Design

Team Design: Weather Umbrella

This is a product that will assist people in wheelchair to block the wet rain or the very hot sunlight. This device will be activated when either the temperature detects very hot weather or the user feels rain coming down. When it rains, the wind speed sensor will use the data collected of the wind speed and calculate the direction of the wind to direct the umbrella to go against the rain the protect the user from getting wet. The umbrella that is mounted in this device is a umbrella that is able to open and close with a push of a button which will be pressed by the solenoid motor. Also, there is a clamp at the bottom of the device that will be able to clamp onto the side poles of the back supports of wheelchairs.

Final Design (Innovation Showcase)

Design Rationale

During the decision-making process for our selected design, we realized that the initial three ideas did not fully meet the requirements of the course project, nor did they demonstrate the functionality of our project as we had hoped. To address this, we brainstormed new ideas and agreed to use the temperature sensor and hall effect sensor, given their compatibility and our prior experience with testing them. Ultimately, we settled on the innovative concept of a weather umbrella assistant for wheelchairs.

Project Idealization

Rendered Idealistic Design

Render of PCB Holder

Render of Team PCB

Render of Umbrella Holder