A wireless surveillance and safety system for mine workers based on Zigbee

Author

Maity, Tanmoy ; Das, Partha Sarathi ; Mukherjee, Mithu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Sch. of Mines, Dhanbad, India

fYear

2012

fDate

15-17 March 2012

Firstpage

148

Lastpage

151

Abstract

This paper addresses a cost-effective, flexible solution of underground mine workers´ safety. A module of MEMS based sensors are used for underground environment monitoring and automating progression of measurement data through digital wireless communication technique is proposed with high accuracy, smooth control and reliability. A microcontroller is used for collecting data and making decision, based on which the mine worker is informed through alarm as well as voice system. The voice system with both microphone and speaker, transforms into digital signal and effectively communicate wirelessly with the ground control centre computer. ZigBee, based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard is used for this short distance transmission between the hardware fitted with the mine worker and the ground control centre.

Keywords

IEEE standards; Zigbee; condition monitoring; labour resources; microsensors; mining industry; occupational safety; IEEE 802.15.4 standard; MEMS sensors; Zigbee; alarm; digital wireless communication technique; ground control centre computer; microcontrollers; microphone; short distance transmission; speaker; underground mine workers safety; underground monitoring; voice system; wireless surveillance; Fuel processing industries; Microcontrollers; Safety; Sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Zigbee; Introduction (Heading 1); Wireless; mines´ safety; surveillance; zigbee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT), 2012 1st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dhanbad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0694-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RAIT.2012.6194496

Filename

6194496