Design and Implementation of Event Data Recorder with Safety Parameters

Human life is a precious one and it should not be lost due to a simple road accident. The accident rate and corresponding deaths are increasing year by year. Vehicle accidents are a major public thread for society and countries. The generalized reason for the road accident and death is because of the rash driving and consumption of alcohol during driving. It is not possible to avoid any unexpected accident. However, natural road accidents can be minimized or avoided by proper planning or introducing suitable mechanisms. If anyone knows the reason for the road accident, it can be avoided. The integration of automobiles and computer technologies can be used to perform data recording services in vehicles and during accident which is called as event recorder. The concept of event data recorder is derived from the aviation industry. The event data recorder has functions like a black box employed in airplane. A black box in flight stores all data of a flight during flying conditions using specific algorithm which can later be accessed by authorities if needed. Similarly, an event data recorder records the parameters of a car which can later be retrieved. It is used to analyze various reasons of the accident with time stamp and associated details which can be used for preventing the death. In this work, the development of prototype model of an event data recorder system is proposed that can be installed into vehicles. The functions of the event recorder are to track and record all the events in the vehicles before, during and after a crash in terms of images, audio, and videos.