Multi-Touch Enabled Steering WheelA prototype automotive steering wheel that uses a touchscreen to let the driver control radio or navigate a map without loosing concentration.
With increasing technological advances just everything is becoming touch screen in today’s modern world.Falling into the same category, a new touchscreen steering wheel prototype has been recently unveiled at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems by a team of researchers from the University of Stuttgart, University of Duisburg-Essen and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.
The main aim of this creation is to enable driver to control things easily without being diverted while on the road. Sometimes while driving long distance, it becomes difficult for the driver to concentrate on the road and also change a song or change the buttons to increase or decrease the AC in the car. Unlike normal vehicle controls that divert the attention of the driver in most cases, this touchscreen steering wheel makes possible to control things and enables the driver to change the song or even change other functionalities in the car without taking his eyes off the road.
This steering wheel is eleven millimeters thick and has an acrylic body. It has infrared LEDs. An infrared camera is attached to the bottom of the wheel that senses the reflections when the screen is touched. Gestures can also be made without removing the hands off the steering wheel such as radio or navigating a map. This touchscreen steering wheel technology includes sensor systems that are specifically designed for checking road conditions and traffic.
The researchers undertook a survey to know the opinion of the people about the commands to be included in this prototype. For instance, zoom in and out can be done by pinching the screen with two fingers and others. After the gestures are established, the participants were also taken for testing the wheel in a simulator and have been proved that this prototype reduces the time the driver takes off the road and is completely safe.
Source: Physorg
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