IoT-Based Safety and Security System for House Boats

Abstract

Waterways are one of the means of transport for the people staying in islands and coastal areas. Safety is one of the major factors that have to be considered in waterways. Present work explains the design and creation of an embedded system to detect the obstacle and identify a safety gateway. Here the boat is fixed with an obstacle detection module (ODM) that tracks the presence of obstacle in three directions of the boat moment, viz. front, left, and right. Once the obstacle is detected, the Notification Module (NM) responds by giving a message indicating to halt the boat or to take a deviation away from the obstacle. In the developed system, an RF transmitter and receiver are incorporated. The RF transmitter transmits the signal to the RF receiver during the instance of collision and/or emergency to the control room for necessary action. The developed prototype can be deployed in various types of boats which include passenger vessel, cargo vessel, fish boats, etc.