Author : Ramya Gayathri.M 1
Date of Publication :7th June 2016
Abstract: One of the major problems in developing countries is mainte nance of r o a ds. Well maintaine d roads contribute a major portion to the country’s economy. Identification of pavement distress such as potholes not only helps drivers to avoid accidents or vehicle damages, but also helps authorities to maintain roads. This paper discusses previous pothole detection methods that have been developed and proposes a cost- effective solution to identify the potholes on roads and provide timely alerts to drivers to avoid accidents or vehicle damages. Camera captures the image of the road, Beagle bone is used to identify the potholes on the road, the geographical location coordinates of the potholes are identified using a global positioning system receiver respectively. The sensed data includes pothole width and geographic location, which is stored in the database (cloud).This serves as a valuable source of information to the soceity and vehicle drivers. An android application is used to alert drivers so that precautionary measures can be taken to evade accidents. Alerts are given in the form of a App notification and vibration.
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