Ri-D

Rachele Lam, Xiaoming Li, Graham Roth, Fatima Khan

Prototypical User

● Age: 18-35 student/young professional● Doesn't own a car● ZipCar/Wheelz/Getaround member and

uses a different car every time they drive

● Has difficulty navigating around functions of car

● A smartphone user who:○ Wants to be in touch with friends

and family while driving

○ Depends on their phone's GPS for directions

○ Listens to their music on iTunes/Spotify/Pandora

For drivers who seek to add personality and flair to their driving experience, ri-D safely integrates cell phone functions and apps into the main car interface so that they can personalize any car with their own maps, music, and vehicle settings using their smartphone. Ultimately, ri-D reduces the danger of using a cell phone while driving and increases ease and satisfaction of using rental cars through personalization.

Automobile and Interface Technologies

Automobile Technologies

● For any rental car● Does not necessarily need any special autonomous systems or safety systems ● Bluetooth technology to connect to phone● Voice control

Interface Technologies

● Smartphone● Screen film for windshield to allow projection of image● Mini projector that is placed on top of dashboard ● Mobile application on phone allows you to store vehicle preferences and allows

access to other phone apps and functions through car

Brilliant Ideas

Through the projection on the windshield, the user can access a dashboard of voice controlled options including text, music, maps, and car environment settings.

● Maps: GPS technology projects onto the windshield in order to provide safer directions. The user's suggested destinations come integrated in the GPS from the user's phone contact list.

● Phone: Popular functions are voice controlled in order to provide for a safer driving experience. The interface will use bluetooth technology in order to sync calls and texts with the car's sound system, so the experience is hands-free.

● Music: Music on the user's phone music application is automatically synced to the car's audio system using bluetooth technology. Voice control is used to select among the user's music in order to make choosing music safer and easier.

● Car Settings: Seat position, temperature, and radio presets are recorded on the user's phone, so each time the driver enters the car, his/her settings are automatically configured.

● Car Information: No more time spent trying to figure out what side the gas tank is on and where the release is. Easily find out about the layout of the car with a few simple voice commands.

● Platform: Because the system is so flexible, it can easily act as a platform for 3rd party companies to create apps that integrate into the driving experience.

This is our user, Andrea. Early twenties, smartphone user, cares about the environment. She uses Zipcar to avoid the unnecessary cost and environmental impact of owning a car. Today, she is going shopping for groceries.

Andrea is immediately prompted to connect her phone via bluetooth once she enters the car. Her preferred car settings, maps, and popular applications are stored via the ri-D application on her smartphone.

Once her phone and Zipcar are connected, Andrea can place her phone anywhere in the car, or keep it in her purse. Her preferred car settings (temperature, seat, etc) are automatically adjusted.

This is what the home screen of ri-D looks like. While driving, small icons for phone, maps, and her favorite applications will appear on her left. To expand one of the apps, Andrea can say "Open Spotify" to start playing music.

Every Sunday, Andrea goes to her local grocery store to buy groceries. The address is already saved to her phone's GPS application and so she can say: " Open maps" and "Navigate to grocery store." Navigation to her local Safeway will appear on her windshield.

On the way, one of her roommates texts her: "Actually, can you pick up a couple things for me?" A small text icon appears in her top left windshield and an alert sounds, and she can choose to have her text read to her by saying "read text." She can answer by saying " Respond: yes" and a text will be sent back to her friend.

Andrea decides to call her roommate from the car interface instead to find out what he wants her to pick up. She says "call Brian" and the interface dials for her. She then uses the voice recognition software to open her phone's note application and asks the car interface to record Brian's list in a note on her phone.

Trip successful!