A Low Cost Yet Super efficient Means to Prevent Overloading as Well as Accidents Due to Faulty Tracks in an Autonomous Metro Train Running Without Human Labor

International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395 -0056
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A Low Cost Yet Super efficient Means to Prevent Overloading as Well as
Accidents Due to Faulty Tracks in an Autonomous Metro Train Running
without Human Labor
Rupal Jain1
1Bachelors of Engineering, Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg,
Chhattisgarh, India
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Abstract - This proposed system is an autonomous public
transport and it eliminates the need of any driver. Thus, any
human error is ruled out. In this project microcontroller has
been used as CPU. Whenever the public transport arrives at
the station it stops automatically, as sensed by an IR sensor.
Then the door opens automatically so that the passengers
can go inside the public transport. The door then closes after
a prescribed time set. It is also equipped with a passenger
counting section, which counts the number of passengers
leaving and entering the public transport. The door closes
when it reaches maximum occupancy level irrespective of
time allotted for the door to remain open. The passenger
status is displayed on a LCD as interfaced to the
microcontroller. The movement of the public transport is
controlled by a motor driver IC interfaced to the
microcontroller. When the limit of the passengers so set is
crossed then the buzzer will start emitting sound as well as
there will be a status display on the LCD. The lights and fans
inside the public transport can be adjusted according to the
number of passengers as described further. Also this is the
prototype that I have extended so that it will be able to
avert accidents due to faulty tracks or would help in faulty
track detections along with preventing the problems due to
overloading.
Key Words: Public transport, door, sensors,
microcontroller, limiting count of passengers, LCD,
motor, capacitive switch, conservation, eco-friendly,
faulty track detections.
1. INTRODUCTION
This project is designed to create a prototype of a modern
driverless public transport equipped with eminent
features. It uses embedded technology which is software
or hardware that is hidden embedded in a large device or
system. It typically refers to a fixed function device, as
compared with a PC, which runs general purpose
application. These public transports (prototype) are
equipped with the CPU, which control the public transport.
The public transport is programmed for the specific path.
Every station on the path is defined; stoppage timing of
the public transport and distance between the two
stations is predefined. Also the following prototype will be
able to avert accidents due to faulty tracks or would help
in faulty track detections.
2. EXISTING VS. PROPOSED SYSTEMS
Few disadvantages of the existing system are:
 Constant human intervention.
 High cost.
 More Manpower is required.
 Installation and integration is time consuming.
 Overloading and under loading.
The proposed system overcomes the above disadvantages
and has the below mentioned merits:
 Automated system requiring less manpower.
 It uses a capacitive sensor cum switch to sense the
incoming passengers as well helps to limit the
number of passengers.
 The capacitive sensor cum switch is made of
biodegradable waste material thus being eco
friendly.
 Display unit and buzzers are provided thus
reducing any inconveniences caused.
 Automatic closing of door is provided after the
pre-scribed numbers of persons enter.
 The lights and fans inside the public transport like
metro trains, buses will be automatically switched
off or is adjusted depending upon the number of
passengers.
 The following prototype will be able to avert
accidents due to faulty tracks or would help in
faulty track detections.

3. MATERIALS USED
3.1 AT89C51 Microcontroller
The IC is a low-power; high-performance CMOS 8-bit
microcomputer with 4K bytes of Flash programmable and
erasable read only memory (PEROM). The device is
manufactured using Atmel’s high-density non-volatile
memory technology and is compatible with the industry-
standard MCS-51 instruction set and pin out. The on-chip
Flash allows the program memory to be reprogrammed
in-system or by a conventional non-volatile memory
programmer. By combining a versatile 8-bit CPU with
Flash on a monolithic chip, the Atmel IC 8051 is a
powerful microcomputer which provides a highly-flexible
and cost-effective solution to many embedded control
applications. The IC 8051 provides the following standard
features: 4K bytes of Flash, 128 bytes of RAM, 32 I/O lines,
2 16-bit timer/counters, a five vector two-level interrupt
architecture, full duplex serial port, on-chip oscillator and
clock circuitry. In addition, the IC 8051 is designed with
static logic for operation down to zero frequency and
supports two software selectable power saving modes.
The Idle Mode stops the CPU while allowing the RAM,
timer/counters, serial port and interrupt system to
continue functioning.
3.2 L293D IC
L293D is a dual H-bridge motor driver integrated circuit
(IC). Motor drivers act as current amplifiers since they
take a low-current control signal and provide a higher-
current signal. This higher current signal is used to drive
the motors. L293D contains two inbuilt H-bridge driver
circuits. In its common mode of operation, two DC motors
can be driven simultaneously, both in forward and reverse
direction. The motor operations of two motors can be
controlled by input logic at pins 2 & 7 and 10 & 15. Input
logic 00 or 11 will stop the corresponding motor. Logic 01
and 10 will rotate it in clockwise and anticlockwise
directions, respectively. Enable pins 1 and 9
(corresponding to the two motors) must be high for
motors to start operating. When an enable input is high,
the associated driver gets enabled. As a result, the outputs
become active and work in phase with their inputs.
Similarly, when the enable input Is low, that driver is
disabled, and their outputs are off and in the high-
impedance state.
3.3 LCD
LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display. LCD is finding wide
spread use replacing LEDs (seven segment LEDs or other
multi segment LEDs) because of the following reasons:
1. The declining prices of LCDs.
2. The ability to display numbers, characters and
graph-ic ‘s. This is in contrast to LEDs, which are
limited to numbers and a few characters.
3. Incorporation of a refreshing controller into the
LCD, thereby relieving the CPU of the task of
refreshing the LCD. In contrast, the LED must be
refreshed by the CPU to keep displaying the data.
4. These components are “specialized” for being
used with the microcontrollers, which means that
they can-not be activated by standard IC circuits.
They are used for writing different messages on a
miniature LCD.
3.4 IR Sensor
IR reflectance sensors contain a matched infrared
transmitter and infrared receiver pair. These devices work
by measuring the amount of light that is reflected into the
receiver. Because the receiver also responds to ambient
light, the device works best when well shielded from
ambient light, and when the distance between the sensor
and the reflective surface is small(less than 5mm). IR
reflectance sensors are often used to detect white and
black surfaces. White surfaces generally reflect well, while
black surfaces reflect poorly. One of such applications is
the line follower of a robot.
3.5 DC Motor
An electric motor is a machine which converts electrical
energy into mechanical energy.
Principles of operation:
In any electric motor, operation is based on simple
electromagnetism. A current-carrying conductor
generates a magnetic field; when this is then placed in an
external magnetic field, it will experience a force
proportional to the current in the conductor, and to the
strength of the external magnetic field. As you are well
aware of from playing with magnets as a kid, opposite
(North and South) polarities attract, while like polarities
(North and North, South and South) repel. The internal
configuration of a DC motor is designed to harness the
magnetic interaction between a current-carrying
conductor and an external magnetic field to generate
rotational motion. Let’s start by looking at a simple 2-pole
DC electric motor (here red represents a magnet or
winding with a “North” polarization, while green
represents a magnet or winding with a “South”
polarization).
3.6 AND GATE
A Boolean operator which gives the value one if and only if
all the operands are one, and otherwise has a value of
zero.
It can be also defined as a circuit which produces an
output signal only when signals are received
simultaneously through all input connections.

4. MAKING OF CAPACITIVE SWITCH CUM SENSOR
A capacitance switch needs only one electrode to function.
The electrode can be placed behind a non-conductive
panel such as wood, glass, paper (hard cardboard like
material) or plastic. The switch works using body
capacitance, a property of the human body that gives it
great electrical characteristics. The lamp keeps charging
and discharging its metal exterior to detect changes in
capacitance. When a person touches it, it increases the
capacitance and triggers the switch.
Fig -1: A parallel plate capacitor
Fig -2: Reclaimed Paper 1 with aluminum foil
Fig -3: Reclaimed Paper 2 with aluminum foil

Fig -4: Working of the capacitive switch cum sensor
5. CONTROLLING THE NUMBER OF LIGHTS AND
FANS OR SWITCHING THEM ‘ON‘/’OFF’
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
The counting section for the passengers is implemented
using reclaimed materials by using the capacitive switch
cum sensor. These (i.e. the capacitive sensor cum switch)
,can be used two in numbers, so that once the person steps
in or out ; he will step on the first sensor first and then as
soon as the person steps on the second sensor, after that
,the count of person will be considered and a logic one will
be provided to the microcontroller. As soon as this count is
registered on the microcontroller, the controller will make
note of the persons and accordingly switch ‘on’/’off’ the
lights and fans.
6. WORKING OF THE PROJECT
The motion of the public transport is controlled by the
motor driver IC interfaced to the microcontroller AT89C51
to function as a CPU and which is used to control the
rotation of motor. Name of each station is displayed over
LCD along with other details and accordingly the different
delay for each station is provided. Whenever the public
transport arrives at the station it stops automatically, as
sensed by an IR sensor. Then the door opens automatically
so that the passengers can go inside the public transport.
The door closes when it reaches maximum occupancy
level or when the time allotted for the door to remain open
is exceeded after indicating the message on the LCD as
well as via the buzzer. The public transport then heads
towards the destination. The passenger counting section
that counts the number of passengers leaving and entering
the public transport is implemented using capacitive
switch like sensor. The real innovation lies in the making
of the capacitive sensor that is not bought but is made
using waste and reclaimed materials thus making it low
cost yet extra-ordinary. Depending upon the number of
passengers inside the transport, the intensity as well as
the number of lights and fans that are ‘on’ will be
automatically adjusted.
8. LOGIC GATE CIRCUIT USED FOR FAULTY TRACK
DETECTION
As shown in the logic diagram the accidents due to faulty
tracks can be prevented as follows:-
The first one shows the top view of a track line with no
breaks but in the second figure there is a break as a result
of which derailment may occur and to avoid this we do the
following. We may run wires collinear along the tracks or
in parallel with the tracks. These wires may carry a voltage
which is very small. This small voltage can be generated
easily, thus the broken track will have a zero voltage or
say zero logic and the one fit and fine will have some
voltage say logic level one. This wires may be put as the
two inputs of the AND gate ( for prototype purpose only)
and then the AND GATE output will be one only when both
the inputs are one thus as a result of which in case of
breaks always there will be a low level logic and thus the
port say P1 will have a logic 0 as a result of which we can
conclude that there is a fault in the track.
Refer figure 5 below
7. RESULT
Hence the project is implemented to run the metro train
without driver within specified time limit and also using
IR sensor which works on line of sight principle. The
public transport prevents the overloading of passengers as
well as helps to conserve energy by adjusting the lights
and fans as per the count of passengers. Not only this it
will also be preventing the accidents due to faulty tracks.

Fig -4: Working of the Logic circuitry to prevent disasters
and accidents due to faulty tracks

8. CONCLUSION
Nowadays the accidents are increasing day by day. Of
these major accidents are occurring due to overloading on
the vehicles whether it is bus or public transport and also
due to human faults. A man can do a mistake but a
programmed processor doesn’t have a chance of doing
error. This is the main reason behind this project. This
highly advanced technology prevents overloading as well
as is a prototype for a modern driverless public transport.
By using this public transport the timings of the public
transport will be exact and will avoid inconveniences
caused to the passengers. This project will greatly reduce
the human intervention in the control of public transports
and hence saves a lot of time and money. This prototype
helps to conserve energy by auto-adjustment of lights and
fans, thus making the coming future secure. Thus the
project “USING CAPACITIVE SWITCH CUM SENSOR MADE
OF RECLAIMED MATERIALS FOR PREVENTING
OVERLOADING AND CONSERVING ENERGY IN A PUBLIC
TRANSPORT” is greatly useful in many aspects.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank my parents, teachers for their
constant support. I feel really privileged and would like to
thank IRJET for letting me publish my paper here.
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BIOGRAPHIES
Rupal Jain has remained
consistently good in
academics as well as co-
curricular activities. She has
won prizes for drawing and
painting at the National and
International level. Some of
these include- “Picasso
International Golden Artist
Award, M.F. Hussain Award,
Shipra Shreshtha Kalankan
Award, Highly Commended
Jury Award and many more.
She is a person with self-
reliance and good levels of
self-confidence.

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