Khaled Asfar
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Jordan
Title: Electromechanical vehicle direction sensor
Biography
Biography: Khaled Asfar
Abstract
Global Positioning Systems on various land, marine, or aerial vehicles can malfunction in severe weather conditions such as snow storms, sand storms and the like. The proposed design solves this problem as it is not weather dependent. It relates to a vehicle electromechanical direction sensor that points to a pre-selected direction of travel of the vehicle. The electromechanical direction sensor of the present design can be used for guidance and/or control of ground vehicles on a certain prescribed path. This sensor can also be used in manned and unmanned vehicles including marine, submarine, and airborne vehicles. The vehicle direction of motion is derived from a differential mechanism powered from the rotational motion of two identical wheels installed on both sides of the vehicle. The electromechanical direction sensor comprises essentially two wheels, a plurality of bevel gears, a differential mechanism, a rotary potentiometer, a bridge amplifier, and a microcontroller. The sensor of the present invention operates efficiently regardless of the place and the weather conditions.
