Smartphone gyroscope steering

Feature description

The application can gather data from the smartphones built in accelerometer using the android library for java. The data represents the angle the end user holds the phone at. This data is sent to the car which uses it to set the angle it should steer by. Holding the phone at a greater angle means the car will steer at a sharper angle.

Milestones connected to feature

• Basic vehicle functions
• Basic obstacle avoidance
• App - back end
• App - front end

Example use case

This feature could be used if an end user cannot use their hands to operate the application to steer the car, or for fun if a user wishes to attach the phone to a tradtional steering wheel.