Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Reflection for TLM1010 Technical Communication


At the start of the TLM1010 module, I was not confident with my ability to speak in a public setting. As we progressed through the trimester, I was presented with multiple opportunities to speak publicly. And through these opportunities and feedback from my professor and fellow course mates, I am more confident in speaking in front of a large audience.

Through this Technical communication module, I was taught the proper way to write formal reports, letters, and emails. Prior to this module I was not aware of the importance of a proper citation and referencing in a report and was having a lot of trouble with citation while writing my product analysis. While coming up with the slide’s idea for our oral presentation, I learned that it was not necessary to fill the slides with pointers as I was taught in my time in Polytechnic.

I was surprised but felt grateful to be given a chance to present at the 4th annual presentation showcase. Presenting in front of the whole cohort of Telematics students took me a lot of courage. But ultimately with the encouragement and tips given by my groupmate, I was able to get through the presentation with minimal mistakes.

While watching other groups present, I was able to pick up on a few things that that I need to improve going forward. For example, I saw how proper posture can boost your confidence in speaking. I also need to speak at a slower pace and not rely on a script written beforehand as I can easily forget the script and lose my train of thoughts.

In conclusion, I am both grateful and thankful for the effort put in by my professor and fellow course mates as I was taught various skills that I can utilize and apply them in the future.

Thursday, October 17, 2019

Draft 3: Product Summary and Analysis


The Fagerberg article “Video - The New Fleet Telematic Killer App” (2019) introduces LYTX DriveCam, a dual-facing camera that can be installed in a user’s vehicle that serves multiple purposes. LYTX Drivecam’s functions include the detection of driver’s behavior as well as providing information about recent road traffic accidents that happened in the vicinity of the driver’s location.

There is a feature that triggers the camera to start automatically or in a predetermined interval to protect the user’s privacy. Videos recording will then provide drivers with “post-drive coaching” to further improve their driving performance.

The camera also has facial tracking properties allowing it to detect the driver’s fatigue and distraction as well as provide the driver with real-time notifications, giving drivers feedback such as visual and audible alerts and vibrations to focus the driver’s attention back on the road thus preventing potential road traffic accidents.

When compared to other road-facing cameras on the market, LYTX DriveCam should be a company’s primary choice as they provide 3 functions a normal vehicle dash-cam does not.

One function that LYTX DriveCam has is to locate, track and manage the company’s vehicle in real-time through LYTX's online platform. Companies can use this function to keep track of the arrival and departure times of their vehicles to ensure their drivers stick to the exact routes provided by setting alerts when vehicles enter or exit specific areas or operate beyond certain times. The system will then make adjustments to the routes and provide a more efficient route to minimize time loss. LYTX DriveCam is also able to help companies manage costs by tracking idle time and fuel consumption based on accurate reports from vehicle engine control modules.

Another function of LYTX DriveCam is that it can be installed anywhere in the vehicle, you can install up to 4 DriveCam on the front, sides and the back of the vehicle and link them together to provide 360 degrees view surrounding the vehicles. whereas cameras such as “Pearl RearVision” only provides video recordings from the rear of the vehicle. During road traffic accidents companies can review video recordings to retrieve data of accidents.

A vital function that gives LYTX DriveCam a competitive edge over other dash-cam competitors such as “Pearl RearVision” would be their machine vision and artificial intelligence (MV+AI) technology. The technology can detect risky driving habits and practices, from unsafe braking habits to the speed of the vehicle to cell phone usage. (the AI uses a database to rate the driver based on the frequency of their risky driving behaviors, the drivers can review these data to improve and change their driving habits. LYTX technology can also detect if a vehicle stopping at the stop sign by combining machine vision with data taken from the GPS, accelerometer and the vehicle’s on-board computers.

LYTX DriveCam combines multiple high-quality video streams with sophisticated data from a variety of sensors, it then analyses all information and data recorded using the in-build artificial intelligence to build a predictive risk model that can help drivers see and avoid dangerous situations before they occur.

With dash-cam becoming a necessity for car owners, I think that these unique functions that LYTX DriveCam provides can help protect good drivers against passengers or nearby vehicles that make poor decisions. Companies can utilize LYTX DriveCam to help absolve their drivers from false claims that could affect their job and the company’s reputation.

Johan Fagerberg.(2019, Feb 25), Video – the new fleet telematics killer app?,

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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Draft #2: Product Summary and Analysis


The article “Video - The New Fleet Telematic Killer App” by Johan (February 2019) introduces LTYX DriveCam, a road-facing camera that can be installed in the user’s vehicle that serves multiple purposes. From basic dash-cams functions to detecting driver’s behavior as well as recent road traffic accidents that happened in the vicinity of the driver’s location.

There are functions that trigger the camera to start automatically or in a predetermined interval in order to protect the user’s privacy. Videos recording will then provide drivers with “post-drive coaching” to further improve their driving performance.

The camera also has facial tracking properties allowing it to detect the driver’s fatigue and distraction as well as provide the driver with real-time notifications, giving drivers feedback such as visual and audible alerts and vibrations to focus the driver’s attention back on the road thus preventing potential road traffic accidents.

When compared to other road-facing cameras on the market, LYTX DriveCam should be a business’s primary choice as they provide many functions a normal vehicle dash-cam does not.

One function that LYTX DriveCam has is to locate, track and manage your company’s vehicle in real-time through their online platform. Companies can use this function to keep track of the arrival and departure times of their vehicles to ensure their drivers stick to the exact routes provided by setting alerts when vehicles enter or exit specific areas or operate beyond certain times. The system will then make adjustments to the routes and provide a more efficient route to minimize time loss. LYTX DriveCam is also able to help companies manage costs by tracking idle time and fuel consumption based on accurate reports from vehicle engine control modules.

Another function that LYTX provides is to be able to install LYTX DriveCam anywhere on the car, you can connect up to 4 DriveCam to provide 360 degrees view surrounding the vehicles whereas cameras such as “Pearl RearVision” only provides video recordings from the rear of the vehicle. During road traffic accidents companies can review the video recordings to retrieve data of accidents.

A vital function that gives LYTX DriveCam a competitive edge over other dash-cam competitors such as “Pearl RearVision” would be their machine vision and artificial intelligence (MV+AI) technology. This technology can detect risky driving habits, recognize risky driving practices, from unsafe braking habits to the speed of the vehicle to cell phone usage. By giving drivers a score based on the frequency and risk levels of their driving behavior, they can review these data to improve and change their driving habits. LYTX technology can detect if a vehicle stopping at the stop sign by combining machine vision with data taken from the GPS, accelerometer and the vehicle’s on-board computers.

LYTX DriveCam combines multiple high-quality video streams with sophisticated data from a variety of sensors, it then analyses all information and data recorded using the in-build artificial intelligence to build a predictive risk model that can help drivers see and avoid dangerous situations before they occur.

With dash-cam becoming a necessity for car owners, I think that these unique functions that LYTX DriveCam provides can help protect good drivers against passengers or nearby vehicles that make poor decisions. Companies can utilize LYTX DriveCam to help absolve their drivers from false claims that could affect their job and the company’s reputation.

Johan Fagerberg, Retrieved on 25 September 2019

LYTX, Retrieved on 01 October 2019

LYTX, Retrieved on 02 October 2019

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Draft #1: Product Summary and Analysis


The article “Video - The New Fleet Telematic Killer App” introduces LTYX Drivecam, a road-facing camera that can be installed in the user’s vehicle that serves multiple purposes. From basic dash cams functions to detecting driver’s behaviour as well as recent road traffic accidents that happened in the vicinity of the driver’s location.
There are functions that triggers the camera to start automatically or in a predetermined interval in order to protect the user’s privacy. Videos recording will then provide drivers with “post-drive coaching” to further improve their driving performance.
The camera also has facial tracking properties allowing it to detect the driver’s fatigue and distraction as well as provide driver with real-time notifications, giving drivers feedback such as visual and audible alerts and vibrations to focus the driver’s attention back on the road thus preventing potential road traffic accidents.

When compared to other road-facing camera on the market, LYTX DriveCam should be business’s primary choice as they provide many functions a normal vehicle dash-cam does not.
One function that LYTX DriveCam have is to locate, track and manage your company’s vehicle in real time through their online platform. Companies are able to use this function to keep track the arrival and departure times of their vehicles to ensure their drivers stick to the exact routes provided by setting alerts when vehicles enter or exit specific areas or operate beyond certain time. The system will then make adjustments to the route and provide a more efficient route as to minimize time loss. LYTX DriveCam is also able to help companies manage costs by tracking idle time and fuel consumption based on accurate reports from vehicle engine control modules. Using this companies

It is possible to install LYTX DriveCam anywhere on the car, you can connect up to 4 DriveCam to provide 360 degrees view surrounding the vehicles whereas cameras such as “Pearl RearVision” only provides video recordings from the rear of the vehicle. During a road traffic accident companies can review the video recordings to retrieve data of the accidents.

A vital function that gives LYTX DriveCam a competitive edge over other dash-cam competitor such “Pearl RearVision” would be their machine vision and artificial intelligence (MV+AI) technology. This technology is able to detect risky driving habits, recognize risky driving practices, from unsafe braking habits to the speed of the vehicle to cell phone usage. By giving drivers a score based on the frequency and risk levels of their driving behaviour, they are able to review these data to improve and change their driving habits. LYTX technology is able to detect if a vehicle stopping at the stop sign by combining machine vision with data taken from the GPS, accelerometer and the vehicle’s on-board computers.

LYTX DriveCam combines multiple high-quality video streams with sophisticated data from a variety of sensors, it then analyses all information and data recorded using the in-build artificial intelligence to build a predictive risk model that can help drivers see and avoid dangerous situation before they occur.

With dash-cam becoming a necessity for car owners these unique functions that LYTX DriveCam provides can help protect good drivers against passengers or nearby vehicles that make poor decisions. Companies can utilize LYTX DriveCam to help exonerate their drivers from false claims that could affect their job and company’s reputation.

Johan Fagerberg, Retrieved on 25 September 2019

LYTX, Retrieved on 01 October 2019

LYTX, Retrieved on 02 October 2019

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Product Summary (Draft-1)


The article “Video - The New Fleet Telematic Killer App” introduces a road-facing camera that can be installed in the user’s vehicle that serves multiple purposes. From basic dash cams functions to detecting driver’s behavior as well as recent road traffic accidents that happened in the vicinity of the driver’s location.

There are functions that triggers the camera to start automatically or in a predetermined interval in order to protect the user’s privacy. Videos recording will then provide drivers with “post-drive coaching” to further improve their driving performance.

The camera also has facial tracking properties allowing it to detect the driver’s fatigue and distraction as well as provide driver with real-time notifications, giving drivers feedback such as visual and audible alerts and vibrations to focus the driver’s attention back on the road thus preventing potential road traffic accidents.

Johan Fagerberg Co-Founder at Berg Insight. (2019)

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

TLM1010 Formal Writing


Dear Professor Brad,
 
I am Tan Ching Wei, currently pursuing a degree in Telematics (Intelligent Transport System Engineering). In 2017, I graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic with a Diploma in Electronics Computer and Communication.

At 13, I built my first desktop, and since then anything related to computers and technology grabbed my attention. With an inquisitive mind, I continue to explore the wonders of technology. My post-secondary education exposed me to Electronics, in particular, Information Technology. With the exposure, I knew that that was the area I was truly interested in. My passion and interest in this field bloomed with time, leading me to apply for this Telematics course.

One of my strengths is being able to explain a concept or an idea to someone regardless of him/her having any prior background knowledge. Having a passion for electronics, I derive joy from explaining to others about it. One time, I was able to explain in a manner comprehensible to kids in a Science Fair held in Nanyang Polytechnic. My greatest communication weakness is public speaking. One time, I had to do a presentation in front of my class. Knowing that I was terrible speaking in front of a crowd, I had my script memorized, hoping to regurgitate the words out smoothly. I diligently spent hours tucked away with my script. However, when it was time to show everyone my fruits of labour, I froze midway and my mind went blank. Not even the pointers on the slides could get my brain working again.

Through this module, I hope to grasp effective communication skills and habits. Not only will this ease future conversations in the workplace, but also heighten my confidence in the aspect of public speaking. This module will definitely provide a great platform for me to practice new techniques that have been taught.

Sincerely,
Tan Ching Wei
- Edited 03/10/2019

Reflection for TLM1010 Technical Communication

At the start of the TLM1010 module, I was not confident with my ability to speak in a public setting. As we progressed through the trimest...