1. Texting & Driving Prevention
Presentation by: Chinyere W. Udoh
Alexander Myrah (Group Leader)
Zhenzhen (Sunny) Song
Xiaotian (David) Xu
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2. Motivation
Texting and driving is becoming more and more of a problem every year in the United States
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3. Issues:
National Safety Council (NSC) estimated 1.6 million phone related car crashes in year in the US.
Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death for teens
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4. Drivers between the ages of 16-24 are the most likely age group to get into accidents.
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5. Goals:
In this project, our goal is to achieve a simple and convenient way for drivers to drive safely by not being tempted to use their phones while driving.
Our design will detect if an individual is in the driver’s seat, and require them to connect the phone to the device via Bluetooth. Once connected, the phone will only be usable via hands free communication.
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6. What is Unavailable?
A device that comes standard in the car which requires a phone to be connected to Bluetooth in order to start the car.
When connected, the phone will only be usable with hands-free commands.
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7. List of Parts & Materials
(1) Arduino Mega ADK
(1) Bluetooth Modem – BlueSMiRF Gold
(3) Smart HC-SR04 Ranging Detector Mod Distance Sensor
Breadboard
Printer cable
Two LEDs (1 Red, 1 Green)
Two 51.2Ω Resistors
One CEM-1203(42) Buzzer
Arduino programming software
Android Phone(s)
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8. Hardware Design
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9. Software Design
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10. Electrical Drawings
Wiring Diagram.pdf
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11. Data Processing/Communication
This project communicates with a Samsung Galaxy S4 Android Phone via Bluetooth Communication.
The BlueSMiRF Bluetooth module is connected directly to the Arduino Mega ADK through a breadboard and is programmed to display information regarding the three distance sensors.
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12. Arduino Code
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13. Demonstration
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14. Amarino
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15. Sensor Graph
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16. BlueTerm
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17. Future Plans
For future progress on this project, the following can be implemented or improved upon:
Edit the source code of the BlueTerm app to turn off the phone screen when a person is detected.
Build mounting brackets to attach two of the distance sensors to the front and back bumpers of the car and acquire a power supply to connect the Arduino to the car.
Make a smaller microcontroller to make our project smaller, cheaper, and more functional.
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18. Conclusion
This project was a success. We were able to integrate three distance sensors, a buzzer, two LEDs, and a Bluetooth module to a breadboard and have them communicate with an Android Phone via Bluetooth.
This project is compatible with three open source apps.
BlueTerm displays the distances on the distance sensors.
Amarino also displays the distances on the distance sensors.
SensorGraph uses the Amarino App to display a graph averaging the values of the three sensors.
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19. Questions… ?
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