Sonar Technology Assisted Vehicle Sensor

Abstract

In the Philippines, more than half of its vehicular accidents are caused by motorcycles, and most of the reasons why these accidents are happening is because of distracted driving, lowered road awareness, delayed response to emergency such as accidents, and over speeding to name a few as confirmed by World Health Organization’s reports. Premised on this idea, the researchers decided to design, develop, and test a device that would provide a solution to this. Thus, the title “Sonar Technology Assisted Vehicle Sensor” was created. The device was completed after three months of research and development in Eastern Samar State University Salcedo Campus. Results of the four-stage test: the Benchmark; Alpha; Beta; and Usability tests indicated that the Sonar Technology Assisted Vehicle Sensor is fully functional and can detect vehicles approaching and can produce corresponding alarms, and can now be implemented. As an additional feature, the device has been imbedded with a Global Positioning System (GPS) Tracker that activates whenever an accident happens to the user/rider. The GPS Tracker would extract the device’s location and the system would automatically send the data to appropriate authorities using its Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) shield through text messaging. The researchers recommend that the device should be marketed directly to motorcycle companies; its GPS system should be submitted for further testing, while the image processing should be trained in computers with RAM size of 8 GB and should be tested paired with an infrared lamp to maximize its use in night time traveling conditions.