2022 5th International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I)

Secure and Smart Trolley Shopping System based on

IoT Module
Arpit Jain Abhishek Bhola Soumya Upadhyay
Department of Computer Science & Department of Computer Science & Department of Information Technology
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Engineering Engineering College of Engineering Roorkee

Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation [email protected]
Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
[email protected] [email protected]
Abhishek Jain
Anita Singh Deepak Kumar Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science &
Department of Computer Science & Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Engineering Engineering Phonics group of institution, Roorkee
Phonics group of institution, Roorkee Phonics group of institution, Roorkee [email protected]
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Abstract—There are several ways in which the Internet of When he first came up with the idea, it required a lot of
Things (IoT) is changing people's lives. An intelligent shopping technological innovation [22]. Is there a way to connect the
system, for example, may link all of a grocery store's products. entire world? Knowing what mobile devices can use wireless
When an intelligent shopping cart is equipped with an RFID communication systems [23-24]. What adjustments would
reader, each product in an IoT system may be instantaneously have to be made to the present Internet infrastructure to
scanned by an RFID reader when placed in the cart. As a result, accommodate billions of more devices? It is not clear how
consumers do not have to wait in a long queue at the checkout, robust these devices are. What must be produced in order for
which saves time and money. RFID-enabled smart shelving may the remedies to be affordable? E inquiries outnumber replies
also be added to this system to monitor stock levels and perhaps
to IOT [25-26] concepts in 1999. Since then, many of these
update a central database. As an additional benefit, inventory
management may be simplified because all commodities can be
issues have been resolved. The size and cost of wireless radios
automatically read by an RFID reader rather than being have decreased significantly. A communications address for
manually scanned. Prototypes of innovative retail systems and billions of devices can be issued with IPv6 because businesses
secure communication prototypes are developed in this study to in the electronics industry are adding Wi-Fi and cellular
examine the feasibility of such a system and its usefulness. wireless connections to various devices [27-29]. According to
ABI Research, the number of wireless chips shipped in 2013
will be around five billion [30]. 2 Mobile data coverage has
Keywords—IoT, Smart Shopping, Smart Cart. grown significantly as a result of the availability of internet
I. INTRODUCTION speeds on many networks [31-33]. Even though it is not
perfect, battery technology and solar recharging have
Although it is not a new concept, the Internet of Things is significantly improved. Billions of devices will be linked to
a hot topic in the industry [1-3]. Kevin Ashton began the network in the following years. An official paraphrase [1,
developing the architecture for the Internet of Things while 34], More than 50 million connected devices are predicted by
working at MIT's Auto-ID lab in the early 2000s. (IOT). Cisco's Internet of Things Group (IOTG) by 2020.
Ashton was one of the pioneers who envisioned this nation as
he worked to improve Proctor & Gamble's business by linking
RFID data to the Internet [4-5]. The idea was simple, yet it
worked. Computers could manage and communicate with
everyday objects if they were equipped with IDs and wireless
connections [6-9]. In a 1999 article for RFID Journal, Ashton
wrote:
Anything and everything could be tallied using computers
capable of learning about items independently, using just the
information provided to them [10-12]. This would
dramatically reduce the amount of money wasted and time and
resources lost [14-16]. We could tell when things needed to be
replaced, repaired, or recalled, as well as whether or not they
were brand new or had reached the end of their useful life [17- Fig. 1.Cisco is the Projections for the IoT [1]
19]. Our computers need their ways of obtaining information
so that they may experience the world in all of its chaotic Even though retail enterprises play a crucial part in India's
grandeur. RFID and sensor technologies [20-21] allow economic growth, there are still several issues in stock
computers to keep track of, recognize, and analyze their administration, grocery store shops, settlement and other areas
environment.

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that substantially restrict the intensity of efforts. Individuals may see how much each item costs when they scan it, how
can purchase necessities like food, clothing, and electronic much it costs after it is totaled, and a brief description of the
devices in a shopping mall. Customers may run into problems item. IoT-based intelligent trolleys for shopping malls help
owing to a lack of product details and wasted time at the cash both customers and owners, as a consequence.
registers [6, 11]. In order to better serve clients, the traditional
billing system must be continually improved. Large and small II. RELATED WORK
shopping malls alike have sprung up all over the world as a A. Models
result of increased consumer demand and money spent [18,
23]. There is much traffic in shopping malls during holidays, IoT applications have been a popular topic recently, yet
festivals, and other special events. As long as the consumer innovative retail systems have been overlooked. Several
has to wait for the scanner to scan all of the items, using research studies on improving customers' shopping experience
barcode reading techniques in this situation is inefficient [25]. have been released in the last few years. It was proposed in
An IoT-based intelligent trolley-based system can help 2011 by Klabjan et al. [2] to track a customer's path around the
mitigate these benefits. An RFID tag is used instead of a store and learn about their preferences to offer personalized
barcode and individual trolleys are equipped with RFID promotions. They also discussed the idea of intelligent shelves
readers and products with RFID tags. When a customer buys a and smart carts in their research. Tracking smart carts using
product, an RFID scanner reads the product's tag. It can be RFID technology and intelligent shelves that monitor the
displayed prices and totals for items purchased on the LCD location and status of items are two examples of applications
[31]. The IoT-based intelligent trolley shown here is easy to of this technology. Efforts were undertaken in 2003. Using
use and does not require further customer training. Customers RFID and a barcode scanner, Shanmuqaprivan et al. proposed
may use it immediately. RFID has several advantages over a basic design that communicates using Zig-Bee [3]. The first
barcode technology. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) practical implementation employing RFID and Zig-Bee was
scanners can read tags up to 300 feet away, but barcode demonstrated by Kumar et al. [4]. It was Gupta et al. who first
readers can only read information up to 15 feet away [32-34].
addressed the issue of anti-theft in an intelligent cart design
In addition, only one propagation site is needed for the
[5]. In the same way, as postal receptacles had chutes where
barcode. In contrast to barcodes, RFID reading frequency is 40
tags per second. As a result, using RFID is more advantageous products were inserted, scanned and then dropped into a
than using ordinary bar code scanning methods. The client closed chamber, their design was identical.
benefits from the use of RFID in this situation. Consumers

TABLE I. LITERATURE STUDY OF VARIOUS EXISTING METHODOLOGY

S.No Author Name Year Methodology Remarks
Sanchita Roy et al. (2017) [6] 2017 Barcode Scanner The primary disadvantage of this research is that they employed
1 barcode scanners, which have scanning issues.
SagarSojitraet al. (2016) [7] 2016 QR Codes The primary disadvantage of this research is that they employed
2 QR scanners, which have scanning issues.
Shraddha et al. (2016) [8] 2016 Zigbee The primary disadvantage is the high cost of the GSM module.
3 Communication
KomalAmbedkaret al. (2015) 2015 Zigbee The primary disadvantage of this method is that it necessitates
4 [9] Communication using an Android device.
Mr.P. Chandrasekaret al. 2014 RFID and Zigbee The most significant disadvantage of this article is that I
5 (2014) [10] Communication discovered that the microcontroller they are using does not support
the I2c protocol.
Dylan Hicks et al. (2013) [11] 2013 Android The primary disadvantage is that while this paper gives a quick
6 overview of how we may construct a map dictionary of products
put in stores, it does not allow access to objects or billing.
7 Pascal Urienet al. (2013) 2013 RFID It communicates using the P2P protocol.
8 RFID and Zigbee The cost of electronic tags, developing laws for IoT applications,
Rong Chen et al. (2010) 2010 Technology and security restrictions.
9 Irene Cappielloet al. (2009) 2009 RFID No, not any of the hardware models presented in this study.

designs in this area in the preceding three years, but none have
The chamber's ceiling had a lockable door that could only
presented new thoughts. A user had to manually scan each
be opened by someone who had paid for the items within the
product one at a time in all previous designs, which was
room. A physical connection to a point-of-sale system was
cumbersome. In addition, no previous studies have looked into
used to pay the user after they were done shopping. Therefore
security concerns. RFID has gotten much attention lately and
wireless communication security was not compromised by this
is an essential part of IoT applications. Amendola et al.
design choice. In collaboration with Ali and others, they
examined the application of RFID technology in body-centric
developed a navigation-enabled smart cart. Smart shelves,
systems. Welbourne and his colleagues have created web-
equipped with infrared sensors, detected the entrance of
based user-level tools to create an RFID ecosystem. We have a
intelligent carts and sent product information to the carts,
solid reason to use barcodes for marketing, even though most
according to the company's plan. There have been more

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supermarket stores do the same. In our opinion, RFID is a

better option than barcodes because of its ability to do remote
reading, which theoretically enables IoT and links all the items
in a store.
III. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Customers waste much time at the billing counter when the
mall is crowded with a festival or special promotion. Various
solutions have been devised to remedy this, some of which are
listed below. Here are a few things that I have noticed:
• Even the slightest scratch on the barcode would prevent
some of them from being scanned by their barcode
scanners.
• In some instances, they were using QR scanners, which Fig. 3.Block diagram of Rack Section
had problems with reading.
• As a result, several of them had difficulties using cloud Because of this mismatch, a communication error occurs
data to store information. when using a GSM modem or PC to communicate with the
• Stock management systems were absent from the majority Microcontroller's Logic levels. For this reason, a Serial driver
of them. is employed to ensure that the Logic levels match. The
• In some instances, billing information is not available to microcontroller uses a Serial Line Driver called MAX232 (or
the public. GSM). Use radio waves to automate all elements of
identification with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to
IV. PROPOSED METHODOLOGY
communicate with the PC. Microchips and antennas together
Among the trolley, parts are an RFID tag, an RFID reader, are known as "RFID transponders" or "RFID tags" because of
a MAX232, a GSM module, and an LCD. The ARM7 their ability to communicate through radio waves. Regarding
microcontroller is used for this application because the tracking and monitoring items like books, radio-frequency
arm7TDMI-S microprocessor is housed in a tiny LQFP64 identification (RFID) is the most contemporary technology to
package. RAM and flash storage on-chip range from 8K to be employed in this regard. RFID scanners and the MAX 232
40K bytes. An interface/accelerator with a width of 128 bits would be used to scan items with RFID tags, which we would
supports 60 MHz high-speed operation. The microcontroller then scan. Sending this information to the microcontroller, the
can communicate with serial devices through its single serial GSM module receives it. When we finish our shopping, we
port. This serial port uses TTL logic for its logic levels. will be able to press a button on the cart, which will send the
However, some serial devices' RS 232 logic levels are still information to the web page through the GSM module, and the
used—for example, a PC and a GSM cell phone. price and quantity of each item will be displayed on the cart's
LCD. Additionally, we would have a microcontroller power
supply, an LCD, and an RFID tag in the rack system's
components. When a customer selects a product, the amount is
subtracted immediately from the total amount, and this
information is sent to the local computer via Zigbee. If stock is
depleted and the message is sent to the local computer to
replenish stock, it allows the stock of a product to be quickly
updated into a rack.

Fig. 2.Block diagram of Trolley Section

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V. CONCLUSION
This paper proposes an intelligent shopping system based
on RFID technology. Using this system, we can reduce the
rush at the billing counters and the human resources at the
billing counters as the billing occurs at high speed, and we can
even reduce the manual errors that occur at the billing
counters. We wish all the stores would use this prototype to
brighten their stores.
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