Inspiration
Toyota's challenge to create an application to improve the experience of electrical vehicle (EV) users had us thinking about how we can use an EV's technology to serve the user beyond what a normal car can do. One of the most compelling abilities of EVs is the battery's capacity to power parts of the vehicle, such as AC, without turning on the engine. This led us to think of how the EVs battery capacity can allow Cam Companion to add a vital safety measure to your car.
What it does
Our app transforms a dash cam and the car's rear view camera into a security system similar to the Ring app for your home, but instead for your car. The app uses an EV's sensors while the vehicle is off and automatically turns on the corresponding camera and starts recording. The user can access all recordings in the app, detected faces and license plates from the footage, as well as manually turn on a camera to record.
Tech Stack
Our app was built using the React Native Framework. We used Javascript and node.js to build the backend. For routing the pages of our application, we used the react-nativigation-stack and react-navigation libraries.
In the future, we plan on implementing Google Cloud Vision to analyze can capture information from dash cam video footage.
Our wireframes were built on Figma.
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