User:BDolge/BicycleTurnSignal/CDIO/Minimal Conceive

CONCEIVING AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS

Idea

Make a bicycle turn signal out of LEDs that can be mounted on almost any bike and that gives the user control of the turn signal without losing the ability to also use there arm as a turn signal.

Problem Statement

· Each year, more than 500,000 people go to the emergency room for bicycle injuries in the USA. More than 700 people die from those injuries.

· Children 15 years and younger are the biggest risk.

· Bicycle injuries and deaths cost $8 billion each year.

·Adolescents/Young people(ages 15-24) and adults aged 45 and older have the highest death rates.

·Males are more likely to get injured than females.

·Most of all bicycle deaths happen in urban areas and non-intersection areas.

Setting System Goals and Requirements

Market/Customer needs

• Competitive Bike Riders
• Leisurely Bike Riders
• Supply a proactive safety mechanism to a market that lends to $8 billion in annual cost resulting from injury and death. By implementing an easily recognizable safety system, it is not only the biker community that benefits, but automobile operators, and local government- with benefits trickling down to taxpayers as well.

Factors that set the context of the requirements

• Customer Needs (MT)
• Cost of Materials (MT)
• Time/Duration of Project (MT)
• Aesthetics (MT)
• Practicality (MT)
• Marketability (MT)
• Available Resources (MT)

Enterprise goals and capabilities

• Simplicity
• Cost effectiveness
• Employ a product that can easily be integrated in any enterprise scenario that would call for such an item.

Defining Function, Concept and Architecture

Necessary system functions

• Provide luminance that projects a minimum of 10ft
• components mounted upon a surface area visible from a minimum of 10ft away
• LED placement distinguishable as arrows
• Ability to indicate movement of two directions (left and right)

Development Project Management

Project cost and schedule

• Additional Costs (not originally provided by class)
• $7.50 - set of LED Holders
• $7.95 - 25 Pack of LED
• TBD - Cost of 3D printed housing

Risks and alternatives

• Users could depend on using general hand signals
• Risk of limited sight range