Our Innovation
Brief overview
SoberRide is an adaptive breathalyzer featuring a tamper-proof retinal eye scanner, designed to stop drunk drivers before it's too late.
This page highlights the technology behind our product and provides key details. Our device is priced at $104.99 for OEMs, with the cost factored into the final sticker price of the vehicle at the point of purchase.
mq3 sensor
After extensive testing at a chemistry lab at North Carolina State University with help from professors, we have done analysis and found the MQ3 sensor to be our best choice when compared to alternatives such as the fuel cell sensor. This high-quality, cost-effective sensor accurately determines the concentration of ethanol molecules from the driver's breath, sending an analog value of the driver's breath alcohol content (BrAC) to the device's motherboard. After verifying and filtering this analog value with our AI model and retinal eye scanner, the device will give a score and if this score is above a certain threshold, signifying the driver is intoxicated, it won't allow the car to operate.
Ai model
Our team strives to achieve 100% accuracy in our readings. While our sensor handles most cases effectively, we recognized the need for additional support in borderline situations. To address this, we developed a hybrid quantum-classical neural network that analyzes various contextual factors, such as time of day, vehicle location, and driver history, to predict the likelihood of intoxication.
This likelihood prediction is then used to dynamically adjust the sensor's tolerances. For instance, if the neural network predicts a high likelihood of intoxication, it signals the MQ3 sensor to apply stricter thresholds, ensuring a more precise evaluation. SoberRide AI serves as a powerful behind-the-scenes tool, significantly reducing false readings and enhancing the reliability of our device.
Model
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Retinal eye scanner
To make our device practical in the real world, we had to come up with a solution to an obvious problem with our device so far: tampering. Someone could get their sober friend or stranger to breathe into the device for them if they wanted to turn on the car. This is where our retinal eye scanner comes into play.
The iris of a human has 5x the number of unique identifiers a fingerprint has. In fact, the error rate of an iris signature is 1 in more than a million. Our retinal eye scanner will sit a little in front of the dashboard constantly scanning the driver's eyes for 2 things:
1. Signature - proves that the driver is the one who's breath is collected
2. Eye characteristics - the camera will look at pupil dilation, redness, and eye movement to provide another set of inputs along with the quantum AI model and sensor classifying if a driver is drunk.
recap
Overall, SoberRide delivers a high-quality, low-maintenance, cost-effective device unlike anything seen today. Many similar alternatives have failed in the market due to the cost, maintenance, and unreliability but SoberRide changes this.