Toshiba shows off in-car facial recognition system
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 25th 2009 1:57PM
posted May 25th 2009 1:57PM
We've seen plenty of systems that rely on facial recognition for an interface, but they've so far been a decidedly rarer occurrence when it comes to in-car systems. Toshiba looks set to change that, however, with it now showing off a new system that'll not only let you control the A/C or radio with the glance of your eye, but alert you if you happen to take your eyes off the road for too long. That's done with the aid of a camera mounted above the steering wheel that's used to identify and map out the driver's face, letting the car (or desktop PC in this demonstration) detect everything from head movement and eye direction to eyelid blinks, which Toshiba says could eventually be used to alert drowsy drivers. Unfortunately, Toshiba doesn't have any immediate plans to commercialize the technology, although it apparently busily working to make it more suited for embedded CPUs.
What if the you were a mask and you refuse to remove it.......then chaos ensue......
oth, I'd like to get that in my house.......so I can drive to stores right from inside my house....
I can only hope such an invention could one day help me to understand your comment.
Cocaine, Its a hell of a drug
Nice.
"I don't want to die, can you please look up".
"Computer has sensed that you are the only occupant in the car, and a DVD has been inserted... we advise against this action".
"I have detected that your wife is in the passenger seat, and believe it would be best if she drove".
"User, that is not your wife. Commencing uploading of woman in passenger seat to wife's cellular device"
Just cut to the chase and make a car that can drive itself already...
No matter how much tech you put in a car it will not stop drunks or noobs or just plain idiots from causing an accident...
If someone puts the car in reverse instead of FWD is that gonna stop from them smashing my car parked in back?
too many nubs on this planet...
That's because we are preventing natural selection.
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.
I for one welcome the future in-car overlords
this is the only meme that I never really get sick of
yo dawg, i heard you like cars...
so we put a car in yo car so you can drive while you drive!
:D
Sup dawg, I herd you didnt liek forming babby, but I accidentally in your base.
http://xkcd.com/550/
Toshiba is garbage.
they should implement it as a security device
only you could start or drive your car - no more stolen cars
if someone wanted to carjack you, they would have to cut off your head too
Except the car thief just gets a little photo of you and tapes it in front of the camera -- CARJACKED!
and then the computer thinks youre dead because youre not blinking.
plan fail.
they already put this on some Toyota 2 years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaZ8lRcKMzg
I don't know if it will be suitable for me. I kinda hate driving. So usually my head is tilted back and to the side, and I put on the most laziest face, and I can imagine the system telling me that I need to look on the road or it will recommend me to rest. NO! I AM looking on the road and I'm just going to work.
bollocks...KITT already had this technology 30 years ago...give me a David Hasselhoff bobble head and we'll call it a win!
Fuck that, I want an OUTER-car facial recognition system that automatically beeps twice at my friends, so I can focus on texting.
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What?
What if I'm having a bad hair day (poorly applied makeup, dye job, eyebrows awry), will it still recognize me? Can we program it to tell me how great I look and that my butt doesn't look fat? They need chicks on the programming team to get their priorities straight.
i think this is useful i like toshiba things