Copilot on the phone: Obstacle and Lane detection in a handset.

Neel turned back to point out the tablet to his daughter. The family of three were driving down to the coast for the long weekend. “I got it, what do you want me to write in reply?” asked his daughter Pia from the rear seat. “Could you read out what he wrote?” Neel asked back. Their hatchback was traveling at about 40 mph. Neel glanced into the rearview mirror to look at Pia. In a momentary lapse of attention, he did not spot that the SUV 5 seconds in front braking hard. His phone mounted onto the windscreen had an app recording from the front camera. It monitored the vehicles real-time. Just as Neel was looking into the mirror the 3-second threshold was breached and the phone let out a warning beep, just as Pia shouted “Dad watch out”. Read More