Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computing Methodologies and Communication (ICCMC 2019)

IEEE Xplore Part Number: CFP19K25-ART; ISBN: 978-1-5386-7808-4

Smart Toilet Based On IoT

Farzana Shaikh Feza Shaikh

Information Technology Information Technology
M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering
Mumbai,India Mumbai,India
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Khadija Sayed Needa Mittha

Information Technology Information Technology
M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering
Mumbai,India Mumbai,India
[email protected] [email protected]

Naziya Khan
Information Technology
M.H.Saboo Siddik College of Engineering
Mumbai,India
[email protected]

Abstract—In today’s world with the ever increasing growth in II. EXISTING SYSTEM
the population of India, the hygiene of our country is
endangered. Our Prime Minister Sir Narendra Modi has In India people mostly prefer defecating in open ethics in
introduced “Swach Bharat Abhiyan” Scheme to improve field railways tracks, open grounds etc. Sometimes the users
cleanliness in the country. Our project will definitely be a help to do not have knowledge about how to reach the public toilets
improve hygiene condition in India. It will create awareness and use the toilet. Even if they reach the toilets the hygienic
among people in terms of “Toilet Management”. The proposed conditions of the public toilets is not well maintained up to
system ”Smart Toilet” is based on IoT, smell sensor, IR sensor, user’s satisfaction which stops him from using the public
sonic sensor, RFID sensor. The smart toilet will take care of toilets[7]. One of the reasons is the user’s laziness of cleaning
opening and closing of the toilet seat, the IR sensor tracks the dirt the toilet after use. This irresponsible behavior results in dirty
present on the toilet seat and raise an alarm, The cleanliness of toilets. Also in many cases public toilets do not have flushing
the toilet will be improved by monitoring the sweeper’s activity to facility. But now flushes are installed in some of them, still the
maintain the hygiene of the toilet, it also will deal with water flushes are not used due to lack of knowledge and laziness.
conservation. The other reason is the sweeper’s ignorance towards the
responsibility of cleaning the toilet. It is one's responsibility to
Keywords—IoT, toilet, sensor, hygiene, dirt.
follow rules of cleanliness. In spite of the availability of the
I. INTRODUCTION public toilets, their improper management restricts the user
from using it.Thus the existing scenario lacks overall
India ranks low on sanitation index [1], one of the reason is management of public toilets[8].
the lack of awareness about how to use toilets in a healthy and
hygienic way and other is the number of availability of toilets III. PROPOSED SYSTEM
and their improper management[10]. In order to overcome
In India there is lack of awareness about how to use public
these issues we have come up with the idea of Smart Toilet
toilets and the inability to manage toilets with cleanliness. The
which is based on IoT[9]. This will create awareness in people
word “Smart” is itself enough to attract the attention of public
on how to smartly use the toilets which will thereby improve
which will encourage them to use the smart toilet. It also
the hygiene condition. Management of public toilets smartly
facilitate smart management of public toilets with the hygiene
will encourage the people to make use of available number of
level maintained up to public satisfaction. As shown in Fig.1.
public toilets efficiently. Smart Toilet is an IoT based concept.
,User Detection, Dirt Detection, Smell Sensing, Monitoring
Different sensors such as IR sensor, smell sensor, sonic sensor,
Sweeper’s Activity, Water Conservation are the various
RFID sensor are used.
modules of Smart Toilet.

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A. Block Diagram E. Monitoring Sweeper’s Activity

RFID reader is basically used to detect the sweepers
activities such as presence or absence of sweeper. Initially the
sweepers wants to show his or her presence in front of the
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). Even though it is
cleaned by the user the sweeper needs to clean the toilet.It
could be before or after the toilet is used. Then the dirt sensing
phase gets initiated and dirt is detected. It is when the
sweeper’s role comes into action, he needs to dispose all the
waste products present in the toilet.
F. Water Conservation
It detects the depth of the septic tank which is fixed within
some specific range. If the sewage reach with the range then it
will send message to an organization. All the messages are
sent by GSM.
The smart toilet also talks about water conservation. It
saves water compared to ordinary toilets. There are two
options for flushing, type1 and type 2. Urination requires less
water. Type 1 flush is for urination and otherwise type2.

G. Hardware Requirements
 Microcontroller

Fig. 1. Block diagram of Smart Toilet Based on IoT

B. User Detection
The smart toilet can sense your presence as soon as you
approach it. The moment it will detect your presence it will Fig. 2.Microcontroller [2]
open the toilet seat automatically. Once you are done using it,
you don’t even need to cover the toilet seats manually it will Integration of a processor core, memory, and
be done by smart toilet automatically. programmable input/output peripherals on a single chip known
as microcontroller. Microcontrollers are more oftenly used for
C. Dirt Detection
general purpose applications [2].
This module senses the dirt in gamuts through alarm
sound. Here the sensor is the IR sensor it will sense the dirt by  IR Sensor
comparing the image that will be provided by the IR sensor
with the default image (gamut with no presence of dirt) that is
stored. If dirt found an alarm will be raised. This will give
users an indication that the toilet is dirty and it has to be
cleaned. A responsible user will then clean the toilet after
hearing the alarm and thus it will maintain the hygiene. And
also this system will handle the irresponsible user as the alarm
sound will be too high that even other people will hear it so in
order to safe himself from embarrassment it will be a kind of
compulsion for him to clean the toilet.
D. Smell Sensing Fig. 3. IR Sensor [3]

In this module, the unwanted gases will be detected by

The infrared sensors detects the dirt present in the toilet.
Figaro Sensor. This sensor senses smell of gases like ammonia
The image models are fed into the sensors which can then
and other gases which are unwanted, it will raise the alarm if it
compare these fed images with the current images to detect the
is sensed which will be removed by the sweeper with the help
presence of dirt. It then raises the alarm if dirt found [3].
of particular cleaning agent.

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 RFID Reader GSM module is used for mobile communication which

establishes communication between a computer and GSM
module [6].
IV. CONCLUSION
This proposed solution will aware a method of using toilet
that is smart, hygienic and healthy. Our project will develop a
sense of responsibility among people about how to use toilets
in a way that mandates the user to follow rules of cleanliness
which will encourage the use of public toilets. Thereby
improving sanitation in India. This will lead to Clean India,
Healthy India.
Fig. 4.RFID Reader [4]

The RFID reader is used to check the sweeper’s V. FUTURE WORK

presence and absence. The sweeper needs to provide his In future Smart Toilet provides hygienic, clean and smart
identity before and after cleaning of the toilet [4]. management of public toilet. But the hard fact of today’s
society is that the condition of the public toilets have not
changed from years. Although many of us are aware of using
toilets that saves water. This results in conservation of water
by every individual. Various syndromes can be detected with
 Smell Sensor the help of smart toilet by analyzing users waste. This will be
done by sensors. The harmful content in the waste can be
analyzed and a report will be generated that gives information
like toxicity, blood-sugar-level. Smart Toilet could provide a
much better treatment options.
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Fig. 6.GSM Modem [6]

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