QuadSense: An Autonomous Auxiliary Navigation Assistant

• QuadSense is a navigation assistant designed to make driving in older vehicles a more safer and convenient experience. It allows for the driver of older vehicles to get alerted if they are changing lanes while a car is in the blind spot.
• It is split into three different modules: Two of these modules are attached on the outside of the car (one on each side view mirrors). The other module is the "brain", which sits inside the car on the steering wheel.
• The "brain" contains a gyroscope which senses the direction of the steering wheel. The outer modules contain ultrasonic sensors which measure the distance of the vehicles in the blind spot and send this data to the "brain" using bluetooth. If the driver attempts to turn the wheel in the direction of a vehicle that is in the blind spot, the "brain" produces a warning alarm alerting the driver immediately.