SafeDriving: A Mobile Application for Tractor Rollover Detection and Emergency Reporting

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• Personal Author:
  Koc AB ; Liu B
• Description:
  This paper introduces a tractor rollover detection and emergency reporting software application, SafeDriving, developed for iOS-based mobile electronic devices (smartphones and tablet computers). The SafeDriving application uses a mathematical model to calculate the stability of a tractor using the physical parameters of the tractor and the data from the inbuilt sensors of the mobile electronic devices or the data from the external sensors attached to the tractor. When the SafeDriving application detects an accident, it sends automated email and phone messages with the GPS location, date, time and other critical information. The functions of the SafeDriving application were tested on a small-scale model tractor in laboratory conditions and on a 45 HP utility tractor in field conditions. The field-upset tests with the utility tractor were conducted for 10 times at 10.8 km/h and 21.6 km/h. During all of the tests, the application successfully monitored the vehicle stability and reported the accidents to the emergency contacts when a rollover accident happened. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automation Electrical Equipment And Supplies Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accidents Application Author Keywords: Mobile Electronic Devices Computer Software Drivers Electronic Devices Electronic Equipment Emergency Equipment Emergency Notification Equipment Operation Equipment Operators Laboratory Testing Mathematical Models Mobile Equipment Models Monitors Rollover Rollover Protective Structures ROPS Sensors Tractor Tractors

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• ISSN:
  0168-1699
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  117-120
• Volume:
  98
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052462
• Citation:
  Comput Electron Agric 2013 Oct; 98:117-120
• Contact Point Address:
  A. Bulent Koc, E. Rollins Street, 211 Agricultural Engineering Building, Columbia, MO 65211-5200
• Email:
  koca@missouri.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211987/cdc_211987_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.41 MB ]