Controlling the car with thoughts? Changan Automobile announces patent for headrest EEG control system

According to news on March 24, according to Qichacha, the patent for "Headrest System, Control Method and Vehicle Based on EEG Control" applied by Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. was recently announced.

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According to the patent summary, the patent belongs to the automotive field and provides a headrest system, control method and vehicle based on EEG control. The pillow system includes a flexible headrest part, an EEG signal acquisition module, an EEG signal processing module, and a vehicle machine. Central control module and multiple vehicle equipment control modules.

Looking specifically at the implementation process, the flexible headrest is installed on the top of the vehicle's main driver's seat, and the EEG signal acquisition module is installed in the flexible headrest to collect the driver's EEG signals and transmit them to EEG signal processing module. The EEG signal processing module is used to obtain control instructions from the EEG signals using preset strategies and transmit them to the vehicle central control module. Different control instructions correspond to different vehicle equipment control modules. The vehicle-mounted central control module is used to identify control instructions and deliver the control instructions to the corresponding vehicle-mounted equipment control module; the vehicle-mounted equipment control module is used to control the vehicle-mounted equipment to execute the control instructions.

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The "headrest system" in this application combines the headrest on the vehicle with EEG control technology, and can apply EEG control technology to the vehicle to improve the intelligence of the vehicle.

Moreover, the patent specification shows that the above method allows the driver to control the opening and closing of various vehicle-mounted devices through EEG signals without speaking or making large physical movements, thereby making it easier for the driver to use.

In the future, if this technology is applied to vehicles sold on the market, it will bring a completely different driving experience to drivers.

However, how to perfectly integrate the EEG control technology in this patent with vehicles so that the EEG control technology can play a greater role and provide a better user experience is still an urgent problem to be solved.