International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7 (4.

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International Journal of Engineering & Technology

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Iot Based Smart Jar For Connected Devices Using

Machinelearning
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Neelaveni.R,2B.Sridevi,
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Assistant Professor,2 Professor
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Department of Electronic and communication engineering
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MNM Jain Engineering college, 2Velammal Institute of Technology Tamilnadu.
*Corresponding author E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

The smart jar enables us to keep track of the medicines stocks with the help of an android app easily accessible anywhere wit h a simple
internet connection. The jar contains an ultra-sonic sound waves emitter and sensor which uses the reflected ultra-sonic waves to find out
what level the jar is filled to and how much empty space remains in jar yet to be filled. This sensor is also connected to th e internet and
interfaced with the application so that as soon as the level of content in the jar changes the data is updated to us in the application without
any delay. This helps us in monitoring the stocks and prepare for restocking from anywhere,additionally it also provides important data
such as the expiry date and the manufactured data of the content in the jar. . r

Keywords: smart jar, Internet of things, Pharmacy,medicines Microcontroller.

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sy h mhaa sh wech ynhaya e h ,thnhtsht e meca mh h ewh Richard M. Voyles and Jaewook Bae [1] presented ‘Smart
h .nePhh r ha h hn hwnahwhs ht hs e hc naiPhn ahah n icwiPr Tupperware : An Example of Bluetooth Wireless Sensor Networks
y ewi hes hn se rh innahht e n icwiPr hn esh hthia naiPh m hch i for Human Assistive Mechatronic Systems’. Using personal
wic ric .sy h naiPh m hP shhtnwech PesPhs ci hes , h he hs digital assistant, the status of the foodstuff in the kitchen is
.hn is hs haahths innahisPh i Pis sh ynht aec hs hciP hth nhcthPhn determined automatically by reforming the shopping list of the
eth ,D hn is hwshttht nrn hw m hP Pesnhn ea tI user. Sensors and Processors are used to calculate the parameters
, a cineshP thn isPh nhsnec ,2866P c ,dhPcePes ceaahc ysh seict like the characteristics of the contents, weight and the quantity
, stceht inn ist ctyhse Ds htci ht ththaenwhs hsthceswhs kept in the Jar. The containers used to recondition the status of the
h ahi ychn ea hn nwic ric . stceht ythe nea mich ich ynht content and informs the base station, a personal system without
m hshthc i whthPhshen -iy ewi hP n ennhst ahn nchnici hes ich wired medium. The properties and characteristics are maintained
h henhcr .e h weshah innh mhaa hsthPi h ,wyis h r tehn aem as a database and the base station has a web page to update the
.ti h ea h whthPhsh mhaa sh hsthPi ht hs h weshah inn details of each container. This automated method is used to avoid
hn nhP hes Pewnchnhn ea th ihaht ist mecahst thnPchn hes ea h the human errors created during the process not to get interrupted.
hn h ric mh ya cineshP wetyah h 4 Pd- h hP .nrn hw By using Wi-Fi, the container status having the content
ha ea h Pes hs n ya cineshP nhsnec hn ynht e th hcwhsh h aht synchronizing with the database will be updated in the user’s
D isiarnhn h nycceysthstn ist thPhthn h .hsnhth h ric personal digital assistant. For measurement a bar code scan can be
niciwh hc mh h chn eat ist ninn h e h ththPh in ha h in used for further ease of use.
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r aec chtyaic th hcwhshst h thaahchsPh wyn sh tesh chtyaica Karuppiah Pal Amutha, Chidambaram Sethukkarasi, Raja
h ynhc Pis hs hciP mh h nrn hw ceyt tI .ynti hn Pitchiah [2] described about the ‘Smart Kitchen Cabinet for
thnnair m hP in i sy es i hsh hiahfhn h ceaahst thnnair ea Aware Home’. This paper presents the design and development of
henhcr ti h , hn thnnair Pesnhn ea siwh ea h h hw .hsaecwi hes a “Smart Kitchen Cabinet” which identifies the grocery items in
h chticthst h m hP iane nhstn se hahPi hes e h ynhcen wesha the kitchen store. The weight of an item is measured in the
PiP hwh h ahtha ea h isah hs h Pes ihshc hn thchahht .ahtha Kitchen Cabinet is augmented with sensors which is refreshed in
h Pis hsh hi h h n icwiPhn e syr h ,ne i m hs h hn ahnn the database whenever ingredients are kept or removed out for
shhtht whthPhsh sr nhsthst h e h ynhc in se hahPi hes sr h cooking. Radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag is used for

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locating and tracking the particular place with the Jar for the inside the android cloud. Cloud used in smart jar is local server
kitchen. The analysis and optimization for the Jars with RFID [intranet] because to use when the net is unavailable. LCD is used
tags and antennas are made for comparing the performance and to display the content of items which is present . hsnhth h sicTwo
the outputs are discussed. The system also generates automated Ultrasonic sensor are used to transmit the waves and other sensor
shopping list when an item reaches the defined threshold level, receives the waves. The Proposed work is shown in the Fig3.1.
which is based on requirement and consumption pattern of family
members.
Manali Chaudhari, Prof. Srinu Dharavath presented ‘Study of
Smart Sensors and their Applications’. This paper gives the brief
idea about the basic structure, standards, applications and some
recent developments in smart sensor technology in different fields.
Smart sensors as compared to the sensors can sense along with
special purpose computing devices which are connected in sensor
networks. Critical devices can be monitored as well as managed
remotely by using wireless sensor networks which yields better
performance of system with better decision making abilities and
better control. The new advances in wireless technologies are
emerging in varies fields like supply chain logistics, monitoring of
systems, data collection and application controls. The main
purpose of smart sensor networks is to reduce human intervention
and management control in different systems. Wireless devices
including actuators, sensors and gauges can now be monitored
wirelessly.
Akbar Satria, Muhammad Luthfi Priadi, Lili Ayu Wulandhari and
Fig 3.1: Flow chart for proposed work
Widodo Budiharto [4] presented ‘The Framework of Home
Remote Automation System Based on Smartphone’. The purpose
of this paper is to make a mobile application on a Smartphone 1.2rIVrRWNIrSrWNIWSYR
device so that the user can control electronic devices and to see the
amount of flow that has been used in the amount of dollars, so the Ultrasonic module says the percentage content present inside the
problem is the difficulty in saving electricity can be resolved. Lot smart jar. The display shows the name of the tablet, expiry date
of questionnaire are used to analyze the feedback from the people and micro controller is used for the display purpose. The
and design updates are done accordingly. Literature survey , Microcontroller process the data and send to the cloud using
various observations and questionnaires with various ideas from ESP8266 shown in Fig 3.2. The cloud contains some specialized
the customers are used to design the hardware in united modeling program which prints our data in the form of pie chart (level). The
language(UML) and to apply in the testing and designing of the display in the app is made using tabular column which mentions
codes for the communication between the operating systems and the name, the date of expiry and level of item present inside the
android. Thus the Consumption of electricity is reduced with jar. The android app is usually made using arduino studio and we
various optimization methodology to control the home appliances have used xml and java programming to design the board. The
using mobile phones, which takes the technology to the higher arduino board is based on embedded c language and html coding
level for the next generation . to get the data using node Microcontroller unit. The ultrasonic
sensor is used to transmit and receive the signal. The indication
2.2rRrgp gnirsiRE will be shown when the obstacle is not present, because the
receiver will receive the sound waves within a short duration of
time. If an obstacle is present, the signal will be received with a
Radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag is used for locating and
delay of time and it is applicable to a shorter distance.
tracking the particular place with existing container for the
kitchen. The Performance and the result analysis is done with the
RFID tags and antennas for the container with different
ingredients are verified. The main disadvantage of existing system
is the tag size is large due to bulky antenna coils and it has limited
capability to read multiple tags simultaneously. This does not
function when it is surrounded by heavy water or metal content
and it is more cost effective. The existing system has built-in load
sensors that weigh its contents and indicates only when it is
empty. This gives the nutrition details about the content in the jar.
As the system is operated via Bluetooth only limited number of
systems can be connected at time. Weight of the content is not
determined exactly. Betterment and upgrading of the details must
be done about the item in the container if changed. RFID is not
constant for all the ingredients which are present in different
containers. The performance of the jar must be analyzed
separately in an iterative manner for better performance. Accuracy
need to be more concentrated by using precise sensors for
measurement.

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Micro-controller is used to read data, write data, transmit and

Fig 3.2: Block Diagram
receive data. It consists of an inbuilt chip ESP8266.
Wi-Fi hotspot which is cloud connected, everything happens
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application developers just need a ready-made firmware. There is

a cloud build service with a nice user interface and configuration
options for them shown in Fig.3.3

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Using sound waves, the distance of the object is measured in the

Ultrasonic sensor .Following the methodology of Bats, the sound
waves are sent and when it is reflected back , by analysing its
frequency the distance is measured. The distance between the
sensor and the object is calculated by the time gap generated by
the sound wave when it reflects back. The connections between
the microcontroller and the sensor is shown in Fig.3.4

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Considering the machine learning in this application, clustering

based analysis is done. Grouping of same kind of certain task and
works comes under cluster analysis. Combinatorial Optimization
algorithm can be done for the assignment problem in polynomial
time. Depending upon the linearity, the Hungarian algorithm is
applied to this application. The problem is to find the lowest cost
way to assign the tasks. Some of the facts that are considered are
the medicine nearing the expiring date, the level of medicines. By
creating a table for the above facts and by calculating the
minimum cost for the factors by using the Hungarian algorithm.
Fig 3.3: On demand Computing

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The Node Microcontroller unit is used with ESP8266 The results can be displayed in a liquid crystal display, and
module.There are 6 extra GPIOs. All of them can be programmed thereby connecting with the devices which use internet through
as PWM, I2C, 1-wire, except for GPIO16 (D0) as because it can Wi-fi is used for knowing the information. In this paper we have
support only to read and write and even it does not support used a mobile application is used to convey the details about the
interrupts.. Theadvantages of Node Microcontroller unit platform content in the jar .Using Internet of things, this content can be
relative to the Arduino are low cost, integrated support for WIFI viewed in any device.
network, reduced size of the board, low energy consumption.The
disadvantages are to learn a new language and integrated 3.2rrRPSY P
development environment, reduced pin out, scarce documentation.
This node micro controller unit development kit has digital pins
and analog pins. Two digital pins are connected to the echo and
trigger pins of ultrasonic distance sensor. Ultrasonic sensor when
triggered produces sound waves. After striking an obstacle, the
waves are reflected. The time taken for reflection is calculated and
it is converted into distance in meters. Arduino Integrated
Development environment is the programming
platform.Embedded C language is the program dumped into the
Arduino board. The details of the medicine is displayed in the
LCD screen. The final result is viewed with the help of a mobile
application.JAVA and XML programming is used to develop an
application.The level of content in the jar is displayed in a pie
chart and details of the medicine is displayed in the tabular
column as shown in the Fig.4.1,Fig.4.2,Fig.4.3,Fig.4.4. and
displayed in LCD in Fig 4.4 and 4.5.

Fig. 4: Measurement results-1

Fig 3.4: Communication between the Sensor and the MCU

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The Cloud computing, also known as on-demand computing, is a

kind of Internet-based computing, where shared resources, data
and information are provided to computers and other devices on-
demand. Cloud Computing is the use of hardware and software to
deliver a service over a network (typically the Internet).With cloud
computing, users can access files and use applications from any
device that can access the Internet. An example of a Cloud
Fig 4.1: Display example
Computing provider is Google's Gmail. Node micro controller
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Fig.4.2: Pie-chart results

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The greedy randomized adaptive search procedure in clustering

analysis works on the basis of successive iterations of the tasks,
which may lead a certain point as a greedy randomized solution,
whereas in Hungarian algorithm, the assign problems are solved
on the basis of lowest cost.

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Development of smart jar is an effort towards society based

Fig. 4.3: Measurement results automation. This system identifies the medicines quantity in the
pharmacy. This smart jar is embedded with sensors to measure the
weight of an item. Based on the database information shopping list
preparation are useful and helping the pharmacist to manage the
pharmacy activity.

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