1. Peripheral Navigation & Blind Spot Alert System
Team Members
Aaron Lecomte
Zachary Cook
Adam Downey
Meredith Swanson
Tina Tomaszewski
Advisor
Andrew Kun

2. Overview Problem Definition Design Objectives
Implementation and Testing Plan Budget Estimate
Timing Schedule
Distribution of Work

3. 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)

4. 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

5. Implementation for Peripheral Navigation
Design and build LED arrays to display directions in a non-distracting manner 
Located above driver’s line of sight within the simulator
Development of a software interface between the arrays, GPS, and Arduino microcontroller

6. Implementation for Peripheral Navigation
LED Array Navigation System

7. 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

8. Implementation for Peripheral Navigation
LED Blind Spot Detection System

9. Navigation Testing
Use HyperDrive 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

10. Blind Spot Alert Testing
Use HyperDrive 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

11. Budget Estimate Description Price ($) Total Arduino Mega 2650 $ 50.00
Description  
Price ($) 
Arduino Mega 2650  
$                               
LED's 
$                               
Soldering equipment 
ECE Dept. Equipment  
Wiring connectors 
$                               
Mounting materials 
Bread boards 
$                                5.00  
Participant compensation for 15 $10 per person 
$                            
Volunteer Participants $
Miscellaneous materials  
$                            
Total 
$                           

12. Timing Schedule
Semester I

13. Timing Schedule
Semester II

14. Responsibilities Aaron Lecomte Zachary Cook Adam Downey
Arduino Software Design
Algorithm for GPS and Blind Spot Detection
Arduino\Simulator Interface
Zachary Cook
Create Driving Simulator Test Environment
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

15. Questions?