Passenger Displays for our car computers
Our car computers are not limited to having only one display or serving just the driver - we can install multiple displays so that any occupant of the vehicle can use the computer's facilities.
Digital Signage & In-vehicle Advertising
We provide a wide range of displays that are suitable for showing content to vehicle passengers, from smart leather replacement headrests with built-in screens for passenger cars such as taxis to 19" and larger free-standing displays for buses and coaches. Powered by our in-vehicle computers, these can be used for a variety of purposes, such as in-vehicle advertising or displaying useful location or time-based information.
In-CarPC have partnered with Signagelive, an award winning digital signage platform providing the simplest and most cost effective solution for management of multi-site digital signage networks. Signagelive is an easy to use online software solution that allows customers to quickly and easily update and manage the advertising or display content on their fleet of in-vehicle PCs over the internet using any web browser. Signagelive is available preinstalled on our vehicle PCs, and when combined with an in-vehicle router and our range of passenger-facing displays, offers a complete in-vehicle digital signage package.
For an example of how In-CarPC's computers are being used for in-vehicle advertising in the Channel Islands, please see our case studies page.
Allowing more than one simultaneous user
If multiple displays are required then they can either all show the same content, or be independent of each other, allowing each display to show different content. As an example, the driver might use the primary display for navigation, while another display might show advertising content to the passengers.
In most cases multi-display capability is provided by Windows Extended Desktop, a feature built-in to Windows XP and Windows 7. Although this allows each monitor to show independent content, it does set the limitation that only one person can actively use the computer at any one time*. This setup is ideal for situations where the people viewing additional displays do not interact with the PC in any way other than looking at the screen (e.g. passengers on a bus looking at advertising content).
If more than one person needs to actively use the computer at the same time then we can provide a solution where each additional display not only provides independent content, but appears to the user to be a completely independent computer, with its own independent Windows® elements such as a desktop, start button and mouse cursor. This setup allows several people to use a single vehicle computer simultaneously, with each user's experience being exactly the same as if they were using their own independent PC. Please contact us for more information.
Passenger Entertainment
For the car environment extra displays can provide passenger entertainment, and allow passengers to use computer-based features such as email and web browsing. As an example, the driver might be using his or her screen to display navigation information, the front seat passenger might be watching a DVD, one back seat passenger might be watching a DivX video file, and another back seat passenger might be browsing the internet, as shown in the picture below.*
This makes our car computer systems one of the most powerful rear-seat entertainment systems in existence, except that our computers are not just entertainment systems, and nor are they limited to only serving the rear passengers. With internet access, the ability to run almost any Windows program, and a host of new and innovative features, our systems are the only automotive aftermarket device that you need.
Please visit our Displays page to see the various types of display that we can provide.
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*Each screen can display its own picture independently of any other screen. However, unless specifically requested, only one screen may be used 'actively' at any one time. An active use is one that requires the user to interact with the computer, either by using a touchscreen, a keyboard or a mouse. Writing an email and browsing the web are examples of active uses. Passive uses include watching videos and DVDs, where the user does not need to actively engage with the computer in any way once the activity has been started. In the above picture the only screen being used actively is the rear left screen, for browsing the web.
