Car security market launch cell phone remote control storm

Imagine you are participating in a business meeting, your iPhone received a letter marked with ' auto theft alert "e-mail.

The email alert and you attempt to break into your Toyota Land Cruiser, thus activating the auto alarm. After a few seconds, another email notifying you that your Land Cruiser engine is launched.

Your finger to click the icon on the iPhone screen, showing the real-time status of the vehicle interior, a stranger is manipulating your steering wheel.

Another icon to display a map, show your car parking before leaving the company after going.

You withdraw from the Conference, dial 911 and notified the police of your Land Cruiser is located.

Next, you then press the ' stop Auto ' icon to send a message to Toyota's control center, forcibly stop Land Cruiser's engine. Then, you check the video again, with the car to stop running, you can see the thieves of confusion and unhappiness. In the end, when the car is completely stopped, you will see the thieves will hand on head out the door, was arrested by the police.

"Although this sounds like science fiction, but on Toyota, these capabilities in Japan have already achieved, the company through its G-Security system, as well as G-Link, G-Book mX Pro and G-Book Alpha Pro remote communication system, offers a range of accessible through mobile phones or PC remote control cars and provide security services feature," iSuppli automotive electronics analyst Hitomi Larson said.

In addition, other OEM manufacturers have joined the competition, provide more solutions.

For example, Nissan (Nissan) is the next in the Japan market, on the mobile device services of automobile manufacturers, it is expected that its products and services will come out in 2010. Similarly, other mobile device connectivity solutions will also be in 2010-2011 years in the United States and around the world.

Toyota is Japan's first company to provide car mobile device connectivity and security solutions for enterprises.

Other OEM manufacturers such as Subaru, Mazda (Mazda) uses a Toyota company G-Book Alpha Pro, as well as G-Security system. In addition to the above mentioned features, G-Security also allows the user to the phone via PC or remote control door lock, power Windows and warning lights and other equipment.

"Although in automotive interior use mobile devices as a connection interface is not nothing new, Japan manufacturers have become accustomed to using cell phones for mobile navigation, then the content will be delivered to the automobile," Larson said.

"However, some automobile manufacturers are trying to further expand the use of mobile phones as a direct communication channel, for example through a mobile device to send and get vehicle information. ”