1. CAR-DAPT CHARLEY HO, RUTH BRAM, ALBERTO GUZMAN

2. The User Design Influence: Every car has an owner who uses it for specific purposes such as business, travel, and leisure. The owner of the car may be a family of drivers that includes a spouse and teenager who also desire to drive the car. Each driver has personal car settings making it difficult for three people to share one car and still enjoy a personalized experience. In addition, it can be difficult to communicate sharing of the car between all members. Fig. 1: A family of multiple drivers (Dad, Mom, Son).

3. The Brilliant IDEA! Not every family can afford the luxury of having a dedicated car for each driver. The Car-Dapt allows a car to interface with a phone and adapt to every driver’s personalized car settings (mirror, seats, radio) so that each driver can feel like they have a car to themselves. The Car- Dapt also syncs calendars, so that destination can automatically be transferred to the car’s GPS, and it has automatic help alerts if there is an emergency. The Car-Dapt can also communicate scheduling and permission requests when car sharing between multiple users. The Car- Dapt is a one-stop solution adapting to each driver’s car preferences and make the driving experience unique and safe for each driver in the family.

4. The Technology The Car-Dapt interface utilizes the phone of each driver as a key to unlock the door, start the car, and adapt his/her personal car settings. Pairing is as easy as pressing a single button on your phone! Once you do, a screen will say “Congratulations, you just Car-Dapted your phone!” Fig. 1. Map of Sync’d Settings: Access to vehicles Entertainment Seat, Mirror, Wheel position GPS & Calendar Sync

5. The Technology Once the driver’s car and phone “Car-Dapt” (pair), each driver’s personal settings stay synced to the Car-Dapt cloud so that each time each ride is unique to the individual’s preference. It is easy to communicate sync information with other drivers, because all data is stored in the cloud

6. The Narrative: Introducing The Parker Family  Peter Parker (Father)  Peter is your average businessman with busy schedule and a long commute on the congested 101.  Sally Parker (Mother)  Sally is your typical stay at home mother who manages the household responsibilities.  Max Parker (Teenage Son)  Max is a Senior in high school and is a lady’s man who likes to chauffer his dates to the hottest parties.  Car (Family Sedan)  The family’s universal form of transportation.  The Car-Dapt makes it easier to keep everyone happy when sharing the car.

7. Peter’s Day (Dad)  Peter walks up to his car and presses unlock on his Car-Dapt App.  When Peter sits down, the seats and mirrors adapt according to prerecorded preferences.  Peter goes to work and Car-Dapt syncs with his schedule to provide directions to his next meeting.  Car-Dapt calculates the fastest route to his destination based on up-to-date traffic reports.

8. Sally’s Day (Mom)  Sally goes shopping  When Sally unlocks the car, it adjusts to her preferences and the radio turns on to her favorite Pandora station.  When Sally comes back to the car after doing groceries, she finds that the car won’t start.  Sally uses Car-Dapt’s help menu to automatically alert Peter and send a help notification to the nearest auto shop.

9. Max’s Day (Son)  Max needs his Dad’s car to take his lovely date out for dinner and then to prom.  He selects the amount of time he would like to use the car.  He sends the request to his Dad.

10. Max’s Day (continued)  Max’s Dad receives the request and approves, declines, or negotiates with Max.  Before Max’s date is over, he receives a couple of timely reminders about his time window.

11. The Benefits of Car-Dapt Automatic adjustments allow for a stress-free ride. Minimal interface interaction for personalized experience in any shared car. Peace of mind for owners of shared vehicle through theft prevention and permission management. The Help features ensure a secure drive wherever the car may be.