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Design of an IoT based autonomous vehicle with the aid of computer

ABSTRACT- The autonomous vehicle concept all startedwith Raspberry Pi”- ( 2015), In this paper focus is on building a
the advancement of driver assistance and has extended to a monocular vision autonomous car prototype using Raspberry
new level that now it is semi-autonomous and autonomous Pi as a processing chip. An HD camera along with an
vehicle. In this connection an attempt is made to integrate ultrasonic sensor is used to provide necessary data from the
obstacle detection and lane detection. An HD Pi camera along real world to the car. The car is capable of reaching the given
with ultrasonic sensor and IR sensors are used to provide destination safely and intelligently thus avoiding the risk of
necessary data from the real world to the car. Many existing human errors. Many existing algorithms like lane detection,
methods like lane detection, obstacle detection are combined obstacle detection are combined together to provide the
together to provide the necessary control to the car. This car necessary control to the car.
will also have limited automation features like obstacle
avoidance system and lane detection system so that it can drive Sumit Garethiya1, LohitUjjainiya and VaidehiDudhwadkar,
itself safely in case of connectivity failure. . A miniature car “predictive vehicle collision avoidance system using
including the above features has been developed which Raspberry – Pi”- (2015) In this paper, an effective method is
showed optimum performance in a simulated environment. proposed for the collision avoidance system of a vehicle to
The system mainly consists of a Raspberry Pi, a Pi camera, detect the obstacle present in front and blind spot of the
internet modem. The Raspberry Pi was mainly used for the vehicle. The driver is made alert via a buzzer and LED
Computer Vision algorithms and for streaming video through indication as the distance between vehicle and obstacle reduces
internet. The proposed system is very cheap and very efficient and is displayed on display board. The ultrasonic sensor
in terms automation. detects the state of the object whether it is in motion or Arjun
K1, Prithviraj and AshwithaA 528 Static with respect to the
INDEX TERMS: Internet of things (IoT), Raspberry Pi, Pi vehicle. This system is useful for detecting vehicle,
camera, Ultrasonic sensor, IR sensors, L293D motor driver. motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrians that pass by the lateral
side of vehicle. V.Sagar Reddy , Dr.L.PadmaSree , and V.
I.INTRODUCTION Naveen Kumar, “Design and Development of accelerometer
based System for driver safety” – (2014) This paper presents a
With the ever-growing technological advancement, human
new design of commodity hardware with cheap and it
civilization is looking for automation in every sphere of life.
consumes very less power designed oriented product for
Automated car is one of the latest trends which has been
getting information from accident location of driver
massively recognized by people all around the world as they
drowsiness and indicating be alert to the driver in the
want maximum security and comfort during driving.
prevention of accident. This system is designed by using
Nowadays, road accident is one of the prime concerns for the
Raspberry Pi (ARM11) for fast accessing to control and
people. It became very frequent and uncertain. Most of the
accelerometer for event detection. Is there any event is occurs
road accidents occur due to lack of abidance of the traffic
the message sent to the authorized person so they can take
rules. Most of the time, the drivers become drowsy or
immediate action to save the lives and reduce the damages.
distracted during driving and eventually hit objects ahead of
M.H Mohamad, Mohd Amin Bin Hasanuddin, MohdHafizzie
them.If the driving process can be handled with the aid of
Bin Ramli, “Vehicle Accident Prevention System Embedded
Computer Vision and efficient sensors then the risk of human
with Alcohol Detector” – (2013) An efficient system of vehicle
mistakes can be highly reduced. Besides, sometimes it gets
accident prevention system embedded by alcohol detector has
necessary to access the car from a remote location in order to
been proposed. This system capable to alert the driver about
reduce hassles. In this case, it would be a lot more convenient
the level of drunkenness by indicates the condition on LCD
if the car could be viewed from a remote computer and driven
display. It also produce an alarm from buzzer to make the
by interaction through the computer keyboard. This could be
driver aware their own condition and to vigilant other people
as easy as playing a computer game. Our work is based on
in surrounding area. The most safety element provided by this
Internet of Things technology and Computer Vision to control
system is the driver in high level of drunkenness is not allowed
to mobile application our vehicle and automation features.
to drive a car as the ignition system will be deactivated.
II. LITERATURE REVIEW: PROBLEM STATEMENT:
In past, the following works were carried out by people. Here autonomous vehicle control by the internet but in some
Gurjashan Singh Pannu, Mohammad Dawud and Pritha Gupta, time internet connectivity is not good than autonomous car get
“Design and Implementation of Autonomous Car using

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will be affected and if car going to out of station that also provides the remote control for the user by using
internet problem occur. Smartphone's. To control the parameters from anywhere, an
IoT platform called ‘UBIDOT’ has been used. It is a codeless
III. EXISTINGSYSTEM IoT platform designed to help prototype and scale IoT projects.
This project can be extent by taking help of Google map to
A vehicle tracking system combines the use of automatic
indicate the nearby fuel station.
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VI. CONCLUSION:
A prototype was successfully implemented by which
parameters of a vehicle were monitored and controlled & also

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