Technology to enable a car to "understand" the emotional state develops scientists at the MIT media lab (Affective Computing Group), considering that a vehicle that can "understand" when its driver is tired or stressed will be able to help prevent road accidents.
The team behind the program (AutoEmotive) win it Data Driven Hackaton, winning a judging panel from IDEO, MIT and the Volkswagen Group.
«Ανεξαρτήτως της συναισθηματικής κατάστασης των οδηγών, τα σημερινά αυτοκίνητα δίνουν την αίσθηση ότι είναι απαθή και αποκομμένα. Πιστεύουμε ότι εγκαθιστώντας τεχνολογίες ανίχνευσης συναισθημάτων μέσα στο αυτοκίνητο μπορούμε να βελτιώσουμε δραματικά την εμπειρία της οδήγησης, αυξάνοντας την better safety των οδηγών» αναφέρουν οι ερευνητές (Χαβιέ Χερνάντεζ, Ντάνιελ ΜακΝτάφ, Τζούντιθ Αμόρες, Ξαβιέ Μπεναβίντες) στην ιστοσελίδα του προγράμματος.
A car that could understand negative emotions on the part of the driver could help prevent an accident by projectingalerts. Αισθητήρες στο τιμόνι και τα χερούλια των πορτών θα μπορούσαν να ανιχνεύουν ηλεκτρικά σήματα από το δέρμα, την πίεση την οποία ασκεί ο οδηγός (πιθανή ένδειξη στρες), ή την εφίδρωση στις παλάμες, ενώ μία camera in the windshield could analyze facial expressions. At the same time, special sensors will measure (remotely) the heartbeat.
As the researchers point out, depending on the signals it perceives, the car will change its "behavior", for example by increasing the intensity of the light (if it detects that the driver is experiencing the "tunnel effect" participants' vision») or to change the lighting, temperature and music volume inside the vehicle in order to "calm" the driver. Also, the car will be able to make changes to the music and voice of the GPS, so that it responds to data the psychological state of the driver (for example, suggesting more "loud" music if it perceives that he is too tired).
Indications of his emotional state could be shown to the driver on the dashboard, while the researchers go even further, suggesting that the data be passed on to other drivers so that driving, or even "interactive" color is safer a car that will change to "alert" other drivers if they need to be more careful about the particular car, for example, holding a longer distance.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
