Car Mode Application...

[Vinc Duran]

Sounds like something I'd enjoy too!
Someone, somewhere in openmoko world wrote something about this and
suggested using a bluetooth headset for instructions receiving instructions
from the gps. This could be a good alternative.
Vinc

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Staley, Daniel L <dlstal2 at uky.edu> wrote:

> So now that the freerunner is almost upon us (my friends will be glad when
> it finally comes out after a year of telling them "a couple months from now
> I'll have it!"),  I have thought about what my first project is going to be.
>
> Being the nerd and impulsive buyer I am, I have bought a wireless bluetooth
> keyboard (perfect for the freerunner i think...
> http://www.amazon.com/Stowaway-Ultra-Slim-Bluetooth-Blackberry-Handhelds/dp/B0002OKCXE) for programming on the go, an external GPS antenna with a magnetic end to
> boost my GPS reception in the car, and finally a car "phone/GPS dash holder"
> to have a place to set my freerunner while driving.
>
> I decided that I am going to try to implement a program that will give me
> the most functionallity possible while driving...therefore (this may be
> wishful thinking...so please tell me if something sounds impossible):
>
> (First plug in an FM transmitter to the freerunner's headphone jack to
> transmit all sounds to the car stereo)
> * Play music and/or podcasts while scrolling the name of the current song
> across the screen
>
> * Press a rather large button in the bottom right corner of the screen to
> switch from music mode into direction mode.  In direction mode, the screen
> displays Either a Large arrow pointing the direction of your location, or
> displays the next road that needs to be turned on and how close it is in
> large text. (Music/Voice from other modes should still be played while the
> GUI displays this).  When the road approaches, the program should cut out
> the music for a moment and use freeTTS to read something like "Turn right on
> Lovelaceville Road.".  (The directions would of course have to have been
> downloaded from wlan or GPRS)
>
> * If someone calls while the program is running, ideally I would like the
> program to pause all music etc and say "Incoming call from Fred" and display
> 2 large buttons "Ignore" and "Accept."  If accept is pressed, I want the
> phone to go into speakerphone mode, but still to route the audio to the car
> speakers.  I'm wondering if it would be possible to cancel out the repeating
> of the caller's audio back into the microphone?  I'm not up to date on my
> noise cancellation techniques ;).   If this doesnt seem plausable, just
> going into speakerphone mode, or talking through a bluetooth headset will be
> acceptable.
>
> * Once the voice recognition SoC project is done, I'd also like to
> interface with that to implement voice commands for the program such as
> "Moko, next song" or "Moko, take call", or even "Moko, new destination"
> (followed by the new destination so that typing it in prior to driving would
> not be nessiary.)
>
> What do you guys think?  Possible?  Are the interrupts sent from the GSM
> modem on incoming call possible to catch before the dialer app gets them?
>  Would it be possible to get the voice cancellation good enough to implement
> the phone over car speaker feature?  And finally....would anyone else be
> interested in joining the project?
>
> If no one says that it would be impossible for some reason, I'll probably
> start drawing up some test cases, examples screens, and basic code flow.
>
> -Dan Staley
>
>
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