Description:Title of The Invention
Smart assistance system for travel & tour planning
Field of the Invention
This invention relates to smart assistance system for travel & tour planning.
Background of the Invention
US2005/0187714 A1: This patent provides a system to collect local weather conditions with the help of sensors. The signals from the sensors are transmitted to a server that combines the information with weather data to determine local weather conditions and develop forecasts. The local weather conditions and forecasts are then transmitted to a vehicle and may be combined with navigation information to optimize travel routes.
CN107392440B: This invention provides a scenic spot tourist flow monitoring and guiding method by controlling the opening and closing of the corresponding access control system according to the real-time tourist flow value by comparing it with the tourist flow threshold value.
CN104036352A: This invention provides a space-time regulation, emergency guidance system, and method for scenic spot tourists. The system consists of a hardware basis platform and an application software system, comprising a tourist flow volume collector, a video monitor, a multimedia service terminal, a TRE server, and a control management platform. The application software platform comprises a tourist flow analysis module, a video analysis module, a space-time regulation module, a TRE database, a scenic spot tour guidance module, a flow distribution and emergency guidance module, a flow distribution and emergency monitoring module, and a TRE management module. The tourist flow analysis module is used for judging the saturation condition of the tourist flow volume of a scenic spot and judging whether abnormal phenomena exist in the scenic spot by analyzing the bidirectional tourist flow volume, which is collected by the tourist flow volume collector, of a dispersion point in the scenic spot and the tourist flow real-time state, which is collected by the video monitor, of a scenic spot core area and a dispersion thoroughfare. According to a judgment result, the flow distribution scheme and the emergency decision scheme of each scenic spot are matched according to the relevant setting of the TRE database; information is transferred to tourists by the multimedia service terminal to guide the tourists to choose a touring route; and the situation of excess tourists in certain space-time is alleviated
None of the prior art indicate above either alone or in combination with one another disclose what the present invention has disclosed. Present invention is a smart system to help tourists in decision-making before the start of travel or tour by providing weather related data, tourist flow volume and vehicle parking data.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts, in a simplified format, that are further described in the detailed description of the invention. This summary is neither intended to identify key or essential inventive concepts of the invention and nor is it intended for determining the scope of the invention.
To further clarify advantages and features of the present invention, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which is illustrated in the appended drawings. It is appreciated that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope. The invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail with the accompanying drawings.
The present invention provides a real-time assistance system for assisting the tourists planning to go to a particular tourist site by providing the weather conditions, tourist flow volume data and vehicle parking data on website or mobile application with the help of an edge device installed at suitable places with unobstructed view at the tourist spots. This invention will help the tourists to plan to go to a particular tourist spot and save their time and energy by avoiding overcrowded tourist spots with traffic jams and bad weather conditions. The real-time assistance system comprise of an edge device consisting of a camera, weather sensors such as rain sensor and humidity & temperature sensor, computing unit with a neural stick, LED matrix display, WiFi, and a power supply. The edge device is trained by data sets of images of that particular tourist spot to compute the tourist flow volume. The edge device uploads the data to the cloud server from where the data can be fetched on web platforms or mobile app.The present invention uses LoRa communication, which does not rely on internet facilities, to transfer data to the Gateway and hence the proposed system can be used in remote tourist destinations devoid of mobile networks, internet facilities or WiFi connections.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The illustrated embodiments of the subject matter will be understood by reference to the drawings, wherein like parts are designated by like numerals throughout. The following description is intended only by way of example, and simply illustrates certain selected embodiments of devices, systems, and methods that are consistent with the subject matter as claimed herein, wherein:
In order to provide information related to the tourist flow volume and weather conditions and thereby assisting the tourists to plan their journey accordingly, the present invention provides a real-time monitoring system comprising of a network of edge devices installed at tourist places with unobstructed view to continuously monitor the tourist flow volume and weather conditions and convey the same to the tourists with the help of mobile or web applications.
Components:The edge device (300) (Figure 2) consists of a rain sensor (100) for detecting rain at the tourist destination, DHT 11 sensor (101) for determining the humidity & temperature of the location, camera (102) for constantly monitoring the tourist flow volume, a computing unit (103) with a neural stick (104) to accelerate AI processing and deep learning inference, an LED matrix display (106) to display the tourist flow volume and weather data to the tourists at the tourist destination and LoRa (Long Range Radio) (105) to send the data over long distances to the Gateway (160). A power supply (107) powers different components of the edge device. The edge device is trained by data sets of images of a particular tourist spot to compute the tourist flow volume. The Gateway (Figure3) consists of LoRa ( 161) to receive the data from edge devices installed at different tourist destinations, a computing unit (162) and a WiFi module (163) to upload the data to the cloud server (170). From the Gateway, the data is uploaded to the cloud server (170) from where the data can be fetched from mobile app (171) or web applications (172).
Detailed Working: The general architecture of the present invention is given in Figure 1. Edge device (300) (Figure 2) will be installed at suitable location with unobstructed view at each of the tourist destinations, thus, forming a network of edge devices. The camera (102) of the edge devices will continuously collect data in the form of images of a particular tourist spot. This collected data will be analyzed by the Computing Unit (103) powered by neural stick (104). The edge device is trained by data sets of images of a particular tourist spot to compute the tourist flow volume which helps in determining the traffic volume and identify the traffic status of that particular tourist destination. The rain sensor (100) helps in detecting rain in case of rainfall and DHT 11 (102) sensor helps in determining the humidity and temperature of the tourist destination. Tourist flow volume data and temperature and humidity data are displayed to the tourists present in the location with the help of LED matrix display (106). The network of edge devices installed at different tourist destinations then sends the data to the Gateway (160) with the help of LoRa (105).
The data from edge devices installed at different tourist destinations is collected by LoRa (161) of the Gateway (160), which with the help of computing unit (162) and WiFi module (163) then uploads the data to the Cloud Server (170). The uploaded data of the live status of the tourist destinations can then be fetched by the tourists with the help of a mobile app (171) or a web application (172) thus helping the tourist to plan their tour or travel accordingly.
The figures depict embodiments of the present subject matter for the purposes of illustration only. A person skilled in the art will easily recognize from the following description that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the disclosure described herein.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The detailed description of various exemplary embodiments of the disclosure is described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments are described herein in such details as to clearly communicate the disclosure. However, the amount of details provided herein is not intended to limit the anticipated variations of embodiments; on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims.
It is also to be understood that various arrangements may be devised that, although not explicitly described or shown herein, embody the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, all statements herein reciting principles, aspects, and embodiments of the present disclosure, as well as specific examples, are intended to encompass equivalents thereof.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a",” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.
In addition, the descriptions of "first", "second", “third”, and the like in the present invention are used for the purpose of description only, and are not to be construed as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include at least one of the features, either explicitly or implicitly.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
It should be noted that the description merely illustrates the principles of the present subject matter. It will thus be appreciated that those skilled in the art will be able to devise various arrangements that, although not explicitly described herein, embody the principles of the present subject matter and are included within its scope.
The present invention provides a real-time assistance system for assisting tourists planning to go to a particular tourist site by providing the weather conditions, tourist flow volume data, and vehicle parking data on a website or mobile application with the help of an edge device installed at suitable places with an unobstructed view at the tourist spots. This invention will help tourists to plan to go to a particular tourist spot and save their time and energy by avoiding overcrowded tourist spots with traffic jams and bad weather conditions. The real-time assistance system comprises an edge device consisting of a camera, weather sensors such as a rain sensor and humidity & temperature sensor, a computing unit with a neural stick, an LED matrix display, WiFi, and a power supply. The edge device is trained by data sets of images of that particular tourist spot to compute the tourist flow volume. The edge device uploads the data to the cloud server from where the data can be fetched on web platforms or mobile apps.
ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention will help tourists plan their tours and travel to a particular destination by providing them with the traffic status, humidity, temperature, and rainfall data.
The present invention will also help in remedying the traffic issues in a particular tourist spot or destination as tourists will try to avoid highly jammed tourist spots and thus decreasing the traffic inflow to that particular tourist spot.
The present invention uses LoRa communication, which does not rely on internet facilities, to transfer data to the Gateway, and hence the proposed system can be used in remote tourist destinations devoid of mobile networks, internet facilities, or WiFi connections.
, Claims:We Claim:
1. Smart assistance system for travel & tour planning system comprises smart edge devices for providing real-time safety assistance to tourists by providing data related to weather conditions, tourist flow volume, and vehicle parking data.
2. The system is claimed in claim 1, which consists of a smart system to help the tourists in decision-making before the start of travel or tour by providing weather-related data, tourist flow volume, and vehicle parking data.
3. The system is claimed in claim 1, wherein itconsists of a network of connected edge devices in the tourist spots which uploads the weather data, tourist flow volume data, and vehicle parking data to the cloud server, which the tourists on web platforms and mobile applications can further access.