Mobile Gesture Controlled Car

Abstract: Mobile is an electronic device which almost every person in the society possesses. The evolution of mobile phones has not only changed the way we communicate but now it also includes a wide range of sophisticated sensors such as Gyroscopes, Accelerometers, Proximity sensors etc. The smartphone acts as a gateway and provides a lot of features such as Bluetooth and WiFi. Such smartphones can help make the world around us smarter. One such example is discussed in this paper for a mobile gesture controlled car. The smartphone can act as remotes to the car and is capable of controlling the car by means of a gyroscope present inside the phones. This paper demonstrates the simple use of a mobile device to control a toy car using Bluetooth and an app for controlling the motion of the car. The mode of communication is Bluetooth communication.

Keywords: Bluetooth, Gesture control, Mobile communication