Sensor system for transmitting information about environmentally dangerous incidents was created in MIET
NTI Competence Center «Sensorica» on the base of the National Research University of Electronic Technology has developed an automotive device for transmitting a distress signal from a territory without cellular coverage. It is being laboratory tested and is expected to enter the market in 2024, according to the NTI's press center.
The device is primarily aimed at carriers of dangerous cargo. The system is installed in a vehicle and it automatically detects the rates of environmental pollution. In the event of a road accident, the system independently assesses the meteorological and environmental situation at the accident site, then generates information packages and stores them until a car equipped with a mobile communication system with a delayed data transmission function passes by. Passing cars without human intervention receive information from the device and deliver it to the nearest mobile operator base station, which then transmits it to the 112 service in a few seconds.
«At the moment, the device is being tested in the laboratory, and in the fall testing is going to be conducted under real conditions. Scientists plan to finish the development in 2024,» the press center noted.
«If a heavy truck with petroleum products or other dangerous to the environment substances gets into an accident in the place of the so-called Internet «white zone», then the well-known SOS button here will not be of any help: ERA-GLONASS (emergency response system) works only in the coverage area of cellular towers. But it is important to understand that even a small leak of dangerous cargo can provoke irreversible changes to the environment, and in some cases, an environmental catastrophe,» Alexey Volkov, associate professor of Telecommunications Systems Chair, said.
Alexey Volkov pointed out that the device functions in the mode of a self-organizing decentralized network: it does not require any mechanical intervention. «No need to press any buttons. If the driver lost consciousness in an accident or, God forbid, died, the system will still collect information about critical exceedances of dangerous substances and take care of the data being delivered to rescuers.»
For regular drivers who don't carry dangerous cargo, this new system is also of interest, said Alexander Bakhtin, head of the Telecommunications Systems Chair and of the NTI's Research and Education Center «Distributed Digital Sensor Systems».
«Unlike the SOS button or a mobile phone, which are not smart devices, our system is able to collect information and store it for as long as necessary. If a person got into an accident in the «white zone» with no means of communication, he can record his message to the rescue service on our device, and it will automatically and word for word transmit the recording to passing cars,» Alexander Bakhtin said.