Gesture Controlled Automated Vehicle

Abstract

Future roads will look very different if the concept of Autonomous vehicles would come in existence. This can be achieved by making fully autonomous vehicles by keeping human drivers out of the loop. However, even having such a facility, people worldwide believe that the link between the car and the driver is of utmost importance to a certain extent. So making manual driving a bit easier and having some advantages of an automated vehicle, we proposed an autonomous model in which the driver is allowed to control the vehicle’s lateral and longitudinal motions. An automated vehicle has 6 levels of automation ranging from level 0 to level 5. Level 0: is entirely handled by a human; Level 2: Assisted driving Automation; Level 3: Partial Automation; Level 4: High Automation and 5 being entirely handled by a machine. In our model for "level 3," the Advanced Driving System (ADS) is capable of handling all aspects of driving under some circumstances, but a human driver is still required to be able to maintain control. Hand-gesture controlled Automated Vehicle, can carry out tasks such as line detection, road-end detection and object detection. The hand- gesture controlling can act as a semi-autonomous mode which can be attained with the help of a switch as per the need of the user. This can be done by allowing the user to control the vehicle using an accelerometer sensor connected via a hand glove, helping with the movement of the vehicle. The hand gesture controlled automated vehicle provides a number of benefits, including the ability to manage the speed of the vehicle, reduce the incidence of accidents, and easily make tight turns.