Yunzhong Published from Co-Driving Temple Smart Car Reference | Official Account AI4Auto Apple’s new features for car scenarios have been shown this time. But unfortunately, the six young people in the accident did not usher in a miracle. Five people died on the spot at the scene

This is the first time that the new iPhone features have been shown after the outside world’s doubts and misunderstandings, but many netizens also commented after knowing it:

hope not to use it.

iPhone automatically seeks help in a fatal car accident for the first time

At this year's Apple new product launch conference, iPhone 14 and the new Apple Watch have specially added sensors for car scenarios to detect car accidents.

Once the sensor and algorithm judge that you have encountered a serious car accident, it will automatically call for help.

On October 2, a serious car accident occurred in Nebraska, USA. At around 2:15 a.m., a Honda Accord hit a tree in the suburbs of the city. The scene was tragic. Five people died on the spot. A girl in her 20s was seriously injured.

rescue soon arrived at the scene and sent the surviving girl to the hospital - but unfortunately the rescue failed and he died in the end.

Although the cause of the accident is still under investigation, the party who called the police in time to call for help has disclosed that an iPhone phone started the automatic call for help after detecting the collision.

The police said that the phone first sent a signal to the "master" after detecting the collision, and after receiving no response, it automatically called the helper.

, which is also the first time Apple has shown value after being questioned and misunderstood after the release of this feature of Apple.

How to detect car accidents in iPhone?

This year's new products such as iPhone 14 series and Apple Watch S8 have also added special sensors to detect car accidents.

is equipped with a newly added dual-core acceleration sensor and a high dynamic range gyroscope . The iPhone can detect violent acceleration or deceleration movements up to 256Gs. Once you are judged to have a serious car accident, you will call for help.

can also use barometer to monitor changes in the internal air pressure of the car. GPS can identify more data on speed changes, while the microphone can identify typical noise caused by car accidents.

This function can also be used seamlessly with the latest Apple Watch. When a major car accident is detected, the emergency service call interface will be displayed directly on the screen of the Apple Watch. If a smaller car accident is detected, make a call through the iPhone to ensure the quality of the connection as much as possible.

Apple also emphasized that this feature relies on advanced algorithms that "after more than one million hours of real driving training" and various collision data, which is expected to minimize false alarms and prevent them from occupying emergency services, and users can also cancel false alarms themselves.

But just after Apple's press conference, the US media also conducted actual tests with drivers, and the results were mixed, causing this function to fall into a "gimmick" controversy.

Later, an ominous incident occurred. A motorcycle rider dropped the iPhone at high speed while driving, and then it automatically called the police to all the emergency contacts set by the owner - "The owner was in a car accident", which made the practicality of this function controversy.

But this time, this ability of iPhone has allowed more people to see indispensable value.

In this accident where six people died, because it happened in the suburbs of the city in the early morning, there was no automatic call for help from iPhone. Perhaps the rescue would not come so quickly, even in the end, it was still unable to save the survivors who were too injured on the scene. Many Chinese netizens have also commented on

on hot searches, and this function can indeed help a lot at critical moments.

Because once a car accident occurs, people may faint and cannot call for help by themselves. If they can ask for help automatically, the chance of survival will be increased.

and some off-road motorcycle players commented. On the one hand, this function can automatically call for help, and on the other hand, it can automatically share GPS and positioning, which can help people who are in car accidents get out of trouble faster.

Of course, there are more people who have commented after paying attention to this iPhone automatic call for help:

function is a good function, but I hope you don't use it.

In addition, Apple's new feature was also hotly discussed in the car circle when it was released, because more people think that this is just a release of Apple's smart car capabilities in its product ecosystem.

Apple has actually expressed its views on the outside. If this function is combined with Bluetooth and Carplay, or can be connected with more data with the vehicle, it will be more accurate.

If it is an end-to-end smart car built by Apple, is this capability a standard safety configuration?

In fact, with the increase in sensors on cars, intelligent algorithms redefine various capabilities, and such functions are not only promoted by Apple.

, including , Tesla , and new domestic car-making forces, are all using their intelligent capabilities to improve the safety of driving, active and passive. Similar functional patents have been revealed in

and Xiaomi , which has just completed the project prototype, have also been released. In the latest hot discussion, Xiaomi applied for a patent for "vehicle water test" - which was later classified into the same category of capabilities as the new iPhone features.

This is indeed a good phenomenon - the car is getting smarter and equipped with more and more safety functions. But as netizens said: I hope you don’t use

.

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