DRIVE AWAY WITH UR EYES

The computer experts suggest the drivers not to take their eyes off the road, as this can prove to be really disasterous...!
                    The Computer Scientist have successfully created a software called 'eyedriver' that manages and controls the steering wheel of the car and moves to the direction where your eyes move.The eyeDriver software is a prototype application for steering the vehicle eye movements. The eye movements of the driver are collected and converted into control signals for the steering wheel where as the speed is controlled separately and is not included in eyeDriver. The software shows that you can drive a vehicle alone with eye movements.
HOW IT WORKS...!?
The HED4 solution used for detecting and tracking the eye movements. All you need is a converted bicycle helmet equipped with two cameras and an infrared LED, as well as a laptop computer with special software. One of the cameras is pointed to the front in the same direction as the person wearing the helmet (scene camera), while the other camera films one eye of the wearer (eye camera). The infrared light supports the eye camera and is pointed to the eye under observation. A transparent mirror that reflects only the infrared light is used to allow a reasonable viewing angle for the eye camera, without limiting the wearer's ability to see. After a brief calibration the software on the laptop of the HED4 is not only able to capture the position of the pupil in the eye camera, but can also calculate the position in the scene camera that the wearer is looking at. These coordinates in the image of the scene camera (viewing position) are transmitted via an ordinary LAN to the onboard computer. The eyeDriver software receives the viewing positions at regular intervals over the LAN in the vehicle and uses it to control the steering wheel. It is available in two modes and the driver can choose any one from: "free ride" and "routing."

In the "free ride" mode the viewing positions are linked directly with the steering wheel motor. That means that the x-coordinates of the viewing position are used to calculate the desired position of the steering wheel. Further, driver looks to the left or right, the steering wheel is turned in that direction. The speed of the vehicle is set in advance and kept constant, as long as the position of the gaze is recognized. In case it is not possible to detect which direction the driver is looking in, for example, if the driver's eyes are closed, the vehicle brakes automatically.

In the "routing" mode, car steers autonomously most of the time. Only where there is a fork in the road, or an intersection, the car stops and asks the driver to select the next route. This requires the wearer of the helmet to look to the left or right for three seconds. If the driver's gaze lingers long enough in one direction, the eyeDriver software confirms acoustically that the choice has been accepted. The decision is communicated to the planner in the vehicle. Then the artificial intelligence plans the route accordingly and continue to run independently.
 
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