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Ignition System Based Licensing using PIC

Microcontroller
S.Sharmila Devi1, T.Surya Prakash2, G.Vignesh3, P.Vijay Venkatesan4
Assistant professor1, UG Scholar2, UG Scholar 3, UG Scholar4
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Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, India.

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected],

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Abstract The process of obtaining a digital representation of an

individual's fingerprint and comparing it to an existing digital
This work represents finger print based System for driving image is known as fingerprint recognition. The electrical
licensing verification. One of the most important new technologies properties of the finger's ridges and valleys, or the reflection
in this century is biometrics. Our ability to secure and protect of light on the finger's ridges and valleys, are used to create
sensitive data and facilities is becoming increasingly critical as the digital representations of the fingerprint. After the pictures
world becomes more volatile and potentially susceptible to
fraudulent forces. From these different available biometric
have been processed, the distinct features of the finger seen in
features, one that provides a high mismatch ratio and consistency digital models are the final results. Person fingerprints can
is fingerprint recognition. In several countries, driving without a now be stored in a database as digital prototypes, which can
license is a serious problem. According to the survey, unlicensed be used in security applications instead of passwords.
drivers were responsible for the majority of the incidents. So, a
As the globe grows increasingly volatile and prone to
new system is proposed i.e., finger-print identification. This
project depicts the creation and implementation of a prototype
fraudulent influences, our capacity to safeguard and defend
automated license verification method. It verifies a person's crucial data and infrastructures will determine our fate.
identity by using their fingerprints. An individual will continue Among the various biometric features available, Finger Print
with ignition if the finger print stored in the controller and the is one of the best, with a high mismatch ratio and
finger print swiped in the system match; otherwise, ignition will be dependability. It's a simple biometric-based driving licence
disabled. This will reduce the accidents happened by unlicensed monitoring system that's very useful. Fingerprint verification
drivers. is a vital biometric tool for determining a person's identity.
We present the design and implementation of a prototype
Keywords—Pic Microcontroller, Finger print scanner, DC automatic license verification system in this project. It uses
Motor, Step down transformer. fingerprints to confirm a person's identity.
An embedded system plays a major role in this work
I. INTRODUCTION which is an electronic/electromechanical system designed to
perform a particular function and it's a combination of
The Traffic Act, Chapter 548 Laws of the Federation of firmware and hardware. The objective of this proposed work
Nigeria, was promulgated on January 1, 1949, and is available is to solve these problems by designing a system to reduce
online (1990). The three arms of government in Nigeria that the unlicensed drivers using a microcontroller. The
manage or are in charge of vehicle licensing, registration, and microcontroller is a programming tool to run the entire
control are the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), the operation.
Vehicle Inspection Officer (VIO), and the state Board of
Internal Revenue. All three entities that provide personal The work is really beneficial to a fresh researcher in terms
information, document collection, and plate numbers are of developing new approaches to deal with the problems that
required to make the necessary payments. After registration, drivers experience on a daily basis. In the future, work on a
each person receives a driver's license in the form of an system that is not only utilized in a specific area but can also
identification card. The driver must have this license on them be extended and deployed on a variety of other platforms,
at all times when operating any vehicle, and failure to do so such as in RTO domains to obtain complete details on
would result in a penalty. licensed personnel which reduces the accidents. The goal of
Most of the developing and developed countries such as this proposed project is to alleviate these issues by developing
India undergo huge corruption in different sectors such as a system that uses a microcontroller to limit the number of
R.T.O offices, traffic junction. such major issue is driving unlicensed drivers. The microcontroller is a programming
without license. According to several studies, unlicensed device used to control the entire process. To reduce the cost in
drivers are the primary cause of collisions. terms of requirements such as job opportunity and to increase
security, a microcontroller can be served as a programming
tool. Moreover, this system is faster, flexible and can meet
market needs.

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II. RELATED WORKS III. METHODOLOGY

Fingerprint based System for driving licensing EXISTING METHOD

verification [1-2]. The recent technology in this century is
Biometrics. As the environment becomes more complex and Driving without a license is a challenge for a number
potentially susceptible to deceitful powers, our ability to of reasons. It's likely that drivers who haven't had the
secure and protect sensitive data and facilities becomes proper training and testing lack some of the information
increasingly important [3]. Among the various biometric and skills needed to drive safely and efficiently. The
features available, finger print is one of the best, with a high proposed system avoids accidents and even deaths of the
mismatch ratio and dependability. Keeping track of students' drivers and others those who inside the vehicle.
attendance reports has become a challenging task because
their attendance can be reported or skipped at any time. We
PROPOSED SYSTEM
are using two separate technologies, embedded device and
biometrics, to deal with this issue, i.e., to get the attendances
registered correctly [4]. The simple and convenient to track One of the most common and accurate personal
is the biometric-based driving license monitoring device. biometric identification systems is used to start a vehicle's
Fingerprint authentication is a common biometric technique ignition. i.e., Finger print Identification. Finger print sensor
for identifying people [5]. We present the design and (r303a) is used to authenticate whether the driver is
implementation of a prototype automated license verification licensed or not. It uses limit switch to check whether the
framework in this paper. driver wear the seat belt or not. The vehicle can only start
if you are wearing your seat belt. The status of the system
This study [6-7] was created to track pupils' daily is displayed on LCD. After all these processes are done,
attendance in class using their fingerprints. This is a one- the ignition starts (DC motor) runs.
of-a-kind identity that will prevent impersonation and
attendance problems. Its goal is to automate the traditional WORKING PRINCIPLE
method of taking attendance and generating a report at the
end or halfway through the session. The design of a Power on the prototype, LCD displays “Enrollment”
fingerprint authentication system based on a simple option to store the finger print of the person through finger
microcontroller and a fingerprint sensor is shown in this print scanner. After storing the finger print of the in the
work [8]. The method presented in [9] utilizes the sensors to particular ID NO. from 1-250, LCD displays “Enrollment
monitor the weather changes and engages the raspberry pi to success”, then in next process, LCD displays “IDENTIFY
process the information gathered and convey it to the end FP” by selecting this option we can verify the finger print
user. The research article discusses home automation system which is stored in the Enrollment option if the finger print
consumes the energy for different devices connected for matches with stored finger print LCD displays “SUCCESS
smart home [10]. All of the people' photographs will be FINGER ID:” if doesn’t matches it displays “Not Find
scanned and recorded as part of this initiative. Whenever a Finger”. After finger print matches, the limit switch act as
citizen crosses the traffic regulations, the police can scan seat belt it should be hold and the DC Motor runs.
his image and can collect penalty / fine from the defaulter.
The police can follow the driver's past using this way [11- GENERAL BLOCK DIAGRAM
12]. In [13], the rotation and translation parameters
between two fingerprints are computed using the original The block diagram shown in fig.1 PIC 16f877a
matched minutiae pair. In this research, a method for Microcontroller is surrounded by r303a finger print
identifying these strong features with a high degree of scanner, Step down transformer for power supply, Relay,
certainty from a fingerprint image is proposed [14]. These LCD .The LCD is connected to the PIC microcontroller to
values are utilized as authentication data once they have displays the process. The microcontroller is a programming
been retrieved from these features. The line Gaussian tool to run the entire operation.
filter's orientation is dynamically controlled using an
architecture. The input image is homogenised by a local
image normalisation to increase the filter's performance
even more [15].
It verifies a person's identity by using their fingerprints.
We created a new algorithm that is both faster and more
accurate than the previous one. A minutiae-matching
algorithm based on alignment has been proposed. As a result,
we conclude that the proposed work is very useful for a new
researcher in terms of developing new methods to deal with
the problems that drivers face on a daily basis. The framework
can be expanded and applied on various other platforms in the
future, such as in RTO fields to obtain full information about
licensed persons. This will reduce the work of RTO’s and
reduce the accidents. Unlicensed driving is a problem for a
variety of reasons. It's possible that drivers who haven't had
the proper training and testing lack some of the knowledge Fig. 1. Block Diagram of the Proposed Work
and skills needed to drive safely and efficiently.

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A. CONCEPT AND OPERATION

IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
To overcome the problem, we propose a reliable personal
biometric identification which is used to authenticate whether
This proposed prototype contains the working process,
the driver is licensed or not. If the finger print is stored in the
the supply of 230V is given and the step down transformer
finger print scanner and matches with the stored finger print,
converts into 12V and given to the resistor and into
he/she should go ahead and start the engine; otherwise, the
converts DC into AC to the capacitor. It is used to filter
engine will not start. The vehicle can only start if you are
and store and filter the noise. Two regulators are used 12V
wearing your seat belt. The status of the process will be
(7812) and 5V (7805). The 12V regulators give supply to
displayed in LCD, shown in the fig.2.
the DC motor and Relay. The 5V regulators give supply to
the microcontroller and Finger print module it takes as
1. Step Down Transformer for power supply. 3.3V.
2. PIC Microcontroller 16f877a.
OPERATION OF FINGERPRINT SCANNER
3. Fingerprint scanner(r303a).
There is slight change in fingerprint identification
4. LCD.
process will between products and systems. Standard
5. Relay. system consists of scanning a fingerprint and processor to
store the fingerprint data base. For comparison and
6. Dc Motor. matching of fingerprint to the predefined data base
software is included in the system. A fingerprint has
different features has ridges and valleys which provide
friction for screen, shown in the below fig. 3.

Fig. 3. Finger print Module

The main identification of fingerprint is due to minutia
points which differ from person to person. It actually the
location and direction of ridge endings or where ridge
splits two or more ridges. These features are helpfully
Fig. 2. Image of prototype device minutiae extraction. The actual number of minutiae points
may vary from sensor to sensor because of size of the
surface and the placement of finger on the sensor. Users’
B. DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURE demographic information along with minutiae information
is stored as template in enrolment database.
Step 1: Select option Enrollment to store the finger print of
There are mainly two types of scanning methods for
the person. Select the Id no. any one number from 1-250 to
this technology optical scanner and capacitance scanner
store your finger print in the scanner. Keep the finger
which is used for scanning and storing a picture of the
properly in the scanner till the LCD displays Enrollment
finger. These two methods use completely different
success.
techniques to produce same type of image. This scanned
Step 2: Select option IDENTIFY FP and to check whether image is then further compared with already stored
he/she’s finger print with the stored finger print. fingerprint database to get the correct identity. The
Step 3: If the finger print matches LCD displays Success comparison is not carried out for whole fingerprint but it
Finger with ID no. only compares the valleys and ridges, which is carried out
by processor. Fingerprint processing is divided into two
Step 4: Hold the limit switch button (act as seat sections: I Enrollment of fingerprints; ii) Matching of
belt). The ignition starts and DC motor runs. fingerprints When enrolling, the user must insert the finger
twice, as shown in fig. 4.

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Based on the results, the machine will process the

scanned image and produce a fingerprint template. The
memory is then used to store the produced prototype. In
both matching condition system will give matching result
which can either be success or failure.

 Power- DC 3.6V – 6.0V.

 Working current - Typical: 100mA, Peak: 150mA.
 Baud rate - (9600*N) bps, N=1~12 (default N=6).
 Storage Capacity – 250.
 Matching Mode – 1: 1 and 1: N.
 Interface – UART (TTL logical level) / USB 1. 1.
 Character size – 256 bytes.
 Template size – 512 bytes.

Begin the process by scanning the fingerprint using a

scanner and retrieving data from memory. If the
fingerprints match, the LCD displays "Success Finger,"
and if they don't, the LCD displays "Finger not found."

Fig. 5. Images of results displayed in LCD

V. CONCLUSION
The proposed system can be used at all places
starting from domestic to the industrial sectors. This
simple design involves the usage of a large number of
people because people with less knowledge of hardware
can also use it without facing any problem. Fingerprint
recognition is proved to be a dynamic and high
performance system because of its availability of light
weight and inexpensive fingerprint readers, as well as a
Fig. 4. Fingerprint module scanning process massive legacy database. Many identification system and
access control application rely on fingerprint recognition
OPERATION PROCESS OF SYSTEM which is a unique dominant. The same modem
technology, such as sophisticated sensors, can be used in
As the microcontroller sends information to the LCD future security development.
display. In turn, the LCD displays the availability of
process. It gives many outcomes; the different displays are
shown here. Fig 5. shows the images of results displayed in Merits
LCD and they are listed by
 The system adds security to the vehicles.
 Select option
 It prevents and reduce accidents done by unlicensed
 Select option Enrollment to store finger print.
drivers.
 Enrollment success.
 It is reliable and cost efficient.
 Identify FP to verify finger print.
 Find Finger Id no. Limitations
 DEL ALL FP.
 The Hardware can store only 250 fingerprint data.

 The Hardware maintainable is difficult because it

can be easily damaged.

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