Project Proposal
I.
Project Profile:
Project Title: TrafCon: A Smart Traffic Control Technology for Medical Emergency Service
Vehicle
Name of Project Proponents:
Favillaran, Jade Christian D.
Padrigo, Vincent Joshua S.
Quincela, Carl Kevin A.
Alternate: Antonette Lee O. Latube
Coach: Ralph Cyril D. Bundal
Region: IV-B
Division: Palawan
School: San Vicente National High School
Grade Level: 11
Project Duration (number of months): 3 months
Emails:
Contact numbers:
1. jadefavillaran23@gmail.com
2. carlkevinq@gmail.com
3. vincentjoshuapadrigo@gmail.com
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09952097382
09089860009
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Category Research: Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Team
Theme: Traffic/Road Congestion
V.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The proposal TrafCon: A Smart Traffic Control Technology for Medical Emergency
Vehicles is intended for traffic congestion control which deals with ambulances and other
emergency vehicles during their arrival in a particular direction. TrafCon has a series of system
that detects incoming ambulances and other emergency vehicles 150 meters away and controls the
traffic congestion by enabling the emergency vehicles to continue to arrive at a specific area
without having to stop or slowing down at any place.
This device considers the different volumes of traffic. When the traffic congestion is less,
the green signal activates for less time. When the traffic congestion increases the green signal
activates until it matches the default number. If there is no vehicle in the lane, then that particular
lane signal is skipped.
This framework additionally controls the movement of traffic congestion. This device
contains an RF transmitter and RF receiver. A RF transmitter that is placed on an ambulance
gives/transmits the signal to the RF receiver which is placed on a device that gives information to
the system that there's an incoming emergency vehicle from a particular direction.
The designed system has a simple architecture, fast response time, user-friendliness and
scope for further expansion.
VI.
INTRODUCTION
Population in developing countries such as Philippines is increasing rapidly. This results
number of problems such as traffic congestion, violation of the traffic rules and regulations and
sometimes road accidents. For example, the number of road accidents in the major cities such as
Quezon City logs the most road crashes in 2020 with 22,494 cases, followed by Manila with a total
of 6,655 incidents and Makati City with 4,508 incidents, as stated by the Philippine Government.
Additionally, traffic congestion leads to fuel consumption, delays, long waiting time, and
even money waste. In particular, traffic congestions contribute to high rates of emergency
missions. It is often commonly associated with some other traffic issues, such as blocking of
emergency vehicles. Incidents and medical emergencies such as fire, road accidents, medical
emergencies, etc. are often block by traffic congestion. It is very essential that emergency vehicles
could arrive on time to prevent serious loss of human lives.
A very rapid population growth resulted to enormous road traffics, specially in cities. In
addition, In recent times the number of deaths on the emergency cases are sometimes base on the
quickness of the emergency vehicle arrival. It is very essential that emergency services such as
ambulances and fire trucks must be on time to avoid loss of human lives. In this current situation,
helping an emergency vehicle move out of the traffic congestion is very much essential. To solve
the problems given above. In this paper we have come up with the smart traffic control technology
which will allow the ambulance to reach a specific location without having it to stop somewhere
until it reaches the destination.
This device will manage and regulates the traffic signals when an emergency vehicle
approaches to a particular location. This device will give a path to an emergency vehicle which it
can go to its destination without having it to stop somewhere. This device will allow an emergency
vehicle to go rapidly to its particular destination. Hence, it would contribute to save human lives.
VI.1. RATIONALE/SIGNIFICANCE
Traffic congestion is very common in many major cities in the Philippines, that leads to
long waiting and very time consuming. In particular, traffic congestion leads to high rates of a
mission impacting the health of the local population, shuttles and animals. Traffic congestion is
often commonly associated with some other traffic issues, such as the blocking of emergency
vehicles. Precisely, the traffic congestion often blocks the path of the emergency vehicles such as
an ambulance which may cause death to the patient. The regular occurrence of incidents and
medical emergencies such as fire, accidents, medical emergencies etc. That’s it is necessary that
emergency vehicles arrive on time to prevent serious loss of the patient’s life. Thus, hospital are
throughout the city to reduce response time in case of such emergencies.
Also, the cause of a very rapid population growth in cities has resulted in tremendous road
within the city. Furthermore, in recent times the number of death due to delays in the arrival of
emergency vehicle has risen to greater extent. So main objective of this system is to make it
possible for the ambulance to reach a particular location without having it to stop anywhere until
the destination is reached. This paper proposes controlling traffic lights using Arduino. The
Arduino commands the traffic light, that particular signal is made green to provide way to the
ambulance and simultaneously the others are changed to red. Using this method, way is provided
to the ambulance resulting it to reach the destination in minimum time.
VI.2 SCIENTIFIC BASIS/ THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
Anchal Rawat et.at (2016) provide a Smart Traffic Light System, which would enable the
ambulance to reach the goal in the least possible time by providing an acceptable route of passage.
Along with this a controller is to be fit on vehicles, which would help in completely automatic
recognition of the occurrence of the accident and locate the vehicle as well.
Prashant Jadhav et.at (2016) aims to prevent heavy traffic congestion. Initially, a live video
of a road is recorded by a camera. A web camera is placed in a traffic road that will click images
of the road on which we want to control traffic. Then these images are effectively processed to
know the traffic density. According to the processed data from mat lab, the controller will send
the command to the traffic LEDs to show particular time on the signal to manage traffic.
Dang et al, (2015) have proposed work which provides priority-based approach. This aims
to build an integrated user HPV system through which an HPV driver can send requests to the
system to which the system responds intelligently. Road Segments (RS) priority is determined at
the intersection and light turns green with highest priority vehicle. They tested the algorithm on
SUMO (Simulation of Urban Mobility) and it's shown positive results by saving over 50% time in
various traffic intensities (low, moderate, high).
The system mainly aims to tackle traffic jams problems for HPV. It’s a user interactive
system where the user (who is that the driver of HPV) initially attaches itself to the system before
moving on for a call. It then sends an invitation to turn light green to the system at a traffic
intersection to urge a green signal. The system calculates the priority of every RS of a traffic
intersection. The system turns light green for the RS with highest priority value. The system takes
good move by calculating the priority value of every intersection after a period of TLDC. Traffic
Light Duration Cycle (TLDC) could be a time of 1 traffic cycle consisting of red and green duration
of a light at an intersection.
The model takes two scenarios into consideration Suppose there is no ambulance at a light
intersection on any RS then light runs automatically. Remember there are ambulances on every
RS of traffic intersection as the system is determining the priority of any RS of a traffic intersection
then the RS with the best priority value turns green over other RS for a whole TLDC during this
way the system gives the priority to the ambulances and other essential vehicles.
Singh et al, (2015) have done analysis study on tie up and tidal on current traffic
management, which is facing two major problems in modern urban areas which cause road
accident and loss of life. To overcome this, they introduced Automatic Ambulance Rescue System
(AARS). The main idea behind this scheme is that by automatically monitoring traffic Lights on
the route, ambulance can enter the hospital easily in time. The ambulance is operated by a control
unit that provides the shortest route to the hospital and control traffic lights. The sensor senses the
spot and also the nearest ambulance reaches the accident spot. The traffic lights within the path of
the ambulance are controlled. The ambulance is driven along the shortest route to hospital by
server. The vehicle unit installed in vehicle senses the accident and sends the placement of the
accident to the server within the ambulance section. The server identifies the ambulance, closest
to the spot of the accident and also the shortest path between the ambulance, the spot of the accident
and the nearest hospital.
In this paper, they need described a design for automatically controlling the traffic signals
so the ambulance would be ready to cross all the traffic junctions and reach hospital without time
delay. Human life is affected to risk by the delay within the arrival of ambulance. The ambulance
isn't ready to reach the hospital within the golden hour. The prevailing system has many
disadvantages. It depends on the way of monitoring people to be manual which ends in time delay
and since of that health services cannot be provided to the patient on time which results in loss of
human life. The ambulance is guided to the hospital by the central unit through the shortest route.
The sensor installed within the vehicle senses the accident and Global Positioning System (GPS)
tracks the placement of the accident. It sends the incident location to the emergency section via
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). The central unit finds the ambulance, nearest
to the accident spot and also the shortest path between the placement of the accident, ambulance
and therefore the nearest hospital. Here, wireless technologies are accustomed transfer
information.
VII.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Population in growing international locations such as India is increasing significantly. This cease
result in a extent of troubles such as heavy visitors jams, violation of the internet site website site
visitors policies and sometimes even accidents. The big range of road accidents in fundamental
cities such as Chennai, Hyderabad and Delhi extended to sixteen demises per hour, as referred to
via way of the Indian Government are some examples. Additionally, traffic congestion leads to
lengthy equipped times, fuel depletion and even money waste. In particular, internet site on line
visitors congestion contributes to excessive fees of the missions impacting the fitness of the local
population, shuttles and animals. Traffic congestion is regularly commonly associated with some
special web site traffic issues, such as the blocking off of emergency vehicles. Precisely, the traffic
congestion usually blocks the route of the emergency motors which might also Human Life is a
very precious thing for any country. The regular occurrence of incidents and scientific emergencies
such as fire, avenue accidents, clinical emergencies etc. It is very necessary that emergency motors
arrive on time to stop serious loss of humans. Thus, hospitals and fireplace stations are throughout
the city to limit response time in case of such emergencies. A very rapid populace boom in cities
has resulted in tremendous avenue web site traffic within the city. In addition, in contemporary
times the extensive range of deaths due to delays in the arrival of emergency automobile has risen
to increased extent. Hence emergency offerings such as ambulances and fire engines ought to be
on time to keep away from loss of human life. In the current traffic situation, therefore, assisting
an emergency vehicle move out of visitors congestion is very a lot important. To clear up the issues
given above. In this paper, we have come up with the ‘Smart Ambulance and site visitors
controlling system’. The main motive of this device is to allow the ambulance to attain a unique
place except making it stop somewhere earlier than it reaches its destination. Sudhakara H M et al.
(2020) Per MMDA data, 300,000 motors had been offered in the previous year alone. In the
previous assembly previously than President Rodrigo Duterte, Artes referred to that somewhere
between 60 to 70% of these motors go in and out of Metro Manila. Artes referred to these figures
as quickly as greater Thursday then again referred to the quantity went up. “Considering that it’s
already so many applicable now after the two years of the pandemic, increased or less, half of a
million vehicles have been delivered to the streets, “ he cited in Filipino. Asked for solutions, Artes
brought up the MMDA's previously proposals for two days of range coding per week and to start
the work days of government personnel in the previous than usual. Earlier, the MMDA also moved
to preserve provincial buses off EDSA with the beneficial resource of imposing a "gentleman's
agreement" that prohibits buses coming from outdoor the NCR from the use of their private
terminals along EDSA. “We can't ignored the benefits [this] would offer in advertising mobility
therein, as it is being eyed as one of the fundamental options in addressing the site visitors
congestion,” the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board cited in a assertion earlier.
This, no matter statistics from the Philippine Statistics Authority showing that solely some 4,000
provincial buses use Metro Manila’s roads out of a entire of 2.8 million automobiles. Franco
Luna/philstar.com (2022) Traffic congestion has constantly been a perennial problem, mainly on
vital roads such as these located in densely populated metropolitan areas. The trouble of congestion
is now not easy to handle, and assorted options have been cautioned and carried out to address the
challenge. These options necessitate the advent of, or the improvement of, existing site visitors
challenge models. Traditional visitors undertaking models make use of historic tour demand data,
mainly from the luxurious origin-destination (OD) survey. This is a challenge for low-income
societies, particularly these with confined OD data or minimal price range for statistics collection.
It is beneficial, therefore, to view site visitors mission from each sides of grant (road infrastructure)
and demand rather than merely from the demand side. This is the specialty and novelty of the Ideal
Flow Network (IFN) mannequin (Teknomo 2017, Teknomo and Gardon 2017)
VIII. METHODOLOGY
A. The Subject of the Study
This research will test the effectiveness and efficiency of (project title). The researcher will
record the data results from the conducted tests and adjust the system based on the data gathered.
This paper proposes the hardware of the system. The hardware unit is further divided into two
subunits – transmitter & receiver. The system will consist primarily of microcontroller (Arduino
Uno), encoder, decoder and a GPS system in an ambulance. The researcher will conduct the
experimentation in an open and controlled area.
B. The Procedure
The procedure to create the project will be as follows:
The researcher will begin by creating a radio frequency device. This device will be used to
receive and transmit radio frequency that will be utilized for the traffic decongestion control for
emergency purposes. This device will be put in the hospitals, emergency areas, emergency vehicles
and traffic poles.
Based on the block diagram to be used, a RF device will be controlled by the following
components: an RFID system, an Arduino system, microcontroller, decoder and encoder.
The device will enter emergency mode by receiving a RF from a transmitter from the
emergency rooms of the hospital. Location will be determined based on the emergency report by
the authorities.
The GPS system aids in identifying the Location of patients and identifying the best routes to
the destination. It can also help in locating nearby hospitals that the driver may miss in a hurry.
These characteristics contribute to a better ambulance service (Rishabh Madani 2021)
The system is designed in a way that it can efficiently do the work expected from it while still
keeping its design simple. The proposed system can be divided into two parts. (Rishabh Madani
2021)
The first part deals with the identification of the location of the patient. The second part deals
with the control of the traffic. The same system will be used if the ambulance is traveling back to
the hospital. The traffic pole will receive the radio frequency from the ambulance then transmit it
to the succeeding traffic poles. The traffic control system will work until the ambulance arrived to
the hospital.
PROPOSED SYSTEM
RFID
SIGNAL
RFID RECEIVER
TRANSMITTER
ENCODER
DECODER
ARDUINO
AMBULANCE
TRAFFIC
CONTROL
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EXPECTED OUTPUT AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS
The output is expected to be used in area or routes that leads to the hospital. It is expected to
be put in ambulance, traffic poles & hospitals.
The product will have an impact on the following areas:
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Make the ambulance arrived faster to its destination
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Prevent the road blocking on ambulance’s way
X.
WORK PLAN AND TARGET AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS
Activities
A. Consultation session
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E. Pilot Testing of
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F. Experimentation
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Data are gathered
G. Collection and
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Data are collected and
Tabulation of Data
H. Analysis and
tabulated
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Interpretation of data
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submitted.
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Mohammadi, N. (2018) Automated Traffic Control System for Ambulance
Vol. 7, Issue 5. Mandya, India
Girish, H.R, J. (2020) A Review: Smart Ambulance and Traffic Controlling System
Volume 09, Issue 04. Mangalore, India