TY - GEN
T1 - Intelligent traffic alert system for smart cities
AU - Ksiksi, Assil
AU - Al Shehhi, Saeed
AU - Ramzan, Rashad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Traffic accidents are one of the main causes of sudden death worldwide. Inadequate driver response to changing road and traffic conditions leads to a higher probability of road accidents. With the rise of the concept of Smart Cities, safety and security are two important issues that need to be addressed. In this paper, we propose an Intelligent Traffic Alert System (iTAS) that warns drivers of potential dangers on the road using audio and visual alerts. The iTAS consists of transmitter units installed on the side of the road that broadcast vital information such as the speed limit, road conditions, and unexpected traffic situations to drivers in real-time over the commercial FM radio frequency band. On the receiver side, the system uses the radio already present in the vehicle to deliver audio alerts that help keep drivers informed on road and traffic conditions. The installation of an optional receiver unit inside the vehicle makes it possible to display the alerts on a LCD screen in the form of visual warning symbols. A lab prototype of the proposed system was built using off-the-shelf commercial components. The results acquired from testing the prototype were good enough to validate our approach to the design.
AB - Traffic accidents are one of the main causes of sudden death worldwide. Inadequate driver response to changing road and traffic conditions leads to a higher probability of road accidents. With the rise of the concept of Smart Cities, safety and security are two important issues that need to be addressed. In this paper, we propose an Intelligent Traffic Alert System (iTAS) that warns drivers of potential dangers on the road using audio and visual alerts. The iTAS consists of transmitter units installed on the side of the road that broadcast vital information such as the speed limit, road conditions, and unexpected traffic situations to drivers in real-time over the commercial FM radio frequency band. On the receiver side, the system uses the radio already present in the vehicle to deliver audio alerts that help keep drivers informed on road and traffic conditions. The installation of an optional receiver unit inside the vehicle makes it possible to display the alerts on a LCD screen in the form of visual warning symbols. A lab prototype of the proposed system was built using off-the-shelf commercial components. The results acquired from testing the prototype were good enough to validate our approach to the design.
KW - Intelligent road system
KW - Road safety
KW - Safe driving assistance
KW - Smart cities
KW - Traffic alert system
KW - Traffic alerts
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U2 - 10.1109/SmartCity.2015.65
DO - 10.1109/SmartCity.2015.65
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84973863187
T3 - Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015
SP - 165
EP - 169
BT - Proceedings - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015, Held Jointly with 8th IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and Networking, SocialCom 2015, 5th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Communications, SustainCom 2015, 2015 International Conference on Big Data Intelligence and Computing, DataCom 2015, 5th International Symposium on Cloud and Service Computing, SC2 2015
A2 - Liu, Xingang
A2 - Wang, Peicheng
A2 - Wang, Yufeng
A2 - Dong, Mianxiong
A2 - Hsu, Robert C. H.
A2 - Xia, Feng
A2 - Deng, Yuhui
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE International Conference on Smart City, SmartCity 2015
Y2 - 19 December 2015 through 21 December 2015
ER -