Integration of Voice Activated Technology with Adaptive Driving Device

新布伦瑞克社区学院（NBCC）很荣幸与Sure Grip-HVL合作，Sure Grip-HVL是一家专门为残疾司机提供创新驾驶解决方案的公司。Sure Grip向NBCC提出了帮助开发新技术的请求，以满足他们已经确定的客户需求，特别是允许驾驶员通过语音激活车辆上的二级原始设备制造商（OEM）控制的技术。OEM控制包括巡航控制，门锁，齿轮选择器，危险闪光灯，前照灯光束选择器，加热器/通风口/空调，喇叭，灯光控制，后视镜，驻车制动器，电动座椅，转向灯，电动车窗控制，挡风玻璃刮水器/清洗器和除雾器以及后部附件（除雾器，刮水器/清洗器）等功能。对于肢体活动极度受限或肢体缺失的驾驶员来说，这些OEM控制装置通常难以使用或难以到达。目前，Sure Grip安装了辅助开关，可以激活OEM控制，使驾驶员能够访问这些控制，然而，语音激活技术的开发和应用将使这些控制的操作不受驾驶员必须实际操作它们所面临的物理限制。该项目将有助于Sure Grip的产品增长，并使他们能够提高目前使用劣质解决方案驾驶的人们的驾驶体验。

New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) is proud to partner with Sure Grip-HVL, a company that specializes in innovative driving solutions for drivers with disabilities. Sure Grip approached NBCC with a request to help develop new technology to address a customer need they had identified, specifically, technology which allows drivers to activate the secondary Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) controls on their vehicles through voice activation. The OEM controls include such functions as cruise control, door locks, gear selector, hazard flasher, headlight beam selector, heater/vent/air conditioner, horn, light controls, mirrors, parking brake, power seats, turn signals, power window controls, windshield wiper/washer and defogger, and rear accessories (defogger, wiper/washer). For drivers with extremely limited motion in their limbs or who are missing limbs these OEM controls are often too difficult to use or in difficult to reach areas. Sure Grip currently mounts auxiliary switches that can activate OEM controls to make them accessible to drivers, however, the development and application of voice activation technology to the OEM controls would allow for the operation of these controls without the physical constraints that drivers face by having to physically operate them. This project will contribute to Sure Grip's product growth and allow them to enhance the driving experience of people who are currently driving with inferior solutions.