High-bandwidth data is aggregated and ingested from multiple non-visual sensors that already exist on the vehicle, such as wheel speed from all four wheels, wheel angle, RPM, the position of the gas paddle, the torque of the brake paddle, and more.
ECU embedded Tactile Processor
The ingested data is fused into a unified signal, representing in real-time the dynamics between the vehicle and the road, each in their current state.
Any noise created by the sensors is cleaned using signal processing methodologies, exposing the unified signal and preparing it for processing.
The clean signal is analyzed to generate actionable insight, or as we call it: Virtual Sensors, through proprietary algorithms and AI. These virtual sensors include grip level, vehicle weight, engine efficiency, tire health, and much more.
Vehicle Functions
Data from the virtual sensors are fed back into the vehicle computer, giving better context for improved driving decisions.
Tactile Cloud
Datasets from each vehicle are uploaded to the cloud and continuously crunched, using big data methodologies and machine learning. These analyses generate and continuously update two mathematical models, describing the critical factors that impact vehicle-road dynamics.
Datasets monetization
Tactile Mobility produces a map-aware digital representation of roads including road attributes, surface weather response, and hazards (bumps, cracks, potholes, ice, etc.). The Tactile Mobility platform turns vehicles into real-time mobile road probes that create valuable and monetizable insights about both roads and vehicles.
SurfaceDNA
Models road features, such as grades, banking, curvature, normalized grip levels, and location of hazards such as bumps, cracks, and potholes.
Data is downloaded to vehicles roaming the specific area, enabling them to prime the embedded software with insight on the road ahead, improving safety and user experience reaction time.
VehicleDNA
Represents the unique attributes of each vehicle’s engine efficiency, braking efficiency, tire health, weight, fuel consumption, and more.
Data is downloaded back to each relevant vehicle, ensuring that the embedded software has the most updated and accurate context available, for improved ongoing calculations and performance.
Tactile Core Solutions
Once the embedded within the vehicle ECU, a whole world of unique applications is revealed
Onboard Grip Estimation
Real-Time Crowdsourced Grip Level Estimation For Maximum Safety & Efficiency
Tire Health
Data-Driven Insights About Tire Tear and Wear
Weight Estimation
Vehicle weight is estimated in real-time, meeting the EU regulatory requirements
Cloud Enhanced Grip Mapping
Crowdsourced Tactile map that offers a real-time view of driving environments.
If your tires could talk to you in real-time and tell you how they are feeling, what would they say? With Tactile Mobility’s technology, you know.
Our software, residing in the vehicle’s ECU, leverages existing, built-in sensors (wheel speed, wheel angle, RPM, pedal and gear position) to tell the driver that the road conditions are causing the car’s tires to lose their grip on the road – enabling the driver to take immediate corrective action.
There’s a vast difference between driving on a dry road and one coated with black ice. Often, it’s not visible to the naked eye.
By timeously informing drivers why they’re experiencing difficulty controlling their car, road safety can be vastly improved.
Tactile Mobility collects the real-time tire data sends it to the cloud for analysis and provides the driver with actionable real-time alerts, which enables timely corrective action.
on winding roads, we’re unable to anticipate oncoming danger until we can see it – giving us very little time to respond.
But what if that information could be relayed to other drivers on the road, so they can take evasive action? With Tactile Mobility, they can.
Information on real-time driving conditions is sent to the cloud, analyzed, and distributed to all connected vehicles to provide timely warning of the conditions ahead.
Real-time data of dangerous road conditions enables vehicle to take corrective action such as slowing down or keeping a safe following distance.
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Tactile Data For Automotive OEMs
Giving Vehicles a Sense of Touch
Predicts road events far beyond the range of ADAS sensors
Reveals hidden roadway risks - rough, wet or icy roads
Reveals hidden vehicle risks - impending tire blowouts and more
Creates innovative after-market services that improve...
Every year, thousands of accidents are caused by drivers losing control of their vehicles and skidding out of control.
The driver may have reacted by pumping the brakes, but slippery conditions may mean that that braking won’t help, because the tires are losing their grip.
Tactile Mobility is able to accurately monitor what’s happening — that it’s not the brakes that are the problem, it’s the tires.
By feeling what’s actually happening on the road, Tactile Mobility enables the appropriate corrective actions to be taken.
Dry tires can be a major safety hazard, but it’s not always obvious to the naked eye. With Tactile Mobility, changes in the tire are “felt” by the system, measuring the amount of friction between the tires and the road.
In normal conditions, it shouldn’t pose a problem, but when driving around curves or on slippery roads, it’s a recipe for disaster.
By providing timely assessment and actionable real-time alerts, Tactile Mobility is able to notify the driver that it’s time to take the tires for a checkup – long before it poses a major risk.
Worn-out tires are less able to deal with challenging road conditions such as black ice and can send the vehicle into an uncontrolled skid, endangering the driver of the vehicle and everyone else on the road.
By collecting and analyzing the real-time data, Tactile Mobility is able to alert the driver that there’s an issue with the tires which needs to be addressed.
In the event of dangerous road or weather conditions, actionable real-time alerts are sent to the vehicle and distributed via the cloud to all connected vehicles on the road, so they can slow down or keep a safe following distance.
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Tactile Data for Tire Health
Tires are a serious safety and efficiency factor in automotive travel. Today, with longer service intervals and expedited tire wear in electric vehicles, automakers, automotive OEMs and fleet managers are taking a more proactive role in tire health.
Yet existing systems...
By using Tactile Mobility’s weight estimation virtual sensor, it is possible to detect real-time changes in the weight of a vehicle and ensure full compliance with LCV weight regulations. Our solution not only detects the weight of the vehicle, but also provides pre-conditioning for the braking system, adaptive cruise control, and suspension adjustment, as well as improves EV range.
Tactile Mobility’s road condition maps identify road hazards such as potholes, black ice, and cracks in real-time – offering better, faster, and more objective hazard detection than existing methods such as survey vehicles and manual approaches.
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Tactile Mobility and the City of Detroit - pavement rating and potholes allocation
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE 2021 BIG INNOVATION AWARDS
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Once the embedded within the vehicle ECU, a whole world of unique applications is revealed
Onboard Grip Estimation
If your tires could talk to you in real-time and tell you how they are feeling, what would they say? With Tactile Mobility’s technology, you know.
Our software, residing in the vehicle’s ECU, leverages existing, built-in sensors (wheel speed, wheel angle, RPM, pedal and gear position) to tell the driver that the road conditions are causing the car’s tires to lose their grip on the road – enabling the driver to take immediate corrective action.
There’s a vast difference between driving on a dry road and one coated with black ice. Often, it’s not visible to the naked eye.
By timeously informing drivers why they’re experiencing difficulty controlling their car, road safety can be vastly improved.
Tactile Mobility collects the real-time tire data sends it to the cloud for analysis and provides the driver with actionable real-time alerts, which enables timely corrective action.
on winding roads, we’re unable to anticipate oncoming danger until we can see it – giving us very little time to respond.
But what if that information could be relayed to other drivers on the road, so they can take evasive action? With Tactile Mobility, they can.
Information on real-time driving conditions is sent to the cloud, analyzed, and distributed to all connected vehicles to provide timely warning of the conditions ahead.
Real-time data of dangerous road conditions enables vehicle to take corrective action such as slowing down or keeping a safe following distance.
Tactile Data For Automotive OEMs
Giving Vehicles a Sense of Touch
Predicts road events far beyond the range of ADAS sensors
Reveals hidden roadway risks - rough, wet or icy roads
Reveals hidden vehicle risks - impending tire blowouts and more
Creates innovative after-market services that improve...
Every year, thousands of accidents are caused by drivers losing control of their vehicles and skidding out of control.
The driver may have reacted by pumping the brakes, but slippery conditions may mean that that braking won’t help, because the tires are losing their grip.
Tactile Mobility is able to accurately monitor what’s happening — that it’s not the brakes that are the problem, it’s the tires.
By feeling what’s actually happening on the road, Tactile Mobility enables the appropriate corrective actions to be taken.
Dry tires can be a major safety hazard, but it’s not always obvious to the naked eye. With Tactile Mobility, changes in the tire are “felt” by the system, measuring the amount of friction between the tires and the road.
In normal conditions, it shouldn’t pose a problem, but when driving around curves or on slippery roads, it’s a recipe for disaster.
By providing timely assessment and actionable real-time alerts, Tactile Mobility is able to notify the driver that it’s time to take the tires for a checkup – long before it poses a major risk.
Worn-out tires are less able to deal with challenging road conditions such as black ice and can send the vehicle into an uncontrolled skid, endangering the driver of the vehicle and everyone else on the road.
By collecting and analyzing the real-time data, Tactile Mobility is able to alert the driver that there’s an issue with the tires which needs to be addressed.
In the event of dangerous road or weather conditions, actionable real-time alerts are sent to the vehicle and distributed via the cloud to all connected vehicles on the road, so they can slow down or keep a safe following distance.
Tactile Data for Tire Health
Tires are a serious safety and efficiency factor in automotive travel. Today, with longer service intervals and expedited tire wear in electric vehicles, automakers, automotive OEMs and fleet managers are taking a more proactive role in tire health.
Yet existing systems...
Vehicle weight is estimated in real-time, meeting the EU regulatory requirements
By using Tactile Mobility’s weight estimation virtual sensor, it is possible to detect real-time changes in the weight of a vehicle and ensure full compliance with LCV weight regulations. Our solution not only detects the weight of the vehicle, but also provides pre-conditioning for the braking system, adaptive cruise control, and suspension adjustment, as well as improves EV range.
Crowdsourced Tactile map that offers a real-time view of driving environments.
Tactile Mobility’s road condition maps identify road hazards such as potholes, black ice, and cracks in real-time – offering better, faster, and more objective hazard detection than existing methods such as survey vehicles and manual approaches.
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