​Distractions, stress, and exhaustion happen, and for consumers, they have concerns about vehicle safety when it does. A global HARMAN consumer insights study provided a clearer picture:

The most applicable findings were revealed during the study’s prototype validation testing. Participants were asked to provide feedback on features, recording how these technologies impacted their perception and even their purchase intent. The results were telling: 

The direction and expectation of consumers is clear – they desire improved in-vehicle health and wellbeing solutions. At HARMAN, these findings set the course for Ready Care. 

“Ready Care is an industry first product that is driving real impact for driver safety and well-being and is a key part of HARMAN’s mission to deliver consumer experiences at an automotive grade,” said Armin Prommersberger, Senior Vice President of Product Management, HARMAN International. “With its unique ability to deliver customized and personalized driver interventions via a closed-loop approach, from detections via analysis to tailored interventions like adjusting the temperature, audio settings and vehicle lighting, Ready Care offers solutions and protective intelligence that constantly prioritizes the driver’s well-being.”

The Ready Care SDK and supporting APIs allow OEMs and other third-party suppliers to integrate any vehicle feature or function as a part of the in-cabin customized interventions against driver drowsiness and distraction. For example, third-party developers like Gentherm can leverage the HARMAN Open SDK to provide in-cabin interventions through its ClimateSense® solution.

Safety-first for consumers is peace-of-mind and empowered experiences. For OEMs, the scalability of Ready Care, the flexibility to configure software bundles, the compute platform, and sensors will allow the development of even safer experiences down the road.