Comments on: Saab help drivers keep an eye on safety

By: Kroum

Kroum — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:34:14 +0000

I wear my sunglasses 90% of the time behind the wheel (unless at night, of course) – how is that going to work with the infrared cameras?

By: ctm

ctm — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:34:07 +0000

“Finding” the head and the eyes are no problem with todays standard technology. Its not that you have to sit still and position your head in a very certain way for it to work. What is the problem (and that goes for lot of other advanced technology) is to interpret what is going on and decide what to do with that information. This is usually what makes or breaks a system when it comes to user friendliness.

By: Philip

Philip — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:43:47 +0000

i hope the camera has some wide angle, so it does something like face tracking (as shown up in some webcams – it works). On the other hand the system would maybe initialize an alert when u are leaving the angle.

By: Ubermich

Ubermich — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:02:52 +0000

I doubt it will be useful at this stage. You’d need a lot more than 2 stationary cameras. I may be the only one, but when I’m tired I usually lean against the door, putting my head too far to the left for the cameras to recognize. Although maybe the system also operates if you’re not in the screen at all??
Also, those two times I *had* to drive late at night while I was tired, this would’ve been a real pain in the rear. But probably safer.