Headrest technology… Ford competes with mind-controlled steering system

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Ford car brand

In a move that will increase competition among car manufacturers, the American car manufacturer, “Ford”, has obtained a patent that uses brain scanners to anticipate decisions that the driver can make while driving.

The engineers of the American company have programmed a system that uses a computer interface to predict the driver’s behavior while driving, but the company has not announced its plan to include that system in its cars during the current period.

Specifically, the system does not replace a traditional steering wheel or pedals like a self-driving car, but instead uses brain scanners to anticipate decisions the driver might make and adjust the vehicle’s settings, including autonomous emergency braking and steering.

Furthermore, the technology can be used for full telepathic driving or to assist with active safety systems, determining if the driver has detected problems or obstacles.

And the American car company indicated, “This is a way to control a vehicle using a brain-machine interface (BMI) device,” noting that “in this design, this interface will be integrated into the headrest.”

The company explained that “IMC technology is a technology that enables humans to provide commands to computers using human brain activity, and this system allows decoding the activity to translate the firing patterns of neurons in the user’s brain into separate commands to control the vehicle.”

The company confirmed that recent developments in “IMC” technology dealt with aspects of vehicle control, and one aspect of this control includes determining the driver’s intention to measure the extent of the driver’s assistance response.

And last year, the German company “Mercedes” demonstrated a prototype of its fully autonomous vehicle “Vision AVTR Concept”, which integrates an artificial intelligence system, and allows the development of the possibility of intuitive interaction.

The car allows the performance of certain tasks as soon as the user thinks regarding them, and its technology depends on the visual perception system, and as soon as the hand is raised, a list of light points is displayed on a digital screen located on the dashboard.

Although brain-computer interface applications will not be available in everyday life for the time being, they can be incorporated into the field of medical research, and the technology is already a viable option and can help people with physical disabilities become more independent.