International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development “Emerging Technologies in the Computer World”, January -2017 @IJAERD-2017, All rights Reserved 52 Scientific Journal of Impact Factor (SJIF): 4.72 e-ISSN (O): 2348-4470 p-ISSN (P): 2348-6406 Road Condition Detection Using Arduino Based Sensing Module And Android Smartphone Omkar Rajmane,Vidya Rane,Aishwarya Bhosale Computer Engineering, AISSMS IOIT Abstract :The project aims to produce a Road Condition Detection Device (RCDD).The main components of the project are the arduino module and the Android smartphone. The arduino will be used as a sensing module and the smartphone will be user interface. The road conditions will be evaluated in real time using the arduino and the data collected by it will be sent to the android smartphone using the bluetooth module. The collected data will be used by the android application to and the relative condition of the road and the abnormal road condition will be marked on the Google Maps using GPS of the smartphone. So, the road condition will be known to the driver and they can change their driving behaviors for improving the safety of the people, comfort and efficiency. The amount of accidents which are caused by the bad road condition will be lowered Keywords: arduino ; G-sensor; accelerometer; smartphone ; GPS ; bluetooth; IOT I. INTRODUCTION This paper proposes a road condition detection device (RCDD),It consists of an arduino based sensing module and an Android smartphone based user interface,.It is to be designed and implemented for vehicles.Road conditions are a key part for the driving safety,comfort and efficiency of traffic in people's day-to-day lives.It is desirable to have a mechanism by which people can know about the road conditions in the routes on which they wish to travel,in real time.Also understanding conditions of road surface is also very important for road maintenance and asset management.By using these mechanism,we can improve safety,efficiency and comfort. Literature Survey: [1]Title:-Wolverine : Traffic and Road Condition Estimation using Smartphone Sensors( IEEE 2012) Authors:-Ravi Bhoraskar, Nagamanoj Vankadhara ,Bhaskaran Raman ,Purushottam Kulkarni Advantages:-1)Use of a centralized server. Disadvantages:-1)Some filtering techniques and advanced machine learning methods are to be applied to further improvement. The proposed system uses sensors present on smartphones. These paper studies to improve the algorithm based on using accelerometer,GPS and magnetometer sensor readings for traffic and road conditions detection. [2]Title:-The Pothole Patrol: Using a Mobile Sensor Network for Road Surface Monitoring Authors:-Jakob Eriksson, Lewis Girod, Bret Hull,Ryan Newton, Samuel Madden, Hari Balakrishnan Advantages:-1)A simple machine-learning approach, paper show that are able to identify potholes and other severe road surface anomalies from accelerometer data. Disadvantages:-1) placement of accelerometers inside the vehicle might affect the quality of the signal. This paper investigates an application of mobile sensing: detecting and reporting the surface conditions of roads. This system,uses the participating vehicles, gathering data from vibration and GPS sensors,and processing the data to assess road surface conditions via careful selection of training data and signal features. [3] Title:Road Condition Detection Using Smartphone Sensors: A Survey Authors: Gunjan Chugh, Divya Bansal and Sanjeev Sofa, Advantages:-The location of abnormal road condition can be detected and saved in open source traffic data center in the future.