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Futuristic Shoei Opticson helmet with an integrated head-up display (HUD) could reach store shelves soon.

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Menghasilkan helmet dengan sistem ‘head-up display’ (HUD) dan kamera pandang belakang bukanlah perkara baru kerana beberapa pengeluar helmet seperti Skully telah pun menghasilkan helmet seumpamanya.

Bagaimanapun, Skully terlibat dengan beberapa kontroversi sebelum jenama itu disahkan gagal sepenuhnya tahun lalu.

Namun, syarikat helmet Jepun, SHOEI bakal menjadi pengeluar helmet gergasi pertama dunia yang akan memperkenalkan helmat ‘futuristik’ menerusi SHOEI Opticson untuk pasaran global tidak lama lagi.

SHOEI telah pun membuat demonstrasi HUD sewaktu di CES 2019 bertempat di Las Vegas.

Sejak daripada itu, projek tersebut telah pun dibangunkan dengan pesat dengan SHOEI telah pun memfailkan tanda nama ‘Opticson’ di samping menayangkan beberapa helmet ‘Opticson’ sewaktu pameran motosikal Osaka dan Tokyo pada Mac lalu.

Sistem HUD itu membenarkan pemakai helmet melihat segala info dan maklumat yang diperlukan sewaktu menunggang.

Paling penting, sistem tersebut membolehkan si pemakai menyambung kepada telefon pintar bagi aplikasi navigasi dengan maklumat perjalanan akan disiarkan di HUD. Ini membolehkan si penunggang motosikal tidak lagi perlu tunduk untuk melihat skrin telefon sewaktu menunggang.

Kejayaan sistem itu hasil kerjasama dengan syarikat Hiroshima, NS West Inc memberi bayangan bahawa helmet Opticson akan diperkenalkan kepada umum tidak lama lagi.

 

  • CrossHelmet X1 mendakwa yang ianya bayangan rupa helmet pada masa hadapan.
  • Bercirikan HUD ‘built-in’, Bluetooth, kamera pandang belakang, dan pemprosesan bunyi persekitaran.
  • Projek CrossHelmet X1 ini dibiayai awam melalui Kickstarter.

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  • CrossHelmet X1 claims to be how future helmets will come to be

  • CrossHelmet X1 features built-in HUD, Bluetooth, rearview camera, ambient noise processing

  • CrossHelmet X1 project is crowd funded on Kickstarter

While traditional helmet companies stick to producing helmets in the tried and true sense in terms of design and features, that focus has given room for “independents” to produce helmets with features that are eschewed by the traditionalists. That statement doesn’t mean we’re insinuating that these new helmets are bad, instead, we meant that these helmets feature out-of-the-square thinking.

A Tokyo-based company called Borderless Inc. has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for its CrossHelmet X1 smart helmet. So, what are inside this Alien/spaceman-looking helmet? It features not only integrated Bluetooth connectivity, but also ambient sound control and a heads-up display (HUD) which provides a claimed 360-degree view.

The features may sound similar to the Skully AR-1 (now in the hands of new investors – click here to read more), but the CrossHelmet X1 has a few extra notable features.

The HUD isn’t a plug-in item, instead is integrates all the technologies of the helmet. The rearview camera offers a 170-degree view which is paired to the front faceshield to provide 30 degrees more peripheral vision for a 360-degree view. Additionally, the HUD presents information such as speed, compass direction, weather, time and navigation on the foldable bifocal lens.

The CrossHelmet X1’s smartphone app provides access to the helmet’s features. You can listen to music, make/receive phone calls, and Group Talk just like if you’ve attached a Bluetooth communication device.

Unique to the CrossHelmet X1 at this moment is the CrossSound Control – the patented noise control system. It’s designed to reduce or enhance environmental sounds, depending on the rider’s needs via the smartphone app. Its algorithm is claimed to filter out road, engine and windnoise, while allowing through critical sounds such as screeching brakes and emergency sirens. Although SENA had been developing their Momentum INC (Intelligent Noise-Control) Pro helmet, the CrossHelmet is the first to make it to production with the noise control technology.

That’s not all, the helmet’s “sidepod” has a capacitive sticker which doubles up as a touch panel. Specific gestures will activate certain functions, just like smartphone.

There are also LED lightstrips on the sidepods, functioning as position lights for safety.

All these technologies are processed by a 1.2 GHz Dual Core Cortex A9 processor, powered by a safe solid-state lithium-ceramic battery.


As it is, the CrossHelmet X1 isn’t cheap, costing USD 1,799. Click here to head over to CrossHelmet site or click here for the Kickstarter site, in case you’d like to invest in one. The first units are expected to delivered in the autumn or winter of 2018.

The CrossHelmet X1 has passed the ECE, DOT and JIS standards.

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