DESIGN OF SENSING BLOCK SUBSYSTEM, IMPLEMENTATION OF HARDWARE COMMUNICATION AND POWER MANAGEMENT BLOCK ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINING TRUCK DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM

• Main Author: Winata, Eka
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/41935
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The utilization of a transport vehicle in mining, area not limited including the Off Highway Truck(OHT) and dump trucks, requires its operator to have high awareness of the other vehicles surrounding the truck, including the other smaller types of vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs. The type of accidents that occur during the operation of mining truck vehicles often cause incidences in which small vehicles, such as SUVs and pickup trucks, hit the blind spot area of the mining truck. This causes the smaller vehicle to be run over by the mining truck. These types of accidents often trigerred by the limited field of view in the blind spot area of the mining truck vehicle. The large dimension difference between the mining trucks and the other surrounding vehicles limits the field of view. In order to minimalize the previously stated problem, a Blind Spot Detection Driver Assistance System(DAS) could be implemented. However, most of the mining trucks do not posses the built in Driver Assistance System to overcome the problem. Generally, the blind spot detection system consists of a sensing device that is capable of measuring the range or motion which is then used to gather the data required to determine the safety of the driving environment. Besides this, it is also necessary to interface the sensing device with the User Interface system to be able to give the needed information to the user. On this project, the blind spot detection system is implemented by using LIDAR sensor mounted to a servo. These components operate parallelly to scan the blind spot area of the vehicle. This system also utilizes the Controller Area Network(CAN) Bus to facilitate communication between the sensing modules with the User Interface system. The result of the development of this subsystem indicates that it was able to scan a 60 degree cone shaped area with a radius of 40 meters, which is sufficient to implement a blind spot detection functionality on the mining truck. The usage of CAN BUS also enables the modules to send the gathered data to the User Interface System.