Title :
Tire-road friction estimation utilizing smartphones
Author :
Jaynes, Michael ; Dantu, Ram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of North Texas, Dentón, TX, USA
Abstract :
Tire-road friction is an important parameter for a number of different safety features present in modern-day vehicles, and the knowledge of this friction may also prove useful to the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion. In particular, this information may help inform a driver of dangerous low-traction situations that he or she may need to be aware of. Furthermore, since a growing number of drivers have access to Bluetooth-enabled smartphones, it is worth exploring how these devices may be leveraged in concert with vehicular CAN-bus networks to provide valuable safety information.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; controller area networks; driver information systems; friction; graphical user interfaces; road safety; road vehicles; smart phones; tyres; bluetooth-enabled smart phones; dangerous low-traction situations; safety information; tire-road friction estimation; vehicle safety features; vehicular CAN-bus networks; Acceleration; Estimation; Friction; Roads; Safety; Vehicles; Wheels; CAN-bus; friction; mobile computing; traction; vehicular safety;
Conference_Titel :
Information Reuse and Integration (IRI), 2014 IEEE 15th International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/IRI.2014.7051980
