scholarly journals An Optimised Traffic Control Scheme with Preference to Emergency Vehicles Leveraging RFID

2021 ◽  
pp. 74-89
Author(s):  
Kenneth Akpado ◽  
Samuel Usoro ◽  
Nneka Ezeani
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Control Points ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Test Bed ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Emergency Vehicles ◽  
Traffic Control System ◽  
New System

Emergency Vehicles (EV) such as ambulances, fire fighting vehicles, Road safety vehicles and other emergency vehicles encounter delays on their missions at traffic light control points due to traffic jams. The direct consequence of these delays results in unwarranted loss of lives and properties.  This research work proposes and implements an improved traffic control system with preference to emergency vehicles leveraging RFID technology and a novel Dynamic Traffic Sequence Algorithm (DTSA). Atmega 328 was used to actualize the novel DTSA, control the RFID and the entire traffic control system. The distance of RFID signal transmitted by the emergency vehicle was determined by physically measuring the distance of clearer signal obtained at various distances from the test bed. MATLAB was used to plot the response time of the RFID, thereby helping in the choice of RFID used. It was observed at 100 meters distance between the RFID transmitter in the emergency vehicle (EV) and the traffic light system, a clearer signal was obtained. Therefore at 100 meters the emergency vehicle will be detected and the traffic system will reset its normal routine to give right of way to the particular lane that the emergency vehicle is detected. Comparing the old and the new system it was observed that in the new system the EV will be 12minutes faster than the EV in the old system. From the result obtained, the RFID best suited for this application is active RFID. The results obtained proved that the system will effectively mitigate and almost completely eradicate the delay encountered by emergency vehicles at traffic control points.  The system will be deployed in any many cities in Nigeria that have traffic control systems installed.

scholarly journals Density Based Traffic Control System with Smart Sensing Of Emergency Vehicles

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (02) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Dr. M. Varadharaj
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Output Signal ◽  
Magnetic Sensors ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
The Road ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Traffic Control System ◽  
Rf Signal

Present Traffic Light Controller (TLC) relies upon micro-controller and microchip. These TLC have restrictions as they are depend on pre-portrayed gear, which is filling in with respect  to the program that doesn't have the versatility of adjustment on continuous reason. Owing to fixed time spans, orange and red signal’s holding up time is more and vehicle uses more fuel. To make traffic light leadership progressively beneficial, we abuse the advancement of new procedure called as “Density based traffic control system with smart sensing of emergency vehicles”. It is constructed mainly by using Magnetic Sensors for real world environment and by using IR modules for Model. The main objective of our project is to clear traffic efficiently by effective usage of the green signal time. In this system the density of the vehicle in a particular lane is obtained by the number of magnetic sensors kept in the road side which produces output signal with respect to the density of the traffic. Thus produced output signal is further processed by ARM microcontroller and according to the density obtained by the magnetic sensors the countdown time of the green signal is varied by the microcontroller and hence the usage of green signal even after all the vehicle pass by are prevented. In addition to this system our system also senses the emergency vehicle like ambulance that approaches the signal by detecting the RF signal transmitted by the Ambulance or other emergency vehicle with the help of RF receivers that kept at the road side and halts all the vehicles by putting red signal for all the four sides of road and puts special ‘green jeep signal’ for the emergency vehicle to pass by hence our system provide way for emergency vehicle. It can also prioritize the emergency vehicle with the help of RF transmitter and receiver. As the signalling board receives the RF signal, it turns the Corresponding lane ON, thus clearing the route for the emergency vehicle. DSS also analyses the pollution levels by placing a check over the vehicle emissions at the junctions. When the priorities of any two lanes clash, pollution levels are taken into account to provide the signals for them in turns. The gas sensors are fitted onto the signalling boards which help in calculating the pollutant levels.

scholarly journals Density Based Traffic Control System with Smart Sensing Of Emergency Vehicles

CONVERTER ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Dr. M. Varadharaj
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Output Signal ◽  
Magnetic Sensors ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
The Road ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Traffic Control System ◽  
Rf Signal

Present Traffic Light Controller (TLC) relies upon micro-controller and microchip. These TLC have restrictions as they are depend on pre-portrayed gear, which is filling in with respect  to the program that doesn't have the versatility of adjustment on continuous reason. Owing to fixed time spans, orange and red signal’s holding up time is more and vehicle uses more fuel. To make traffic light leadership progressively beneficial, we abuse the advancement of new procedure called as “Density based traffic control system with smart sensing of emergency vehicles”. It is constructed mainly by using Magnetic Sensors for real world environment and by using IR modules for Model. The main objective of our project is to clear traffic efficiently by effective usage of the green signal time. In this system the density of the vehicle in a particular lane is obtained by the number of magnetic sensors kept in the road side which produces output signal with respect to the density of the traffic. Thus produced output signal is further processed by ARM microcontroller and according to the density obtained by the magnetic sensors the countdown time of the green signal is varied by the microcontroller and hence the usage of green signal even after all the vehicle pass by are prevented. In addition to this system our system also senses the emergency vehicle like ambulance that approaches the signal by detecting the RF signal transmitted by the Ambulance or other emergency vehicle with the help of RF receivers that kept at the road side and halts all the vehicles by putting red signal for all the four sides of road and puts special ‘green jeep signal’ for the emergency vehicle to pass by hence our system provide way for emergency vehicle. It can also prioritize the emergency vehicle with the help of RF transmitter and receiver. As the signalling board receives the RF signal, it turns the Corresponding lane ON, thus clearing the route for the emergency vehicle. DSS also analyses the pollution levels by placing a check over the vehicle emissions at the junctions. When the priorities of any two lanes clash, pollution levels are taken into account to provide the signals for them in turns. The gas sensors are fitted onto the signalling boards which help in calculating the pollutant levels.

scholarly journals IoT Based Automated Traffic Light Control System For Emergency Vehicles Using LoRa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Divij N ◽  
Divya K ◽  
Anuradha Badage
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Accurate Solution ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Traffic Lane ◽  
Emergency Vehicles ◽  
Scheduled Traffic ◽  
Cost Efficient

There is a serious issue of Emergency Vehicles being stuck at intersections due to traffic congestion or scheduled traffic signal. This may result in delay in motion or the Emergency Vehicle may remain in statutory position. Otherwise, if the emergency vehicle ever tries to override the signal, it may result in accident or traffic congestion. To overcome this problem automated traffic control system is proposed. The system is designed to find a cost efficient and accurate solution to save lives. In the system, siren of the approaching emergency vehicle is priorly sensed by using smart objects and the traffic lane in which the emergency vehicle isapproaching is made free by halting the traffic in other lanes of the intersection.

scholarly journals Review of traffic control techniques for emergency vehicles

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1243
Author(s):  
Wan Mohd Hafiz bin Wan Hussin ◽  
Marshima Mohd Rosli ◽  
Rosmawati Nordin
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Control Techniques ◽  
Emergency Vehicles ◽  
Traffic Control System

<span>Traffic control system play an important role to manage traffic congestion on the road especially during peak hours and peak seasons. One of the main challenges is to control the traffic when there are emergency cases at traffic light intersection especially peak hours. This could affect the route for emergency vehicles such as ambulance, fire brigade and police car to reach their destination. Due to the increase of traffic congestion during peak hours and peak seasons in Malaysia, there is a need for further evaluation of traffic control techniques. This paper reviewed and consolidated information on the different types of the existing traffic control system for road traffic management such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), wireless sensor network and image processing. This paper analysed and compared on the design, benefits and limitations of each technique. Through the reviews, this paper recommends the best traffic control technique for emergency vehicle that offers low price, low maintenance and can be used in various areas of applications.</span>

scholarly journals Make Way: An Intelligent Real-Time Traffic Light Control System

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 709-712
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Traffic Signals ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Light Control ◽  
Traffic Light ◽  
Rf Receiver ◽  
Rf Transmitter ◽  
Traffic Light Control ◽  
Traffic Control System

Nowadays, automatic traffic light control is becoming an important requirement for travelers and number of road users especially for emergency service providers such as ambulance drivers, fire fighters etc... Various alternatives have been proposed, but it has certain limitations.One such example is using an RF transmitter mounted on the ambulance which will communicate with the RF receiver mounted on the signal post in the traffic control system. A special algorithm is provided to control the traffic signals automatically by pressing the key provided in the keybord on the ambulance by the driver.But in this case, there is big trouble for car accidents or road accidents, because of automatic adjustment and a large number of vehicles, and there is a problem of delay in first aid service, with these overcrowded roads. This paper describes a solution that is "Intelligent Ambulance with Automatic Traffic Control” which includes the accident detecting, alerting and tracking mechanism with an automatic traffic light controlling system to overcome this delay of first aid service. An ambulance can thereby easily finde a freeway to reach the victim in a minimal time and thereby providing first aid as soon as possible. This is possible by using an RF transmitter on the ambulance which will communicate with the RF receiver mounted on the signal post in the traffic control system. To control the traffic signals automatically, and to move towards the location in minimal time, a specific algorithm is proposed in this paper. Thus, the traffic light gets controlled by the intelligent ambulance itself, in such a way that it could provide free path to the ambulance[1].

scholarly journals Density based Traffic Control System Embedded with Patient Weightage Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10S) ◽  
pp. 377-381
Keyword(s):  
Control Systems ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Emergency Vehicle ◽  
Dynamic Flow ◽  
Smooth Flow ◽  
Emergency Vehicles ◽  
Traffic Control System

Every now and then traffic congestion has always been a hindrance in everyone’s normal life routine. This traffic congestion hindrance is very much problematic in case of high priority emergency vehicles namely ambulances, VIP vehicles, fire engines etc. So, traffic control has to be made proficient to provide smooth flow of vehicles. However, efficient synchronization of traffic at multiple junctions is complex. Conventional control systems do not handle the dynamic flow of traffic which results in chaos. In this project, implementation of an emergency vehicle detection system is done. The main objective is to provide a traffic-free route to the vehicles in order to save life. In this paper two cases are considered, in the initial case, the lane density at the junction will be calculated using ultrasonic sensors by Raspberry pi (Rpi) and the lane with minimal density route will be directed to the emergency vehicle NodeMcu in this case. Considering the assumption that hospital is present near to every lane. And in the second case, the conflict arises when two emergency vehicles are encountered at the same time at a junction, so this conflict is resolved in thispaper.

A Smart Priority Based Traffic Control System for Emergency Vehicles

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Gour Karmakar ◽  
Abdullahi Chowdhury ◽  
Joarder Kamruzzaman ◽  
Iqbal Gondal
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Emergency Vehicles ◽  
Traffic Control System
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