Smart Helmet Wiper

Sarika Kanetkar 1, Ankit Rathore 2, Krati Maheshwari 3, Prasanna Dubey 4, Ankit Saxena 5
Department of Electronics Engineering
Medi-Caps University
Indore, India
[email protected] 1, [email protected] 2, [email protected] 3, [email protected],
[email protected]

Abstract—An improvised helmet design which is integrated

II. OBJECTIVE
with a circuitry for automatic rain sensing mini wiper located
on the eye shield. The presence of a smart helmet wiper will The objectives of the project are:
make two wheeler riding easier and safer in rainy season since 1. Enabling clarity of vision for helmet users in rain.
the driver won’t be bothered by the continuous rain drops 2. Minimizing road accidents caused due to poor vision.
disturbing his/her vision. The wiper will automatically start as
soon as it detects the presence of rain drops on the rain sensor III. LITERATURE SURVEY
mounted on the top of the helmet. In addition to this the wiper Wearing helmets has been made compulsory by many
will be able to adjust its speed of wiping according to the public authorities around the world since 1980s. many
intensity of rainfall automatically. In some situations manual medical bodies have also supported to encourage cyclists to
turn off of the wiper is also possible by a switch which may be wear helmets for protection from head injury, and some
located inside the ear shield. Commands to the wiper will be have compelled it. [1]. According to the Bicycle Helmet
given with the help of Arduino Nano and power will supplied Attitudes Scale, only 12% of students were self-reported
by rechargeable Li Batteries. helmet users. It also reported men being more influenced by
media than women [3]. Tolerable head impact limits related
Keywords—Smart Mini wiper, Rain sensor, Arduino NANO,
Li- Batteries
to serious injuries or death must be essentially provided and
should be included in the process of designing and type of
I. INTRODUCTION head protective devices [4]. The Helmets are made up of
three types of compositions; an outer shell from molded
Safety is always the biggest concern when it comes to
thermoplastic, energy absorbing foam which is made from
long distance two wheeler riding. A systematic review in the
expanded polystyrene and a comfort liner made of urethane
year 2008 concluded that helmets reduce the risk of head
foam covered with synthetic textile fabric [5]. When drivers
injury by around 69% and death by around 42%. Also,
were found to be highly distracted due to rainfall on the
studies have shown that since 1980’s many public
windshield ,automatic rain-sensing wipers become an even
authorities around the world have encouraged the use of
more appealing feature, since they greatly minimize the time
helmet as shown in Figure 1, while riding a two wheeler.
the driver must take his/her hands off the wheel [8].
Helmets play a very important role in providing protection
from various head injuries that might be caused due to road
accidents. Wearing helmet during rainy season causes DESIGN AND FLOW
difficulty to the rider since rain water drops accumulate on
the eye shield of helmet as shown in Figure 2. Figure 3 Following are the important components and the working
shows the hazy view of road seen by the rider wearing a block diagram of Smart Helmet Wiper:
helmet in rain which causes difficulty in riding. A. Components
a) Arduino Nano: The Arduino Nano as shown in Figure
4, is a small board based on the ATmega328P (Arduino
Nano 3.x). It operates with the help of a Mini-B USB cable.
The rain sensor’s output is connected to the analog pin A6
of the Arduino Nano and digital output is obtained on pin
D13. Its program is written in a software named Arduino
Figure 1: A Helmet [2]
IDE.

Figure 2: Eye shield of helmet from outside in rain [6]

Figure 4: Arduino NANO [9]

Figure 3: Hazy view of road from inner side of helmet

[7]

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 b) Servo Moto: A servo motor as shown in Figure 5, is A. Circuit Diagram:
an actuating device which can push or rotate an object Figure 7 shows the circuit diagram of Smart Helmet
precisely. It runs through servo mechanism. In this project
Wiper.
we have used a 9g servo motor for which the angle is set as
0 degree to 180 degree.

Figure 5.Servo Motor [10]

c) Wiper: The mini wiper which is connected to the

servo motor rotates on the eye-shield to wipe out the water
droplets.
d) Battery: Two Lithium rechargeable cells (each 3.7V,
2200 mAh) will be used in this project. The rechargeable
batteries consist of lithium cells arranged in series
combination. They have a long running time of around 3
hrs.
e) LM2596 (DC-DC Buck Converter): It is a step down
converter which steps down voltage from its input to its
output. Here the buck converter steps down the voltage from
7.2V to 5V.
f) TP4056 Charging Module: Li-Ion cells require special Figure 7. Circuit Diagram of Smart Helmet Wiper
circuitry for recharging. Hence this module is the
intermediate circuitry between Li-Ion cells and the charger.
Following components are used in the circuit:
B. Block Diagram
a) Arduino Nano
Figure 6 shows the circuit diagram of Smart Helmet b) Servo Motor
Wiper: c) Rain sensing module
d) 2 Lithium Cells
e) 2 Resistors (10KΩ each)
f) DC-DC Buck Converter (LM2596)
g) Charger (5V, 2A)
h) 3 Push buttons
i) 3 Switches
One of the main components of this circuit is servo
motor. The servo motor has three input terminals which are
as follows:
1. Positive input power supply terminal (4V-6V)
Figure 6. Block Diagram of Smart Helmet 2. Negative Ground terminal
Wiper
3. PWM Input terminal
IV. IMPLEMENTATION
The steps of implementation are as follows:

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. with Smart Helmet Wiper system installed and Figure 10
B. Implementation: shows the circuitry of Smart Helmet Wiper system.

Figure 9. A helmet with Smart Helmet Wiper system

installed

Figure 8. Flow Chart of Smart Helmet Wiper

Figure 10: Circuitry of Smart Helmet Wiper
V. RESULT
This project focuses upon creating a system of the VIII. FUTURE SCOPE
automatically operated helmet wiper which will work The further scopes of improvement in this project
according to the intensity of rainfall and will significantly are as follows:
reduce the discomfort caused while two wheeler riding in
rainy season. a) The use of Nano Technology for designing this
circuit can reduce the size of the circuit which will
VII CONCLUSION make it easier to be installed on a helmet
Two wheeler riding in rainy season becomes convenient b) Low cost yet more powerful batteries can be used
with the use of a Smart Helmet Wiper. It works to reduce the overall cost of this system.
automatically by sensing the intensity of rain and can be
manually terminated with a switch. Figure 9 shows a helmet
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to

Honourable Chancellor, Shri R C Mittal, who has
provided us with every facility to successfully carry
out this project, and my profound indebtedness to Prof.
(Dr.) Sunil K Somani, Vice Chancellor, Medi-Caps
University, whose unfailing support and enthusiasm
has always boosted up my morale. We also thank Prof.
(Dr.) D K Panda, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Medi-
Caps University, for giving us a chance to work on this
project. We would also like to extend our gratitude
towards our Head of the Department Mr. Ajay
Kulkarni, for his continuous encouragement for
betterment of the project.

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