Universal safety distance alert device for road vehicles

Virant, Matic (avtor), Ambrož, Miha (avtor)

Driving with too short of a safety distance is a common problem in road traffic, often with traffic accidents as a consequence. Research has identified a lack of vehicle-mountable devices for alerting the drivers of trailing vehicles about keeping a sufficient safe distance. The principal requirements for such a device were defined. A conceptual study was performed in order to select the components for the integration of the device. Based on the results of this study, a working prototype of a flexible, self-contained device was designed, built and tested. The device is intended to be mounted on the rear of a vehicle. It uses radar as the primary distance sensor, assisted with a GPS receiver for velocity measurement. A Raspberry Pi single-board computer is used for data acquisition and processing. The alerts are shown on an LED-matrix display mounted on the rear of the host vehicle. The device software is written in Python and provides automatic operation without requiring any user intervention. The tests have shown that the device is usable on almost any motor vehicle and performs reliably in simulated and real traffic. The open issues and possibilities for future improvements are presented in the Discussion.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: safety distance, traffic, vehicles, sensors, radars, Raspberry Pi
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FS - Fakulteta za strojništvo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2016
• Št. strani: 17 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 5, iss. 2, art. 19
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-130306
• UDK: 614.8:656.1(045)
• ISSN pri članku: 2079-9292
• DOI: 10.3390/electronics5020019
• COBISS.SI-ID: 14714139
• Datum objave v RUL: 13.09.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Electronics
• Skrajšan naslov: Electronics
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2079-9292
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523068953

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 01.06.2016

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: varnostna razdalja, promet, vozila, zaznavala, radarji