COMMAND BASED SMART CONTROL OF THE AMBULANCE SYSTEM

International Journal of Research in Advanced Technology - IJORAT
Vol. 1, Issue 2, OCTOBER 2015
All Rights Reserved © 2015 IJORAT Page 1
COMMAND BASED SMART CONTROL
OF THE AMBULANCE SYSTEM
1
Andrew Rayan.T and 2
Beslin Pajila.P.J
Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, Francis Xavier Engineering College,Tirunelveli, India1
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, SCAD Engineering College,Tirunelveli, India2
Abstract - This paper proposes with an idea for improving safety and security by
preventing the misuse of ambulance. The misuse of ambulance is prevented by
attaching an android based device or a GPS system in the ambulance. This system helps
in tracking the location of ambulance and to control the mode of ambulance
(Emergency/Normal).The task for the ambulance is assigned from control room /
Authenticated person alone. On time of work assignment the authenticated person from
control room will assign work to a specific ambulance nearer to the accident spot. The
ambulance is assigned with the start and the destination location along with the mode
(Emergency/Normal) so the ambulance can only travel through the specified route. The
ambulance can reach the peak speed if it is in emergency mode. When the ambulance
reaches the destination (Nearest Hospital) it will be automatically switched to normal
mode. And when the ambulance is in normal mode it should not travel above a
threshold speed. Using the GPS system the control room can track the location of the
ambulance with which the all the ambulance will be under the control. The Emergency
mode and the Normal mode will be set by the admin. Based on it the vehicles speed
threshold will be adjusted.
Keyword: GPS- Global Positioning System
I. INTRODUCTION
The aim of system is to create a control
system, which monitor all the ambulance
in a particular area. The control room will
assign a task to a specific ambulance
which is close to the accident zone. This
control room managed by an admin will
allot the start and destination location
along with a mode, either Emergency or
Normal. The control room is also
responsible for allocating the route for
travel. In Emergency mode the ambulance
is allowed to travel at a speed above the
threshold speed and at normal mode the
ambulance is allowed to travel below a
threshold speed. For monitoring the
location of travel by the ambulance a GPS
device is attached to it. This GPS device
will keep on updating the latitude and
longitude position of the moving vehicle.
The updated location will be saved in the
server along with the date and time. Now
with the help of the latitude and longitude
positions the admin can monitor the
location of the vehicles along with it speed
and route through which it travels with the
help of web browser or an android device.
The GPS device can be either GPS or a
GPS enabled smart phone. Fig 1 shows the
simple architecture of the system.

Fig 1.1 System Architecture
II. RELATED WORKS
In previous research papers, they deal with
finding the location of the vehicles as well
as finding the route through which the
vehicle travels.This is done by the GPS
device that is fixed in the vehicle.
In 2011, Mohammad A. Al-Khedherthe
[1] published a paper called Hybrid GPS-
GSM Localization of Automobile
Tracking System through which the GPS
device in the vehicle retrieves the location
information from satellites in the form of
latitude and longitude location. The Then
an SMS is sent which contains the position
and then the location is viewed in map in
the desktop or the laptop.The other system
may track the location along with the
moving location but will never give
information about the speed as well as the
pre-defined route through which it has to
pass.
Fig2.1 GSM Localization of Automobile
Tracking System
In 2011, Mohammad A. Al-Khedherthe
[1] published a paper called Hybrid GPS-
GSM Localization of Automobile
Tracking System through which the GPS
device in the vehicle retrieve the location
information from satellites in the form of
latitude and longitude location.The Then
an SMS is sent which contains the position
and then the location is viewed in map in
the desktop or the laptop.The other system
may track the location along with the
moving location but will never give
information about the speed as well as the
pre-defined route through which it has to
pass.
In 2012, Mrs. K.P.Kamble[2] published a
paper called SMART VEHICLE
TRACKING SYSTEM which came up
with the idea of continues tracking of
vehicles location along with the speed.
These coordinates are generally observed
on a computer screen and by using
mapping software through which one can
see the exact position of our vehicle. This

idea is user can access the information of a
vehicle based on vehicle’s position, speed
and distance traveled and duration of each
stoppage with a central operating center by
entering the mobile number of user
through mobile phones or websites using
SMS or Internet.
III. PROPOSED SYSTEM
In proposed system we have
provided historic information about route
travelled by using a web based database
storage. It will be specially implemented
for tracking ambulance information like
what is the condition of it now, Where is it
now, Where it is moving.
This paper proposes the idea for
the ambulance to improving safety and
security by preventing the misuse of
ambulance. The misuse of ambulance is
prevented by attaching an android based
device inside the ambulance. This device
will help in tracking the location of
ambulance and to control the mode of
ambulance (Emergency/Normal).
The task for ambulance is assigned
by the control room by the admin who
views and manages the system.
Ambulance agency cannot take work
directly. On time of work assignment the
admin from control room will assign work
to a specified ambulance nearer to the
accident location. The admin assigns the
task to the ambulance which is nearer to
the accident spot. He also assigns the
starting and the destination for the
ambulance along with the mode of travel
either Emergency or Normal. Once the
mode is assigned for the ambulance it is
allowed to travel at the specified speed.
When the ambulance is in Emergency
mode it can reach above the threshold
speed. If it is in normal mode then the
ambulance is not allowed to exceed the
threshold speed. Here all the nodes will
communicate with each other using
internet. All the information is transferred
through a web server hence it will be
saved as record each time. Hence it will be
used for investigation in future.
IV. IMPLEMENTATION
The idea is achieved by GPS enabled
android device which acts as the medium
for communication between the ambulance
and the admin. The device keeps on
updating the location of the ambulance
using the GPS in the android device. Once
the location is found by the android device
it calls the php script to execute. The php
script will in return save the latitude and
the longitude position along with the date
and time it has calculated using the GPS
satellite. This data can then be viewed by
the admin using the web browser.
Fig 4.1 Working principle
The admin, to control the ambulance uses
the command to set the mode as well
assign the task. This is done by admin
using the web browser and executing the
php script to save the data in the server.
The android device in the ambulance will
in return retrieve the commands from the

server and sets the mode in its device. The
android device will then set the
microcontroller that directly controls the
speed of the ambulance. This
microcontroller will set the command
either to emergency or to normal mode.
Based on the command send by the
controller the ambulance speed will be set.
Every actions will be monitored by the
admin. Fig 4.1 shows the working
principle of the system.
V. EXPERIMENTAL
RESULTS
Fig 4.2 Tracking of vehicle in admin
side.
Fig 4.2 shows the location by means of
latitude and longitude along with the
address where it is located and the mode
for travel. The map shows the exact
position in which it is travelling with the
help of the latitude and longitude position.
Web browser uses the google maps
application to locate the location.
VI. CONCLUSION
Thus from the above experiment it is
very easy to monitor the location of the
ambulance along with the exact
location and the speed of travel which
is calculated from distance traveled
and the time for travel. This help is
secured use of ambulance and misuse
of it.
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Hybrid GPS-GSM Localization of
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