Implementation of Pothole Detection system for Monitoring Road Condition using IOT

Implementation of Pothole Detection system for Monitoring Road Condition using IOT

Chetan Pawar , Prof. S. N. Sawalkar

Abstract

One of the high motives for vehicular injuries is because of undetected potholes and road humps. Potholes pressure cars to gradual down in locations wherein the velocity of cars can be expected to be higher, drivers do now no longer assume to gradual down and emerge as crashing into different cars. Some potholes pass unattended for numerous weeks and get deeper with time, a lot in order that vehicular harm will increase by simply passing over the pothole. Several lives are lost every 12 months because of pavement distress, and it's far high time for a cost-green technique to this trouble so that it is able to be applied immediately. This paper affords a prototype of an IoT primarily based totally pothole and hump detection machine that may be incorporated with the automobile and offer well timed statistics to upkeep government in order that essential steps can be taken for protection of drivers. The proposed system contains two important functions, first is to detect the pothole which is done through a multi-sensor subsystem consisting of accelerometer and gyroscope and secondly warn the driver and store this information on a cloud base which can be accessed by other users which will help them apprehend the potholes on their way. Once the location of the potholes is known, Government authorities can be informed about the same.

Keywords: accelerometer, ultrasonic, bumps, GPS, potholes, smartphone.