VANET based Driver’s Life Emergency Saver

The automobile industry is undergoing a radical transformation to bring out a safe self-driving car that can detect and navigate itself to a destination. The Healthcare industry on the other hand is finding ways to make reliable health parameter monitors through wearables that can monitor vital health parameters, detect abnormalities and communicate to the health care professional for remote management. This paper is an approach concept paper to define mechanisms to integrate wearables with autonomous cars. In this concept, a heart monitoring wearable worn by a lone driver in a vehicle would monitor the heart rate continuously and on detection of pre-programmed abnormal conditions, the micro-controller which is connected to both the sensor and the vehicle’s navigation and control system would trigger the car to reprogram the navigation system, identify the nearest hospital and re-route itself towards the specified destination. The microcontroller is also linked to a mobile communication system to alert the concerned stakeholders (family, doctor, etc) about the emergency and the course of action initiated by the system.