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started to work on the project and as they were analyzing things they figured it is going to be
complicated, in order to provide a blind person an image of what is in front of him seemed
impossible. The car system is divided into three main divisions: Perception, Computation and
non-visual interference.
The objective of the Perception phase is to gather the information and perceive the environment
using initial measurement unit that act as a human ear. It is designed to measure the acceleration
and angular acceleration. A GPS to estimate the location of the car and cameras to scan the road
to locate their lanes and finally a laser scan to detect the obstacles in the area. These constituents
all add up to make sure they generate the most accurate image as possible to ensure the safety of
the driver and then give it to the computer in order to compute.
Safety is the key thing in that project that is why the role of the computation is crucial. It makes
sure that the driver chooses the safest way to operate the car. Moreover, it generates instructions
on how to control the car. However what was the greatest dilemma was how to convey all these
information to the driver. It has to be fast and accurate enough, but this where the non-visual
interference comes.
The non-visual interference phase contains several systems. There is the Drive Grip, Speed Strip,
NVIS and the Airpix. The NVIS is simple a vibration vest, starting three dimensional ping sound
system. However, still the driver is told what to do as there are instruction cue devices. Thus,
they designed the AirPix, it is a small tablet with a numerous holes and a compressed air comes
out of it, consequently drawing an identical image of the surroundings the driver, seeing the
lanes, obstacles and roads.