Vibration technology based security system has been proposed by NIT-K to secure unmanned level crossings.

Recently, an MoU has been signed between Palakkad division - Southern Railway and ECE department, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal on a system to provide advance warning at unmanned level crossings.

NIT department focused on vibration technology  and detailed the approach stating that motion of train generating vibration will be used in this system development where a sensitive vibration sensor/acoustic sensor will be installed on the track or sleeper near the level crossing which be constantly monitored for its output.  Further, the output of the vibration sensor will be monitored by the micro-controller device which will process the readings and infer the presence of the train, its type and velocity. 

This simple system that can detect the presence of the train after sensing the unambiguous presence of the train and can provide an audio-visual warning so that people, vehicles, people and livestock can move away from the location of the level crossing. The system will reset itself for next train detection.  

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