Automatic Notification and Detection of Potholes and Humps Using IOT

This paper presented an IoT-based automatic notification and detection system for potholes and road humps using ultrasonic and RF sensing technologies. The proposed system integrates Arduino, ultrasonic sensors, RF transmitter and receiver modules, GPS, Wi-Fi, LCD, buzzer, Android smartphone, and Blynk cloud services. Ultrasonic sensing is used to detect potholes by measuring road-surface distance variations, whereas RF communication is employed to provide advance notification of road humps. GPS and IoT connectivity further support location-based information and remote monitoring. The developed architecture provides a practical embedded and IoT-oriented approach for improving driver awareness of road defects. The system can assist in identifying hazardous road conditions and sharing the information with users through a cloud-connected application. Future enhancement can focus on improving detection accuracy, reducing dependence on Internet connectivity, strengthening IoT security, and incorporating more advanced sensing or data-processing techniques. These directions follow the limitations identified in the source report concerning GPS reliability, connectivity, encryption, authentication, and IoT security.

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