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Smart Vehicle Safety System Using Arduino
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G.Kiruthikamani, 2B.Abinayaa, 3B.Saranya, 4P.Devi and 5R.Gayathri,
1,2,3,4,5
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India

Abstract—Vehicle theft is one of the major problems faced by immobilization / Door lock controls. It can be used for trucks
civil society today. Statistics shows vehicles which get stolen carrying valuable goods, to keep track of the status of delivery
only 1 by 4th of them recovered. Current systems uses key and and location of the truck at all times. It can be used to keep tab
remote to lock the vehicle. At main locations CCTV camera’s on the driver. It reduces vehicle abuse and ultimately results in
are present which are used to locate the stolen vehicle. But at significant cost-savings for individuals.
many places CCTV camera’s are not present. Control of vehicle
II. RELATED WORK.
and knowledge of their location even after theft can help
recovery of the stolen vehicle fastly. The proposed system helps Asaad M. J. et al, proposed a novel method in 2012.In this
to find the location of vehicle using GPS also the vehicle speed method Vehicle tracking device is installed in specific vehicle
is gradually reduced by reducing speed of ignition motor using which helps the owner to track location of the specific vehicle.
GPS system. It helps finding the vehicle immediately after This is done using Global positioning system and Global
knowing its stolen. As GPS system is used, the location is also system for mobile communication. This method will monitor a
known. The command sent from mobile goes to the GSM vehicle continuously and report its status to the owner on
system which is interfaced with controller which reduces the requisition command
speed of ignition motor and immobilizes it. The developed
Ramya V et al., proposed a system in 2012 which detects
system is reliable, low cost and user friendly which can help in
obstacles when an obstacle comes near the vehicle. It alerts the
recovery of vehicle if it gets stolen
vehicle user of the approaching danger. The vehicle user takes
Keywords— Stolen,Recovery,GPS,GSM,Arduino immediate action to avoid any change of accident to himself
and the pedestrian. It also monitors the system for any toxic
I. INTRODUCTION
gases and intimates the owner if it becomes aware of its
Every year, nearly 36,000 vehicles, which amount to nearly presence.
Rs.115 crore, are stolen in India among these, only about
Peijiang Chen et al., proposed a system in 2008 in which the
14,500 are traced, often in un-roadworthy conditions, with
vehicle parameters are monitored from remote location. The
many components missing. Many vehicles are stolen only
various parameters received from vehicle is sent to the remote
because people are provided with the many opportunity to steal
centre via GSM where a computer is used to show the results in
the vehicles. Very often, cars are left improperly secured and
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unattended. It is only with the installation of anti - theft devices
that a thief's attempts can be frustrated. In 2012, there were Saranya.B, Sasikala.N, et al proposed a system with a
about 16 crore vehicles registered in the country while 1.7 lakh barcode scanner is used to read the barcode present on the
got stolen. Despite tall claims made by law-enforcement object. The microcontroller will check the input from the
agencies about their success in controlling car thefts, barcode scanner with the predefined code present in it. If the
information tabled in the Lok Sabha shows that as many as 1.65 barcode is not matched with the code then the microcontroller
lakh vehicles were stolen in a single year--2013. Theft with will send the signal to the driver circuits for controlling the
access to keys also Known in some places as "Taken Without motor operations.
Owner's Consent (TWOC)". The unauthorized use of a vehicle
Kiruthikamani.G et al proposed a system in which the speed
in which the owner has allowed the driver to have possession of
of the vehicle is controlled by means of communication through
or easy use to the keys. Often, this is the employee of the
vehicle’s owner ,adolescent or grown child or of the vehicle's RFID Technology for short distance range. Which won’t be
owner who, at other times, may be authorized to use the applicable for long distances.
vehicle. This may be treated differently, depending on the laws, Albert Alexe, R.Ezhilarasie et al proposed a system based
and the owner of the vehicle may choose not to press charges. on cloud computing. Here sensor datas’s are collected and
However, this method also applies to criminals who break into based on that required actions are taken. Also the vehicle’s
a car and find that the owner has left a spare set of keys in the location is found using GPS.
car, and use these keys to drive the car away. The other one is
Opportunistic theft (i.e).,The removal of a vehicle that the III. PROPOSED METHOD
owner or operator has left unattended with the keys visibly The Proposed method consists of Arduino mega 2560. The
present, sometimes idling. Alternatively, some cars offered for monitoring system involves an Arduino development board as a
sale are stolen during a 'test drive'. A 'test drive' may also processing unit. It uses GPS Technology to track the location of
provide a potential thief with insight into where the vehicle vehicle.
keys are stored, so that the thief may return later to steal the
vehicle. Tracking systems were developed initially for the The GSM technology is used to instantly lock the door and stall
shipping industry as they needed to locate where each vehicle the speed and stop the Engine motor. The Relay circuit is used
was at any instant of time. The real time location is found using to switch the speed of motor thus reducing gradually and
GPS technology and transmitted by means of GSM modem. stopping the Engine motor in the end. The command is sent
The work in this paper is divided in two stages. 1) Finding the from mobile to the GSM module interfaced with Arduino mega
vehicle’ location 2) Immobilizing the vehicle Thereafter, the 2560.The Arduino megabased on the command received takes
vehicle can be easily found without delay. It provides following the required action .i.e., it reduces speed of the ignition motor
facilities Stolen vehicle tracking and recovery,Remote vehicle
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gradually and locks the car door. This system is capable enough C. GPS Module
to control the vehicle via a command from vehicle owner.

Fig. 2. Data of location sent from GPS module

If GPS receiver’s antenna is able to get signal from four

satellites it will calculate the position accurately. The GPS
chipset contains a processor that is responsible for the user
interface, the calculations, as well as circuitry for the antenna.
Fig. 1. Block diagram of proposed system Through the chipset the data can be sent to the GPS receiver to
configure different parameters like update rate, baud rate etc.
A. Arduino mega 2560 The GPS module uses NMEA data format. The GPS module is
interfaced with UART port of Arduino mega. Voltage
The Mega 2560 is a microcontroller which has 54 digital convertor is used to convert RS232 voltage to TTL.
input/output pins (of which 15 can be used as PWM outputs),
16 analog inputs, 4 UARTs (hardware serial ports), a 16 MHz D. Relay circuit
crystal oscillator, a USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP The Relay circuit is interfaced with Arduino mega
header, and a reset button. It contains everything needed to controller. Depending upon the GSM command received the
support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer relay switches the power supply which controls the speed of
with a USB cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or DC motor and finally switches off the DC motor.
battery to get started. The controller has 256KB of flash
memory,8KB of RAM and 4KB of EEPROM.Here the arduino IV. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
is programmed such that depending upon command received The Figures shows the results of GSM command after sending
from GSM it controls the vehicle. lock command
B. GSM Module
GSM system was developed for communication purpose as
a digital system using TDMA (Time division multiple access)
technique. A GSM digitizes and reduces the data, then sends it
through a channel with two entirely different streams of client
data, each in its own particular time slot. The digital system has
an ability to carry 64 kbps to 120 Mbps of data rates. The GSM
module is used to remotely control the vehicle and provide
security to the vehicle used. Serial pin of Arduino processor
(RX and TX) is interfaced to the GSM module to control it by Fig. 3. GSM modem is initialized through the AT Commands through software.
means of AT commands so as to receive SMS and set the
mode.Arduino mega 2560 controller will initialize the GSM
module and wait to receive SMS.2×16 LCD display is
connected to PORT0 of Arduino mega 2560, it will display the
status of the system (i.e. it will show what the system is doing).
When system is started GSM module will be in Text mode by
sending “AT+CMGF=1”, AT command .After this setting,
Arduino mega will display in LCD that it’s waiting for SMS
and will wait until it receives SMS.
Fig. 4. Door Locking when GSM command is sent through mobile.
The data sent from each satellite down to earth contains
different pieces of information that allows the GPS receiver to
accurately find the position and time

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BIOGRAPHY
Ms. G. Kiruthikamani completed her M.E.
degree in Embedded System Technologies at
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Anna
University, Chennai in the year 2015. She
Fig. 6. shows the LCD display when GSM command is sent to unlock the door received her B.E. degree in Electronics and
when vehicle is found. Communication Engineering from Sri
Ramakrishna Engineering College,
CONCLUSION
Coimbatore, in the year 2013. Currently she is working as
Smart vehicle safety system with GPS System and GSM Assistant Professor in ECE Department at Sri Ramakrishna
System is implemented. This system provides control over the Institute of Technology. She is having 6 months of teaching
vehicle even after it is stolen. It provides security to vehicle by experience. Her area of interest is Embedded System Design
locking the doors and stopping the vehicle movement. To and Microcontroller. She has published papers in International
restart the vehicle and unlock the door command has to be sent Journals.
from mobile. This system reduces the strain in finding stolen Ms. B. Abinayaa completed her M.E. degree in
vehicle. In future biometric recognition also can be added to Embedded Systems at Sri Ramakrishna
provide high security. It makes stolen vehicles recovery easy Engineering College, Anna University,
and fast. You can locate your stolen vehicle easily using your Chennai in the year 2016. She received her
mobile without any extra cost. B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication
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having five years of teaching experience. She has presented

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papers in National Conferences. She has published her papers
in National and International Journals. Her field of interest are
Digital Image Processing and Wireless Networks.

Ms.Gayathri.R received her M.E degree in

Communication Systems from SNS College of
Technology under Anna University, Chennai in
the year 2013 and B.E Degree in Electronics
and Communication Engineering from SNS
College of Technology under Anna University,
Coimbatore in the year 2011. She has 3 years 7
months of experience as an Assistant Professor
in ECE Department of Sri Ramakrishna Institute of
Technology, Coimbatore. She presented papers in both
National and International Conferences and published a paper
in International Journal. Her fields of interest are Wireless
Communication and Wireless Networks.

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