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

Introduction Introduction Project Goals Project Goals System Architecture System Architecture Question and Answer Question and Answer Demo Scenario Demo Scenario Conclusions Conclusions Presentation Outline Hardware Hardware Project Implementation Project Implementation

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

Tracking the location of the bus Capturing the snapshot on the bus Project Goal Bus Arrival Time Latest News Broadcast Collecting the number of passenger Route efficiency analysis Real Time Information Service Fleet management Fleet management Facilities controlling Energy Saving

System Architecture Internet Web Service Database Management System Data Processing Unit Administrative Tools Bus Station System Information Display Bus System Location Tracking Passenger Counting Snapshot Capturing Information Display Facilities Control

Hardware Hardware Structure

Hardware Embedded System (eBoxII)  Vortex86 200MHz CPU  128 MB SDRAM onboard  Parallel, Serial, USB Port  10/100 Mbps LAN  AC97 CODEC Audio

Project Implementation (Key Functions) Location Tracking  Keep scanning the available access point (AP)  List of MAC address in busUsage  Retrieve arrival time of bus  keep records for data analysis

Project Implementation (Key Functions) Passengers Counting  Implemented with 8051 microcontroller, infrared emitter and sensor  Entrance and Exit  SerialPort class in.NET CF 2.0

Project Implementation (Key Functions) Centralized Server Administration Tools (web based)  Information Management  Bus Tracking Interface Data Processing and analysis  Route and time Analysis

Demo Scenario

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

Conclusion Reliable and predictable public transportation infrastructure Environmentally friendly public transportation system Energy saving

Question and Answer