Pothole and Hump detection system using IoT

Abstract

Road Accidents are severe in developing countries as compared to developed countries, especially in India, where the number of vehicles has increased far more than road lengths. Potholes are one of the factors contributing to road accidents. This paper discusses various previous and ongoing methods on identifying the potholes and humps and also proposes a method that is comparatively cost-effective, easy to implement, robust, and can be used widely. Use of Ultrasonic sensor is used for detection of depth and height. The system is structured to capture geographic location via GPS, along with the dimensions of potholes. The sensed data is produced over the cloud via the open-source application, which can be retrieved via mail or Government server and can be used.