What is an artificial passenger? ?? Natural language eNatural language e--companion.companion. ??

Sleep preventive device in cars toSleep preventive device in cars toovercome dro wsiness.overcome drowsiness. ?? Life safety system.Life safety system What does it do? ?? D etects alarm conditions through D etects alarm conditions throughsensors.sensors. ?? Broadcasts preBroadcasts pre--stored voice messagesstored voice messages over th e speakers.over the speakers. ?? Captures images of the driver.Captures images of the driver.

D evices that are used in AP T he main devices that are used in this T he main devices that are used in thisartificial passenger are:artificial passeng er are:-?? E ye tracker. E ye tracker.

?? Voice recognizer or speech recognizer.Voice recognizer or speech recognizer. About AP ?? T he AP is an artificial intelligence T he AP is an artificial intelligencebased companion that will be resident inbased c ompanion that will be resident insoftware and chips embedded in thesoftware and chips embedded in theautomobile dashboard.automobile dashboard. ?? T he system has a conversation planner T he system has a conversation plannerthat holds a profile of you, includingthat h olds a profile of you, includingdetails of your interests and profession.details of your interests ? A microphone picks up your answer andA microphone picks up your answer andbreaks it down into separate words withbreaks it down into separate words withspeechsp eech--recognition software.recognition software. ?? A camera built into the dashboard alsoA camera built into the dashboard alsotrac ks your lip movements to improvetracks your lip movements to improvethe accuracy of the speech recognition.the accuracy ? A voice analyzer then looks for signs ofA voice analyzer then looks for signs of tiredness by checking to see if thetiredness by checking to see if theanswer mat ches your profile. Slowanswer matches your profile. Slowresponses and a lack of attention areresponses and a lack of attention aresigns of fatigue.signs of fati gue. ?? If you reply quickly and clearly, theIf you reply quickly and clearly, thesystem judges you to be alert and tellssystem judges you to be alert and tellsthe conv ersation planner to continue thethe conversation planner to continue theline of questioning.line of questioning.

?? If your response is slow or doesntIf your response is slow or doesntmake sense, th e voice analyzer assumesmake sense, the voice analyzer assumesyou are dropping o ff and acts to getyou are dropping off and acts to getyour attention.your attent ion.

D etecting D etecting driver vigilancedriver vigilance ?? Aiming a single camera at a head of aAiming a single camera at a head of adriver .driver. ?? D etecting frequency of up and down D

etecting frequency of up and downnodding and left to right rotations ofnodding a nd left to right rotations ofthe head within a selected time period.the head wit hin a selected time period. ?? D etermining frequency of eye blinkings D etermining frequency of eye blinkingsand eye closings.and eye closi