Augmented Reality for Blind Spots Venkatasubramaniam Ramanathan Ravishankar Arivazhagan

Motivation

Motivation Lot of accidents caused due to blind spots while changing lanes in inter-states Seeing the mirror and driving in the night is difficult due to the head lights And when it rains it is still worse Also there is a chance of hitting the vehicle before while turning and looking for vehicles in blind spot.

Related Work Augmented Reality used in Driver Safety Training mentioned in the Augmented Reality Projects in the Automotive and Aerospace IndustriesHolger Regenbrecht, Gregory Baratoff, Wilhelm Wilke November 2005 IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications , Volume 25 Issue 6 Publisher: IEEE Computer Society

Related Work Simulating Low-Cost Cameras for Augmented Reality Compositing Authors:Georg KleinUniversity of Oxford, OxfordDavid W. MurrayUniversity of Oxford, OxfordPublished in:· JournalIEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics archiveVolume 16 Issue 3, May 2010  IEEE Educational Activities

Methodology Dual Mode cameras on both front top right and left corners of the car capture input. The input is sent to display present above the music system of the car. The display combines the feed from both the cameras and gives a combined or panoramic view to the driver. Panoramic view will show the blind spots and adjacent lanes on either side.

Expected Outcome Study of existing methods. Ideal spots to place cameras. Number of cameras needed to make this process efficient and safe. Ideal spot to place the display. other approaches to the same problem. Figure out the various challenges involved.

Scenario of Use Main usage: To reduce/totally avoid blind spots. Use the same camera(combine it with sensors ) for other purposes like automatic parking, enabling wipers, adjusting headlight brightness, control speed.

Thank you ! Questions?