Lexus Remote Touch: a Japanese take on the in-car user interface

Lexus Remote Touch

Lexus now have their own iDrive-like device. BMW debuted iDrive with a rotary knob and other car manufacturers followed suit with a similiar knob.

Lexus started off with a touch-screen system, which you can see in the LS and GS sold locally right now but with the new RX, Lexus chose a system they call “Remote Touch control” which looks rather similiar to a Nintendo Wii’s nunchuk.

Lexus Remote Touch

The little controlled knob works very similiar to the Wii’s nunchuk as well, just nudge it around to control the screen’s mouse pointer. The system also “pulls” the mouse pointer to an icon if it passes close to it.

Look after the jump for more shots of the actual Lexus Remote Touch as found in the new third generation RX.

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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

Comments

  • cyberkayu on May 18, 2009 at 10:39 am

    look like mouse~~

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  • droll on May 18, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    man, all these human machine interface devices are now getting into cars?? damn! what will they think of next? put a camera and track the occupant's eyeballs?

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  • [quote comment="239257"]man, all these human machine interface devices are now getting into cars?? damn! what will they think of next? put a camera and track the occupant's eyeballs?[/quote]

    MB is developing this technology now Droll where the camera will track your eyeball and eyelid movement to alert you when you are getting sleepy.

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  • [quote comment="239257"]man, all these human machine interface devices are now getting into cars?? damn! what will they think of next? put a camera and track the occupant's eyeballs?[/quote]

    maybe… who knows? haha

    maybe in the future there will be no human driven car anymore

    cheers!

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  • farghmee on May 18, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    just put normal touch pad (ala laptop),

    xpayah nk belajar susah2 sbb sume org dh familiar ngn laptop.

    put small screen computer with car oriented OS,

    instead of dedicated button for specific program launch,

    just make it programable to suit driver's liking.

    8)

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  • Mary Ann on May 18, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    oh i would love to Sit onto it … hopes it vibrate too when i enter..

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  • bmpower on May 18, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    I lost my in-car remote..

    what's next?

    lol!

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  • kei9 (Member) on May 18, 2009 at 10:28 pm

    mouse-lookalike. Well it is basically A mouse. (concept)

    Lexus, you're damn awesome. Using everyday technology to influence the cars.

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  • Nutty on May 18, 2009 at 11:02 pm

    [quote comment="239306"]look like mouse~~[/quote]

    haha, both of us thought of the same thing. It really does look like a mouse but a 'stationary' mouse…XD

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  • Gajen on May 19, 2009 at 12:28 am

    lexus is awesome…what a tech

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  • mystvearn on May 19, 2009 at 2:55 am

    Its getting even more stupid with all the interactivity you can get in the car. Imagine trying to run away from an avalanche or something, but you cannot run away as you need to configure the pc first before the car moves…

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  • shan0025 on May 19, 2009 at 2:59 am

    i want a car that drives itself….te normal cars?..leave em for track days..

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  • touch screen best la. easy just point and click away.

    something big like the tesla model s screen is perfect.

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  • joseph on May 19, 2009 at 8:07 am

    [quote comment="239257"]man, all these human machine interface devices are now getting into cars?? damn! what will they think of next? put a camera and track the occupant's eyeballs?[/quote]

    In fact, the LS460 sold in england and America already equipped with this technology. it wil keep beeping whn ur eyelid covers more thn 35% of ur eye for more thn 1sec…

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  • fuyiopo on May 19, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Next, we can play super mario inside the car LOL.

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  • number6 on May 19, 2009 at 9:55 am

    pretty awesome stuff, genius!!

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  • very innovative by Lexus……………but the iDrive on the BMW looks better. Thats just my 2 cents.

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  • Hassan on May 28, 2009 at 5:04 am

    It will just make BMW's iDrive looks old.. BMW should remove the implementation of their iDrive system which is many say not so user friendly for their new model and find other alternatives..

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