Identification & Background:
Project title: VALLPASS: Active and inteLigente surveillance with Lora support for PASSadeiras.
Project code:NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-113439
Main objective:Strengthening research, technologicaldevelopmentandinnovation
Region of intervention: North
Beneficiary entities:
VALLED, Lda (Project Leader)
IPB – Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
MORE – Laboratório Colaborativo Montanhas de Investigação – Associação
Approval date: 29-07-2021
Start date: 01-07-2021
Conclusion date: 30-06-2023
Total eligible investment: € 471.834,28
MORE CoLAB eligible investment: €118,551.9
Financial support of the FCT: FEDER – € 345.802,50
Objectives
Develop a crosswalk that will ensure the safe crossing of pedestrians, the equipment will have a set of functions and technological innovations. The system will have a set of innovative features, such as:
- Energetically autonomous and completely disconnected from the electric power supply network;
- The commissioning stage will be carried out transparently, following the plug-and-play philosophy;
- Creation of a set of innovative functions, namely: a) creation of a luminous tunnel for the safe passage of pedestrians (created by installing two poles in opposite positions to the direction of crossing); b) creation of an alert system, when there are people at the crossing, for drivers, allowing an increase in their perception;
- Maintenance and resiliency of the system will be innovative in the development and use of self maintenance techniques;
- Remote management system.
- Self-maintenance models.
- Auto-organization algorithm for auto-commissioning.
- Efficient energy management in adverse climatic environments.
- Final management solution for crossing support.
- Improving crossing conditions and crosswalk visibility.
- Increased visibility by drivers.
- Remote and auto-maintenance.
Activities
- A1 – Requirements, study case definition, and evaluation metrics
- A2 – Remote management of the VallPass ecosystem
- A3 – VallPass development
- A4 – Integration, tests and validation
- A5 – Project management
Expected results
Safe pedestrian passage system, a solution that fits into smart-cities, an energy self-sufficient solution.