Rough Draft of Our Prospectus

Team 360 September 20, 2013

Quinlan McKernan

Kaushal Bhakta

Rajat Singh

Gabriel LaVail

Mihail Gorges

Anthony Edwards

Infini-View

Have you ever had any close encounters when backing out of a crowded parking lot, or trying to merge into a lane going 80 mph on the highway? We have, and we decided that there needs to be a more efficient way to see what’s going on behind our car, without having to rely on the windows on the sides of our cars (which have blind spots). On the very basic level, this project is dedicated to trying to eliminate blind spots on large vehicles such as semi trucks, HUM-V’s, tanks, etc. This “blind spot-less” camera will grant vision rotating 180 degrees behind the rear side of your large vehicle.

This subject has a very specific and real application and environment in which it could thrive. This could be used for further ensuring the safety of large vehicles transporting important cargo, it could be used to ensure the safety of our soldiers by placing these on HUM-V’s or tanks in the military when they are venturing through dangerous territories,  or even just wanting to make sure a drunk driver won’t hit the back of your vehicle, endangering the lives of your family.  Some questions this study aims to answer are: 1) What type of code or software do we need to interface the camera and the user,  2) Is there any aspect pertaining to sustainability? ( can we use solar panels or the car battery to power the camera, etc), 3) How cost-efficient is it? (How much more/less does this cost to install instead of rear view cameras already built into expensive vehicles, or how much more would it cost to install in less expensive vehicles?), 4)