Motorcycle HUD for navigation, communication and performance monitoring

• Autor(a) principal: Diogo Sanches Mendes
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/83499
• topic: Engenharia electrotécnica, electrónica e informática; Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Recently, with the great technological advances being made on a regular basis regarding personal vehicular transportation, there are yet many hypotheses to study and experiences to conduct. The main goal consists of maximizing the driver's experience, safety and productivity while minimizing his/her risks and other types of losses (fuel consumption, time, ...). These advances tend to focus more on cars in comparison to powered two-wheelers (PTW), in part due to the fact that the former offers more space and conditions for the implementation of new types of human machine interactions (HMI). One solution that has been attracting increasing attention is the use of a Head-up Display (HUD), a screen or projection that (in the case of driving) displays various types of information relevant to drivers without requiring them to divert their attention from their usual view or focus. With the propagation of smartphones, mobile applications and mobile wear, new opportunities for the development of HUDs for PTW drivers arise. This dissertation aims to develop such a HUD using the Android OS for a specific smart wear, namely the "SNOW 2" hardware device developed by Recon Instruments. Its main goals are to provide the PTW driver with information regarding navigation, communication and performance monitoring, among other potentially interesting information, in order to enhance the driving experience in a completely new way.