Four Business Units
Special FeatureSpecial Feature
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Consolidated Performance
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Investor InformationInvestor Information
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Comfort in a “Smart Mobility Society”
Technology can connect people, cars, families
and society. Toyota develops and offers telemat-
ics services, including a communications service
that brings a new level of convenience and
comfort to the car ownership experience. Toyota
is developing new system technologies and build-
ing platforms that leverage Big Data, such as a
car’s position, speed, and driving conditions, to
create new value, enhance safety and improve
quality. These systems combine highly accurate
maps and navigation to support advanced driving
with communications interfaces for controlling
vehicles. We plan to create a system open to any
company wishing to offer clients information,
entertainment systems and content.
Our “T-Connect” service features software
agents that control car electronics, search for
information, and display pertinent information for
a safe and comfortable driving experience. These
agents connect with the voice communications
system of the Toyota “Smart Center” to set desti-
nations, search for news and other information,
and transmit data from onboard electronics that
manage driving conditions. Based on this data,
drivers are provided with optimal driving routes
based on the latest traffic and weather informa-
tion. T-Connect can also connect the driver with a
human operator when necessary, including during
emergencies, when help is needed using the
system, or when information is needed from the
car manual.
T-Connect lets drivers download and enjoy
T-Connect apps designed by third parties. For
example, “Brake Master” is an app that plots
braking speed on a graph, making a game out of
improving the braking skills of drivers. In addition,
T-Connect apps can be downloaded to smart-
phones and tablets for managing vehicle data
and accessing maps to guide users in walking the
“last mile” after parking.
Traffic information and statistical data based on
the Big Data sent via telematics services (such as
car position, speed, and driving conditions) is also
Interactive voice response
Agent
“au”
Wi-Fi spots
Additional apps for navigation
Apps
Safety/help service
Online Care
Smartphone*
(via tethering)
How T-Connect Works
Connection
methods
Devices
Services
Wi-Fi
T-Connect-enabled navigation systems
Toyota Smart Center
Mobile devices
DCM Blue
tooth**
*Requires tethering-enabled smartphone; **Requires Bluetooth-enabled device
Panasonic
home appliance
control app
Panasonic’s Cloud Toyota Smart Center
• Remotely operate home appliances
• Check status of home appliances
used to improve traffic flow, provide map data,
and help in emergency response scenarios.
Toyota has been working with Panasonic
Corporation in the joint development of services
that connect cars with home appliances, with the
aim of creating a “Smart Mobility Society” offering
convenience and comfort. This service enables
T-Connect to send real-time vehicle position infor-
mation to Panasonic’s cloud services to turn on/
off air conditioners at home. This preps homes for
the arrival of their owners and also helps people
who forget to turn off appliances when they leave.
Considering the rate at which many developed
societies are aging, Toyota is developing technol-
ogies that will augment elderly drivers’ awareness
of driving conditions while helping them make
good driving decisions. These technologies will
help create a “Mobility Society” where the elderly
can pursue more fulfilling, mobile lives.
Telematics service Toyota’s approach
•฀฀Interactive฀interfaces฀linked฀to฀vehicle
•฀฀High-precision฀maps฀and฀navigation฀for฀
advanced฀driving฀assistance
•฀฀Services฀using฀big฀data
Independently฀develop฀฀
technologies฀and฀establish฀
platforms
•฀฀Multimedia/information฀services Establish฀open฀systems฀that฀
third฀parties฀can฀contribute฀to
•฀฀Third-party฀software฀enabling฀smartphone฀
use฀while฀driving
Consider฀using฀after฀฀
carefully฀assessing฀safety฀
and฀data฀security
Toyota’s Approach to Telematics
Core area
Peripheral area
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