Peripheral Navigation Blind Spot Alert System Team Members
Peripheral Navigation & Blind Spot Alert System Team Members Aaron Lecomte Zachary Cook Adam Downey Meredith Swanson Tina Tomaszewski Advisor Andrew Kun
Overview • • • Problem Definition Design Objectives Implementation and Testing Plan Budget Estimate Timing Schedule Distribution of Work
Problem Definition • Drivers find themselves frequently taking their eyes off the road as technology advances. • Current GPS requires drivers to look at a display to view directions. • There are many accidents due to drivers not knowing something is present in their blind spot (840, 000 yearly reported by the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration)
Design Objectives • Within the Driving Simulator • Design a peripheral directional system • Increase percent dwell time (PDT) spent paying attention to the road from 90. 4% to a higher percentage. • Design a blind spot alert system • Reduce car accidents due to blind spot misjudgment. • Design a simulator driving environment to test these systems
Implementation for Peripheral Navigation • Design and build LED arrays to display directions in a nondistracting manner • Located above driver’s line of sight within the simulator • Development of a software interface between the arrays, GPS, and Arduino microcontroller
Implementation for Peripheral Navigation LED Array Navigation System
Implementation of Blind Spot Detection System • Construct a separate notification system to alert drivers • Use the microcontroller to implement this device • Develop a separate program to interface between the alert system and the microcontroller
Implementation for Peripheral Navigation LED Blind Spot Detection System
Navigation Testing • Use Hyper. Drive design software to simulate virtual world incorporating various types of real world scenarios. • Place human subjects in the simulator to test efficiency of standard GPS versus our peripheral system • Obtain data using the eye tracker to help determine PDT • Compare PDT spent looking at the road for both tests Possible Scenarios • Intersections • Oncoming Traffic • Parked vehicles • Pedestrians
Blind Spot Alert Testing • Use Hyper. Drive design software to simulate virtual world incorporating various types of real world scenarios. • Obtain data using eye tracker • Survey drivers about the usefulness of the blind spot alert system Possible Scenarios within the Simulator • Intersections • Highway Driving • Lane Merges • Toll plazas • Two lane rotaries • Motorcyclists
Budget Estimate Description Price ($) Arduino Mega 2650 $ 50. 00 LED's $ 50. 00 Soldering equipment ECE Dept. Equipment Wiring connectors $ 15. 00 Mounting materials $ 15. 00 Bread boards $ 5. 00 Participant compensation for 15 people @ $10 person $ 150. 00 Volunteer Participants $ Miscellaneous materials $ Total $ 0. 00 100. 00 385. 00
Timing Schedule Semester I
Timing Schedule Semester II
Responsibilities • Aaron Lecomte • Arduino Software Design • Algorithm for GPS and Blind Spot Detection • ArduinoSimulator Interface • Zachary Cook • Create Driving Simulator Test Environment • Arduino Software Design • Adam Downey • Circuit Design of LED Arrays • Fabrication and Testing of the LED Array • Meredith Swanson • Gather data from simulator • Analyze the Data From Simulator and Organize Results • Tina Tomaszewski • Recruit Human Test Subjects • Creation of User Survey • Appropriate Parts and Supplies
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