Title: A prototype model of an unmanned automated railway level crossing traffic control system using ultrasonic and infrared sensors

Authors: Priyadarshi Guha; Sukanya Kool; Rishabh Pipalwa; Aakash Acharjee; Abhijit Paul

Addresses: Department of Information Technology, Amity University Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ' Department of Information Technology, Amity University Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ' Department of Information Technology, Amity University Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ' Department of Information Technology, Amity University Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India ' Department of Information Technology, Amity University Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Abstract: The accessibility of the railway has expanded as the population has grown, and controlling the level crossing in an unmanned automated way is necessary to ensure the safety of the public. This paper proposes an automatic railway level crossing control system. This level crossing is automated and checks the presence of any obstacles when the railway gate is closed, and a train is approaching. When railway gates are closed, an Ultrasonic (US) sensor is used to monitor the presence of any obstacle in between the railway gates. An Infrared (IR) sensor is also used only to check whether the train has entered or passed away from that restricted area of the railway gate zone. The infrared sensor and ultrasonic sensor used in the proposed model have achieved accuracy up to 99.02% and 99.06% respectively.

Keywords: level crossing; ultrasonic sensor; infrared sensor; railroad; train.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2024.138844

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2024 Vol.26 No.4, pp.342 - 353

Received: 09 Dec 2022
Accepted: 17 Jul 2023
Published online: 31 May 2024 *

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