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1. AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATOR
NANDITHA.D
B.E. (3/4)-ECE
M.V.S.R. ENGINEERING COLLEGE
E-mail: duddunanditha@gmail.com
Abstract
Is your car or a vehicle stolen or is it not visible in the thickest snow or is one among the several cars present? Do you wa nt to
know the arrival of the bus for which you are waiting? Are your children going alone in a vehicle and you want to track their
moments? Does your cargo consists of costly load and want to protect them? Do you want to keep track of your little playing
kids about where they are?
ANS: Automatic Vehicle Locator.
This Paper gives us a novel approach of using certain GPS technology in tracking not only vehicles, but even children and
to protect precious goods. So this technology has gained a lot of importance in the recent years. This paper tells us how this
technology works, its applications. It is still under research and development stage.
2. 1. AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATOR
Automatic vehicle location (AVL) is a computer -based
vehicle tracking system. For transit, the actual real -time
position of each vehicle is determined and relayed to a
control center. Actual position determination and relay
techniques vary, depending on the needs of the transit
system and the technologies employed. Transit agencies
often incorporate other advanced system features in
conjunction with AVL system implementation. Simple
AVL systems include: computer-aided dispatch software,
mobile data terminals, emergency alarms, and digital
communications. More sophisticated AVL Systems may
integrate: real-time passenger information, automatic
passenger counters, and automated fare payment systems.
Other components that may be integrated with AVL
systems include automatic stop annunciation, automated
destination signs, Vehicle component monitoring, and
Traffic signal priority.
AVL technology allows improved schedule adherence
and timed transfers, more accessible passenger
information, increased availability of data for transit
management and planning, efficiency/productivity
improvements in transit services.
2. What is AVL technology?
Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL) systems use satellite
and land communications to display each vehicle's
location, status, heading, and speed on the computer's
screen. AVL systems use one of four types of navigation
technology, or may combine two of these technologies to
compensate for inevitable shortcomings of any one
technology.
The four principal technologies employed for AVL
systems are:
1. Global Positioning System
2. Dead-Reckoning System
3. Signpost/Odometer Systems
4. Radio Navigation/Location
3. TRACKING SYSTEMS
There are two types of tracking systems.
3.1. PASSIVE TRACKING: The Passive Tracking System
modality refers to stand-alone GPS Receivers, which store
data for further process. Passive systems are typically
limited to vehicle tracking only. When a Passive Tracking
Device is installed in a vehicle, the location, time, velocity
and heading data is usually stored in the unit or transferred
to a handheld device and downloaded from the vehicle
when the vehicle returns to their base station.
3. 3.2. REAL TIME TRACKING
Real Time Tracking Systems are based on mobile
stand-alone terminals which combine GPS and GSM
technology to determinate and transmit their position. A
two-way wireless communication link connects the unit
with the control center at all times. A portable GPS
tracking device can be used as an emergency cellular
phone with speed dialing for two-way voice
communication. It can silently call any emergency number
in the world for immediate assistance. The emergency
silent call feature also provides a digitized voice message
which can report the time, date, speed, heading, and
location of a person in distress.
Figure1. GPS Receiver
The AVL tracking system consists of a GPS receiver inside
the vehicle and a communications link between the vehicle
and the control Center as well as pc-based tracking
software for dispatch. The communication system is
usually a cellular network similar to the one used by
cellular phone. Currently all kind of communications
networks permit Real-Time Tracking for mobile assets.
4. WORKING OF A GPS BASED
AUTOMATIC VEHICLE LOCATOR
4.1. GPS SATELLITES
The GPS satellites locate the transit vehicles by
sending out GPS signals to be picked up by vehicles GPS
UNITS. The GPS unit in the vehicle absorbs the signals
and gives radio signals to the RADIO system.
Figure2. A GPS Based AVL
System
4.2. RADIO SYSTEM
The RADIO systems receive the vehicle GEO -
LOCATION coordinates and transmits this radio signals to
communication center.
4.3. COMMUNICATION CENTER
The communication center receives this information and
uses it to determine the location of transit vehicle and
sends this to dispatch stations and other stations for further
analysis of the information either through wire line or
wireless networks.
4.4. DISPATCH SECTION
The dispatch section uses the vehicle information to help
maintain transit schedules and provide operational support
to the drivers.
4. 4.5. CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE UNIT
The customer assistance planning/scheduling operations
analysis unit also receives the vehicle location information
through wire line or wireless network. This section use
vehicle location map to help maintain transit schedules to
analyze and provide traffic information for other road way
driver.
Figure3. Working of a GPS based AVL
5. INTEGRATING AVL WITH OTHER
SYSTEMS
Buses equipped with AVL offer many possibilities for
transit interface with highway and traffic organizations or
transportation management centers. Opportunities include:
providing transit buses with traffic signal priority;
obtaining traffic congestion data at the dispatch center to
allow rerouting of buses or informing customers of delay;
incorporating transit information in traveler information
systems; developing multi-application electronic payment
systems; using buses to automatically communicat e traffic
speed; and reporting of roadway incidents by transit
vehicle operators.
6. MORE ABOUT GPS
6.1. Use of Differential GPS
For AVL systems which do require more accurate
positions, differential GPS can be employed. These
systems normally employ the transmission of correction
information to the GPS receiver; this correction
information has corrections for each satellite in view. This
is done because each satellite has its own error; the error in
GPS is not simply an X-Y error which will be the same for
all receivers. The error on any two given receivers will
only be the same if those receivers are using the SAME
satellites. This can’t normally be guaranteed as satellites
may be obscured at one location, making the error slightly
different for two receivers.
6.2. GPS Antennas
The best position for any antenna is generally as high
as possible with the best unrestricted view.
6.3. GPS Satellites
The global positioning system (GPS) was specifically
engineered so that at least four of the 24 sat ellites would be
positioned on the horizon at all times. There are six
different orbiting patterns that the GPS satellites follow,
making a complete trip around the earth every 12 hours.
The information regarding the location of the transit
5. vehicle is calculated by TRILATERATION method. With
this information, the receivers can, by a process similar to
triangulation, tell the user the exact location in latitude,
longitude, and sometimes altitude too.
Figure4. GPS
Satellites
6.4. MAPPING
At any control station, data is normally required to be
viewed on a map. Maps allow a tangible, understandable
view of a vehicles location, and will also allow operators to
apply local knowledge.
7. DATA TRANSFER
The two most common methods of transmitting
vehicle location data to dispatch are through polling and
exception reporting via wireless communications. Many
agencies use a combination.
8. BENEFITS
The most extensive and rigorous research into the
benefits of AVL has found that this technology has lead t o
significant transit firm productivity gains (whether output
is measured by Passenger Miles or Vehicle Revenue
Miles). Benefits have been documented to varying degrees
for all of the following categories.
8.1. Operations: Increases transit rider ship. Reduced
need for additional road supervisors and manual data entry.
8.2. Communications: Improved communications
between supervisors, dispatchers, and operators and
reduced voice radio traffic.
8.3. Passenger Information: Provides capability to
inform passengers of predicted bus arrival times thus
enhancing the quality of transit service and allowing
travelers to make better travel decisions.
8.4. Scheduling and Planning: Provides more
complete and accurate data for scheduling and planning.
Aids in effective bus stop placement (when combined with
a G.I.S. database and automatic passenger counters).
8.5. Safety and Security: Enhances the security of the
driver and traveler (particularly when coupled with silent
alarm technology).
9. USES
1. Vehicle location display in real-time.
2. Recording of arrival and departure times (proof
of delivery etc).
6. 3. Monitoring of driving practices (speed).
4. Alerts if vehicle leaves or enters a defined area .
10. APPLICATIONS IN OTHER FIELDS
10.1. In Military
It is clear how useful this technology would be for the
Armed Forces. Before small GPS receivers were available,
troops in the field depended on the same technology for
generations: the compass, sextant, maps and hand
calculations. Radios and reconnaissance aircraft wer e great
leaps, but a GPS calculates position in real time, down to
three foot accuracy!
10.2. Geo-Caching
This is for people who have liking towards searching
hidden things or participating in scavenger hunts. With
GPS, comes the new twist: geo-caching. Geo-catchers hide
a little treasure in a box public place, for example, a shoe
box with a used book inside, taped under the seat of a bus
stop. They then go to geo-caching websites and post simple
latitude and longitude, to as much accuracy as they like.
Then other geo-catchers search for these boxes with their
GPS data. The fun is looking for a strange box in what
could be an area with a 25-foot radius. When the
successful geo-catcher finds the box, he or she keeps the
little treasure and replaces it with another, for the next
searcher.
10.3. Track Anything
Parents always worry about their teenage kids, especially
after they start driving. Auto shops have started offering
installation of small, hidden GPS receivers in kids’ cars.
Parents can then use simple computer software and have
their kids’ movements plotted on a map. Many parents
don’t even tell the kids about this ‘little extra’.
Figure5. Track anything
10.4. In Cargo
Some containers of cargo are more valuable than others. A
small GPS receiver inside the cargo can know exactly
where it is, how far it is from the destination, and where to
find even it if it is stolen.
Figure6. GPS in Cargo
7. 10.5. Child Tracking
Of topical interest at this time is ‘child tracking’,
giving the possibility for children to wear or carry some
sort of GPS/GSM tracker. Such a device could provide
valuable information if a child is abducted or lost. Signals
could be sent from the tracker every few minutes to a
central site so that a record is kept of the child’s loca tion,
or just sent when a ‘panic button’ was pressed by the child.
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