Project evaluation (Phase1) of

Smart Helmet as a Passive

Safety System

Guided by :
Prof. Babu Rao Ponangi

Project students :
Abu Bakar Siddique (01FB16EME008)
Akshay S Mali (01FB16EME018)
Pranav Anand (01FB16EME129)

PESU, Bangalore
AGENDA

• We intend to develop an innovative smart helmet which efficiently

checks if the person wears a helmet and to also ensure that he/she is
under permissible alcohol levels.
• Along with the above features, we would also like to extend this system
to pillion riders and also limit it to a maximum of 2 occupants on a
bike.
• Through this project, we hope to improve the rider’s overall safety
which as consequence should reduce the number of accidents in the
near future.
OBJECTIVE

• The main objective of the project is to design a smart helmet for accident
avoidance and alcohol detection.
• The IR sensor or Force Sensing Resistor (FSR) checks if a person wears a
helmet or not.
• The Gas sensor (MQ-3 sensor) is used to detect the presence of alcohol in
the rider’s breath.
• If both the conditions are satisfied, i.e. the person wears a helmet and the
sensor fails to detect any presence of alcohol, then the bike will start, else
it will not start.
INTRODUCTION

Road accidents are one of the most major causes of death all over the
world.
About 80,000 people are killed due to rash driving, drunken driving and
violation of traffic rules.
The occurrence of accidents involving motorcyclists is primarily due to
over speeding , non-usage of helmets along with appropriate safety gear
and non-adherence to road safety measures.
Background

Smart Helmet for safe driving

 Keesari et al. [1] have carried out this project where they have developed
a smart helmet which incorporates features such as smart ignition &
alcohol detection to ensure the overall safety of the rider.

Passive Safety System For 2- & 4-Wheeled Vehicles

 Vatsal et al. [2] have developed a redundancy-free passive safety system
for both 2- wheelers and 4-wheelers. They have used a temperature sensor
working in tandem with an ultrasonic sensor to gauge if the person wears a
helmet and embedded an RFID tag in the seat and a proximity sensor on
the seat belt to determine if one has worn it on.
Background

Design and Implementation of Smart Helmet Using Low Power MSP430

Platform
 Yogya et al. [3] have developed a smart helmet system using low power
MSP430 piezoelectric sensor in conjunction with a cooling system. They
have used three test cases viz. without fixing sensor to helmet, fixing it to a
hollow helmet, fixing sensor on helmet along with a person wearing it to
obtain the threshold values. The cooling system functions when the
temperature inside the helmet crosses the threshold value.
METHOD OF APPROACH
PILLION RIDER SYSTEM
CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLAN
REFERENCES

• [1] Keesari Shravya(1), Yamini Mandapati(2), Donuru Keerthi(3),

Kothapu Harika(4), and Ranjan K. Senapati(5) for Smart helmet for safe
driving in , 01023 E3S Web of conferences 87 SeFet 2019

• [2] Vatsal Mehta1*, Ujwal R2, Rakshith Narun2, Savan Vachhani1 and
Babu Rao Ponangi3 for PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEM FOR 2- & 4-
WHEELED VEHICLES in (ICCCES 2019)

• [3] Indupuru, Y., Venkatasubramanian, K. and Umamaheswari, V., 2018.

Design and Implementation of Smart Helmet Using Low Power
MSP430 Platform. In Intelligent Embedded Systems (pp. 211-223).
Springer, Singapore.
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