i ntelligent- School Bus
Submitted by:-
S.L.Richris,
8th Standard,
KendriyaVidyalaya,
Karaikal-609604
email:- [email protected]
i - School Bus
The daily news-papers and news channels lists out the accidents of school buses
occurs somewhere in our nation. Even though our nation is progressing rapidly in technology
advancements, there are lapses in the safety of transportation of children to schools. The
reasons may be lengthy, hence by keeping in this mind in this project an intelligent school bus
is proposed. The proposed bus has simple cost effective sensors with interlocks which may
assure the children safety to the parents and the accidents can be reduced to zero.
Major features of i-School Bus:-
• Automation solution in School bus steps to identify the students standing on it.
• Automation solution in all the windows to monitor the hands of the children.
• Automation solution to avoid the usage of mobile phone by the driver.
• Installation of digital speedometer on the outside of the bus to indicate the speed.
• Automation solution by mounting sensors in each seat and the total count of the
students inside the bus getsindicated on the counter.
• Sensors in the bottom part of four sides of the bus to avoid the children get trapped in
the bottom part of the bus.
(1) Automation solution in School bus steps to identify the students standing on it:-
Cost effective Sensors made by the three push button switches are used for this. If
any student is standing on the steps, then the alarm will made on and it can alert the driver
or conductor of the school bus. The alarm can be by visual and sound indications. This
solution avoids the students standing on the steps in the buses.
(2) Automation solution in all the windows to monitor the hands of the children:-
School students may use to keep their hands on the windows. To avoid this, cost
effective sensors are mounted on the each window of the school bus. When the hand of the
students touches the sensor mounted on the window, immediately the driver and the
conductor gets alerted by the alarm both by visual and sound.
(3) Automation solution to avoid the usage of mobile phone by the driver:-.
To avoid the accidents due to the usage of mobile phones by the driver of the school
bus while driving, sensors are mounted in the steering. If the hand of the driver is removed
from the steering, then the bus gets halted. This solution ensures the avoidance of using the
mobile phone by the driver while driving.
(4) Installation of digital speedometer on the outside of the bus to indicate the speed:-
A digital speedometer is mounted on the external side of the bus and it indicates the
speed of the bus in a digital display. So anyone can monitor the speed of the school bus from
a long distance and especially it may be seriously viewed by the Traffic police of the City or
Town.
(5) Automation solution by mounting sensors in each seat and the total count of the
students inside the bus gets indicated on the counter.
A Push button switch sensor is mounted on the each seat of the school bus. When a
student gets seated, the counter value gets incremented. Finally, the counter indicates the
total number of students inside the bus. The same counter can be mounted on the external
side of the bus also. This solution ensures the load of the bus and any changes in the load can
be detected. It can be interlocked with the door of the school bus if needed.
(6) Sensors in the bottom part of four sides of the bus to avoid the children get trapped in
the bottom part of the bus.
A sensor is provided in the four sides of the school bus because sometimes the school
kids can be trapped in the bottom side of the school bus. This sensor alerts the driver and
students inside the bus that some children get trapped in the bottom part of it. A visual and
sound alarm can be used for this solution. This can be interlocked in such a way that during
this detection, the bus comes to halt condition immediately.
Future modification:-
This entire project can be modified by using wireless sensors and by the revolutionary
latest technology Internet of Things (IOT). Hence the parents and teachers can monitor the
children travelling in the school bus from a remote location.
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