IoT based remote transit vehicle monitoring and seat display system

摘要

In remote villages, the conventional transit system with fixed chart timings, makes life very difficult for them to wait at the bus stops for a long time, as most buses do not follow the timings. In the proposed system, an IoT based remote monitoring system which helps in providing real time information regarding bus timings and seat availability to the traveler's mobile app which ensures proper resource and time management. The IoT based system provides real time information regarding the bus location periodically through GPS module and its seat availability is sensed by a group of IR sensors as the bus crosses every terminal. This information is processed using raspberry pi controller which in turn updates the LED dot matrix display outside the bus. The same information is also sent to the cloud platform, through which the information can be pulled to the user's mobile app. This system provides an easy and efficient way of access for everyone, especially aged and paralyzed people are highly benefited as they get the confirmation on their seat availability in advance before their travel. The developed prototype was tested and implemented and is well suited for remote transit monitoring and also a cost-effective and is practically implementable comparing with the existing conventional methods.