Project Context
Toyota Connected, a collaboration between Microsoft and Toyota, develops intelligent mobility solutions. In 2022, they pioneered Cabin Awareness, an innovative safety system using millimeter-wave radar to detect living beings in vehicles. Originally designed to prevent hot-car tragedies, the technology evolved to monitor passenger safety in autonomous vehicles by detecting precise occupant positions and vital signs.
Services
Timeline
8 weeks
Team
1 iOS developer
Key Technology
Industry
Build and launch an iPad dashboard visualization system for Toyota's Cabin Awareness platform, enabling real-time monitoring of vehicle occupants through advanced radar sensors – all before the upcoming Sienna launch in 8 weeks.
Real-time visualization
Our SwiftUI animations translate complex radar data into an intuitive, real-time dashboard that clearly communicates occupant positions, movements, and vital signs to safety monitors.
Remote testing complexity
COVID restrictions and a tight timeline prevented travel to access vehicles and hardware. Our remote testing framework uses screen recordings and telemetry logs, enabling thorough testing and debugging without physical access to the system.
Outcomes
Our visualization system revolutionized passenger safety monitoring in autonomous vehicles, earning adoption from major industry partners including May Mobility, Aurora, and Waymo.
3
major autonomous vehicle companies adopted the system
100%
detection rate for occupants under blankets
<10ms
latency in vital sign monitoring
