4) How does your idea contribute to creating a more seamless AV experience?

(Sandro)
You are already late for work, you quickly start your car and while you are driving, you
heard a loud flapping noise and vibration. As you check the source of the sound, your
face turns grim as you discovered that you have a flat tire. You are forced to push your
car out in the middle of the road towards the nearest mechanic shop, which is miles
away, thus you never arrive at your destination at all. Flat tires in cars are an annoying
scenario that disrupts your daily plans and tests your patience. Hence, it is high time for
autonomous vehicles (AV) to create a feature that mitigates this problem to occur. One
of the best features is to create an Automatic Flat Tire Assessment (AFTA) for cars.
Using voice activation, the car will automatically assess the status of its tires. This
assessment includes:
1) Status of the Valve stem
2) Rubbed or ripped tires
3) Tyre bead leaks
4) Separation of Tire and Rim
5) Air pressure (e.g. Over-pumped tires)
This AI sensor can assess the valve stem to ensure that there is no protrusion or loose
screws in the tires. The sensor can also detect the damages such as corrosion in the
valve stem or tire bead that might cause the air to leak out. It can also check the right
alignment of the tire and its rim which can lead to slow loss of air over time which
cannot be detected easily. The lack or excess of air pressure can also prevent the tire
from moving efficiently. Generally, the AI sensor will notify the problem of the driver in a
certain level of Tire status: Best Condition, Good Condition, Bad Condition.
Moreover, this feature will specifically detect the necessary solution on whether the tire
needs to be completely replaced, tighten its screws in the valve stem, increase or
decrease the air pressure, or align the tire with its rim. This new characteristic of cars
will act as a pre-emptive measure to avoid aberrations during driving. Instead, the driver
will be aware of the problem of the tires and troubleshoot it before the issue gets worse
and disrupt their daily plans.
Another problem for car owners is their security. There are existing threats
where miscreant persons will break into their cars. The status quo solution is the
automatic alarm system which triggers whenever there is a forced entry into the cars.
However, this is deficient since some owners are distant and might not hear the alarm
and can still become unaware of their car mishap. Some modifications to address this
issue are software applications that notify their owners through mobile phones
whenever someone is breaking into their cars (Humphries, 2021). However, the
problems still thrive when car owners do not have their phones on them (e.g. left them
unattended or put them in silent mode). To guarantee and maximize the security of the
cars, the team presents a Face-Voice Recognition (FVR) feature that will turn on the
ignition of the cars using the face and voice of the owners. The Keyless Ignition System
is already an available feature in some car models, however, it simply used a push-
button to replace the key (Gareffa, 2018). This is not enough since the button can easily
give access to the carnappers.

https://www.edmunds.com/car-technology/going-keyless.html

By using the (FVR) system, even if someone forced their entry on the cars, the
ignition system will still not turn on. Additionally, this will also resolve the issue of the
most common problem of owners forgetting their keys. Face recognition is already
available in mobile phones, hence, it is already high time to make it available to bigger
machinery such as cars. There are possibilities when faces of people look similar,
hence, it will create a loophole towards face recognition. This is the reason why it is
necessary to include the voice as a factor to guarantee the personal security of the car
accessibility.
In the worst-case scenario, when the carnapper successfully gained access to
the car, the Force Car Ignition Lock System (FCILS) will prevent the car from moving. It
will be an additional feature where the ignition system can be stopped using a mobile
software application. Even when the robbers (or anything alike) used your car and
already traveled kilometers away, you can still prevent them from moving by forcing the
car’s ignition system to stop by implying using your phone.

The last attribute to achieve the seamless AV is the Car Call Code (CCC)
feature. Crimes do not only happen in streets, but also inside of cars such as hold-ups,
robberies, kidnappings. The car owners cannot seek help since their phones are
confiscated and they are threatened by weapons to prevent them from shouting or
seeking help. The CCC feature can save the lives of the victims. Using voice recognition
codes or words, it will allow the car to automatically and secretly call for authorities and
consent access to be traced. When the victim utters the codes in the form of simple
words or sentences (e.g. OMG, What do you want? Where you will take me?), it will
trigger the CCC system without the awareness of the perpetrators. Therefore, will save
the lives of car owners in times of danger. Likewise, this feature can also be used to call
for an ambulance (can be triggered using a different code) when mobile phones are not
available in times of emergency.
 REFERENCES
Gareffa, P. (2018, August 7). What you need to know about keyless ignition systems.
Edmunds. Retrieved February 12, 2022, from https://www.edmunds.com/car-
technology/going-keyless.html
Humphries, M. (2021, June 10). Ford will now tell you when someone is breaking into
your car. PCMag Asia. Retrieved February 12, 2022, from
https://sea.pcmag.com/cars-auto/44195/ford-will-now-tell-you-when-someone-is-
breaking-into-your-car