Final Year Projects (05/06)

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• Final Year Projects (05/06)
• Windows Embedded Student ChallengE (WESC) 2006

Green Bus
Lok Cheong Kin (Edword) CHAN Shu Wing
(Cloud) KONG Chi Kin (Eric) Supervised by
MUPPALA, Jogesh K.
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Presentation Outline

• Introduction

• Project Goals

• System Architecture

• Hardware

• Project Implementation

• Demo Scenario

• Conclusions

• Question and Answer

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Introduction
Background

• People prefer private vehicles
• Over-use of lighting and air-conditioning
  facilities in public transportation vehicles

Problems

• Traffic congestion
• Air pollution
• Waste of energy

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Project Goal
Real Time Information Service

• Bus Arrival Time
• Latest News Broadcast

Fleet management

• Collecting the number of passenger
• Route efficiency analysis

Fleet management

• Tracking the location of the bus
• Capturing the snapshot on the bus

Energy Saving

• Facilities controlling

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System Architecture
Internet
Web Service
Database
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Hardware
Hardware Structure
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Hardware
Embedded System (eBoxII)

• Vortex86 200MHz CPU
• 128 MB SDRAM onboard
• Parallel, Serial, USB Port
• 10/100 Mbps LAN
• AC97 CODEC Audio

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Project Implementation (Key Functions)

• Location Tracking
• Keep scanning the available access point (AP)
• List of MAC address in bus
• Usage
• Retrieve arrival time of bus
• keep records for data analysis

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Project Implementation (Key Functions)

• Passengers Counting
• Implemented with 8051 microcontroller, infrared
  emitter and sensor
• Entrance and Exit
• SerialPort class in .NET CF 2.0

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Project Implementation (Key Functions)

• Centralized Server
• Administration Tools (web based)
• Information Management
• Bus Tracking Interface
• Data Processing and analysis
• Route and time Analysis

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Demo Scenario
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Project Result

• Outcome
• Monitor bus location
• Count the number of passengers
• Show the snap-short picture
• Analysis collected data
• Further work
• Show video in the bus and at station
• Facilities control in the bus

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Conclusion

• Reliable and predictable public transportation
  infrastructure

• Environmentally friendly public transportation
  system

• Energy saving

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Question and Answer