Description

This project develops a customized data collecting and displaying device for motor cabin vehicles. This system includes, on the one hand, a set of outside data receptors in the vehicule, composed of cameras, radars and other components to receive data from what happens on the road. The cameras cover the driver's visual field, and they can also show further information from parking cameras or rear-view mirrors, for example. Another set of inside data receptors collect information about the user, such as eyes position or viewing angle. The system has two cameras to capture two images from the top of the car windshield, set in an specific position and at a certain distance between them. Later, by comparing these two images, the eyes position can be established accurately. Data from the reception systems (both outside and inside) and the peripheral components are collected in the processing system, where the image captured by the outside receptors is transformed to match with the driver's view across the windshield, establishing the data to be displayed. Nowadays, there is another technology offering a similar function: the HUD (head-up display), a device showing data by projecting it on the windshield or in a small methacrylate plate close to the instrument panel. It is a passive system, as there is no feedback from the road elements nor the driver's view. This is the most significant difference, because our system adapts data to the user's perspective.

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