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NEW CAR TECHNOLOGIES * UK - JLR gets inside your head to cut crashes
* England - The new Mind Sense project hopes to harness driver brainwaves to predict if a driver is distracted or sleepy on the road
-- Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has revealed a range of road-safety research projects that are intended to reduce crashes caused by distracted drivers... JLR’s ‘Sixth Sense’ projects uses advanced technology from sports, medicine and aerospace to monitor a driver’s pulse, respiration and brain activity to identify stress, fatigue and lack of concentration... Its UK-based team is also looking at innovations to reduce the time a driver’s eyes are off the road and how to communicate a problem back to the driver with pulses and vibrations through the accelerator pedal... JLR director of research and technology Dr Wolfgang Epple said: “One key piece of research is to see how we can measure brainwaves to monitor alertness and concentration” ... The Mind Sense technology research tests whether a car could effectively read brainwaves that indicate a driver is beginning to, the automaker says, “daydream or feel sleepy”... The human brain continuously generates four or more distinct brainwaves at different frequencies. By monitoring which type of brainwave is dominant a computer could assess whether a driver is focused, daydreaming, sleepy, or distracted... The most common way to monitor brainwaves is to have sensors attached to a headband, something that would be impractical in a vehicle. JLR is investigating a method used by NASA to develop a pilot’s concentration and by the USA bobsleigh team to enhance concentration and focus... The automaker is conducting trials to collect more information on the different brainwaves identified through steering wheel sensors and leading neuroscientists to verify the results... Another project being tested is whether a vehicle can monitor the well-being of the driver using a medical-grade sensor in the seat of a Jaguar XJ. The sensor, originally developed for use in hospitals, has been adapted for car use and detects vibrations from the driver’s heartbeat and breathing... Monitoring the physical health of the driver would not only detect sudden and serious illness but also allow the car to monitor his stress levels... JLR hopes to reduce driver distraction by minimising the time the driver’s eyes are on the infotainment screen with a new system in testing – the predictive infotainment screen... The prototype uses cameras to track the driver’s hand movements and enables the system to predict which button the driver intends to select. This allows successful button selection to take place in mid-air, which means users wouldn’t have to touch the screen itself... The system could also use mid-air touch to provide the driver with a sensation, otherwise known as haptic feedback, that their button selection has been successful. The sensations could include a ‘tap’ on your finger or a ‘tingling’ on your fingertips... Haptics could also be used to communicate with the driver through the accelerator pedal to increase the speed of response and to ensure the correct action is taken... To create these sensations in the accelerator pedal, an actuator is fitted to the pedal and allows for vibrations or pulses to be passed through the foot of the driver. The technology also uses a torque motor, which can create resistance in the pedal feel... This resistance could be used to notify the driver that they are pushing the accelerator through a speed limit. Alternatively, if you were crawling along in traffic a timely warning through the accelerator could prevent you bumping into the car in front...
(Video from Land Rover - Jun 9, 2015: Land Rover is researching a new type of technology that will allow cars to identify potholes while drivin. The technology will report the details of the pothole, including precise location and severity, back to the connected car technology system in order to alert fellow drivers, as well as local authorities in order to help them prioritise their repairs)
(Images: Motopress) -- London, EN, UK - Wheels 24 (New Zealand) - 19 June 2015
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