Research Article

A Novel Architecture for the Smart Pedestrian Crossing in Cities Using IoT-Based Approach

Table 1

Comparison of proposed IoT-based architecture with the existing solutions.

S. No.FactorExisting architecture for pedestrian crossingProposed IoT-enabled architecture for smart pedestrian crossing

1CostLess cost-conscious as it consists of expensive sensor modulesHighly economical to implant for public usage
2ReliabilityThe existing solutions are found less reliable and acquire less accuracyThe proposed system is more reliable in updating the data to the cloud platform for triggering an event
3FeaturesThe existing smart pedestrian system comprises fewer features in order to analyze the data collected for future processesThe proposed system consists of various relevant features compared to existing ones, such as gesture-based recognition mechanism, image recognition mechanism, etc.
4UtilizationSince the existing architectures are complex to implement at various levels to safeguard the people, acknowledging the drivers is way too complicatedThe proposed smart pedestrian crossing system can be utilized at various levels to safeguard the people crossing the road intersections
5UsabilityExisting smart solutions for pedestrian lanes are less cost-conscious and comprise complex architecturesThe proposed system is highly economical to be implemented under the smart city concept
6Power consumptionSince the solutions provided previously by various authors comprise a larger set of sensor modules for the proposed system, they consume huge amounts of energy and increase power consumptionThe proposed architecture comprises fewer sensor modules, and the modules act dynamically, reducing power consumption
7Evidence recordsFew solutions provided by authors emphasize collecting the evidence records in case an emergency has been metA feature for evidence collection is integrated into the proposed system so that further analysis can be performed in case of an emergency