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Robust Exam Hall Monitoring Using IOT Technology

M. Vijaya Bhaskar1, B. Ajanta Reddy2
Assistant professor1, Assistant professor2 of the Department of
Electronics and Communication Engineering

Krishna Chaitanya institute of technology and sciences Markapur, Andhra Pradesh.

E-Mail: [email protected] 1, [email protected] 2

T. Ajay Kumar ( [email protected] )

G. Venkatesh ( [email protected] )
A. Venkatesh ( [email protected] )
Y. Sai Kumar ( [email protected] )
P. Yashwanth ( [email protected] )
Abstract- Here we design a fingerprint human intervention. The major
exam hall authentication. This system advantage of this project is to reduce
is designed to allow only users verified impersonation in the exam hall by
by their fingerprint scan and block verifying the biometric features of the
nonverified users. Here this design candidate .and here we are adding a
consists of a fingerprint scanner wi-fi module to the block diagram for
connected to a microcontroller circuit. the purpose of identifying no persons
In registration mode, the system allows attended the exam hall and we are
to use of up to 200 users and saves connecting it to the mobile/Desktop for
their identities with respect to their displaying the no of persons presented.
corresponding id numbers in the sensor
keywords: Arduino Uno, Fingerprint
memory. After storage, the person Scanner, Servo motor, LCD, WI-FI
wants to first scan his finger on the module,
fingerprint scanner. The controller now Buzzer, Relay, Battery, Embedded C.
checks the person's fingerprint validity.
1. Introduction:
If the user is authorized the controller
Identifying a user based on fingerprint data
now sends a signal to a motor driver. is an imminent phenomenon in our society.
The motor driver now operates a motor in the exam hall, fingerprint authentication
to open a gate. . This allows only has always been a major challenge, and
verification of an authentic candidate is not
authorized user to enter the exam hall
an easy task it consumes more time and is
and unauthorized users are not allowed a high process. Nowadays verifying a
to enter the exam hall without any person's identity depends on knowledge or

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possession. However codes can be implementation. systems like sensing the

forgotten or overheard and id cards can be fingerprint of the candidate who logged in
lost or some one stolen giving impostors for the exam has been separately done by
the possibility to pass the identity test. The researchers. The above things are unique
use of features are in separable form of features of all humans and hence it can
person body significantly decreases the detect the unauthorized candidate easily,
possibility of doing fraud. fingerprint act some of such devices used in Fingerprint
as a source for identifying a person. This is authentication system are shown in below.
used for identification purposes. In order
to overcome to overcome the limitation of 2.1. Fingerprint scanner:
unimodal biometrics came into existence. Fingerprint module consists of light
It combines two or more number of sensitive microchip to generate a digital
persons data recognition result which is image. The operating principle of
known by finger print information that fingerprint module mainly depends upon
increases the effectiveness of personal processing. The fingerprint processing
identification system that examines the mainly includes two elements Enrollment
approved and fraudulent besides and Searching. while Enrolling a user
improving accuracy. Multy biometric he/she must place a finger twice and the
system having sever number of advantages data can be stored in the fingerprint
which are lower error rates and large module. Here we use advanced fingerprint
population coverage compared to uni module it can have the capability to store
biometric systems but in this paper we approximately 300 fingerprint’s data. And
propose only finger print sensor. Finger it has a resolution of 500 dpi. The main
print authentication is the one of the advantages of this type of sensor is Low
beneficial biometric technique and are cost, low power consumption, small
easily detectable, authentication requires size…etc.
minimal effort on the user. It does not
capture information other than strictly 2.2. Arduino-uno:
necessary. The system is designed to
allow candidates validate by their finger The ARDUINO-UNO is a board which
print verification and block un authorized consists ATmega-328 microcontroller
users. which plays a key roll in embedded system
projects. This board consists of totally 28
2.Related work: pins among those 14 pins are digital pins
which act as output pins. Using digital pins
The main application of fingerprint
we can connect different interfacing
technology related to impersonation has
devices like LCD, LED, buzzer…etc. And
been used by Federal Bureau of
it is operated with 16 MHZ crystal
Investigation in the 1960’s. According to
frequency and the it consists of 6 analog
research on fingerprint methods has gained
pins through, This pins we can give the
renewed attention in recent years bought
input. some of the input devices to the
by an increase in security concern. A High
board are sensors, tactile switches…etc.
secured and High accuracy biometric
And the remaining 8 pins are power supply
based model is needed for
pin’s like VCC, VEE, GND....etc. The

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ARDUINO consists of power jack through no of users attended for that particular
this jack only we can provide power to the exam and this information will store in the
board. database. The components of this consists
of Hardware and Software, they are as
3.Methodology: follows.

3.1.Exam Hall Monitoring using 3.2.Hardware Requirements:

fingerprint Authentication using
3.2.1. Fingerprint Sensor:
Arduino:
The main operation of finger print scanner
The main moto of this project is to
is to get an image of a user’s finger print
implement fingerprint based exam hall
data and find a match for this print in the
authentication system that can assist in the
internal storge of finger print module. The
examination of examination
capacity of finger print scanner is better
impersonation. This system consists of
because off the image are more reliable
mainly a fingerprint sensor connected with
and resize.
ARDUINO-UNO microcontroller circuit.
In registration mode, while registering the
user he must press the enrolling key and
put a finger twice after completion of
enrolling it will display. And then to enter
into examination hall user must place his
enrolled finger for verification purpose if it
matched with enrolled user then the door
will be automatically open using servo
motor mechanism here the motor depends
on angle produced by the controller/UNO
board. If the user finger data is not Fig3.2.1.1: R307 Fingerprint Sensor
matched with enrolled user finger data module
then the buzzer will produce Beep sound
for indicating he/she is a wrong user and 3.2.2. Arduino:
trying to enter into the exam hall and also The ARDUNIO-UNO is the variant of the
the door is not opened at this time. Here ARDUINO family which is most growing
the system allows upto300 users to register one. The ARDUINO-UNO consists of an
and this data will be stored into the AT mega 328 based micro controller board
fingerprint module this gives an added with totally 28 pins (combination of
advantage for us. In addition to our project Analog pins, Digital pins along with power
includes a wi-fi module this will take input supply pins) and it consists of power
from the UNO board and the output of wi- jock,16 MHZ crystal oscillator, reset
fi module is connected to the mobile button and a USB link. This is great choice
phone/desktop for displaying the no of for beginners it consists everything you
users entered in the exam hall this also an need to support the controller by simply
advantage because there is no need to attach a device using USB cable and it is
interference of human for identifying the powered by using a Battery or Adapter.

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3.2.4. Printed circuit board:

Printed circuit board is shortly abbreviated
as PCB. It is basic building block of most
advanced electronic device. Most PCB’ s
manufactured today are rigid boards and
some PCB’ s are flexible. In our project
we are using a rigid PCB because it is
having some added advantages such as
Fig3.2.2.1: Arduino uno lightweight ,reduced packing size ….etc.
3.2.3. DC Servo Motor: Here different components are mounted on
a non-conductive board and connected
The motor used in this project DC Servo with small pathways which are known as
Motor. This motor is one of a class of traces. Here in this project the components
electric motor which can have the mounted on the PCB are power jack,
Capability to convert DC electrical current ARDUINO, regulators , capacitors,
into mechanical energy. It is mostly resister, LCD,LED …etc.
depends upon the magnetic field forces.
Here in this project the output of
ARDUINO is given to servomotor which,
in turn drives and then closes and open the
door. If the user fingerprint data is
matched with the enrolled fingerprint then
the motor is start and door will open
otherwise door gets closed.

Fig3.2.4.1:PCB

3.2.5. Liquid-crystal display:

Liquid-crystal display is shortly
abbreviated as LCD. The LCD (Liquid
Crystal Display) is a type of display that
uses the liquid crystals for its operation.
Here, we will accept the serial input from
Fig3.2.3.1:SG90 Servo motor the computer and upload the sketch to the
Arduino. The characters will be displayed
on the LCD. It is a one of the type of flat

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panel display which uses liquid crystals in

its primary form of operation. LCDs have
a large and varying set of use cases for
consumers and businesses, as they can be
commonly found in smartphones,
televisions, computer monitors and
instrument panels. Here we are using in
our project the most popular LCD is the Fig3.2.6.1: LED
16×2 LCD, which has two rows with 16
rectangular areas or characters or columns.
3.2.7. Switch:
Switch is an electronic device used for turn
ON and OFF purpose. In generally we
have four types of switches SPST, SPDT,
DPST, and DPDT. Among those here in
our project we are using SPDT switch.
SPDT stands for single pole double
through switch. It is operated with 5 volts
DC. And it is having coil resistance of 65
to 75ohms.

Fig3.2.5.1: 16×2 LCD

3.2.6.LED:
LED stands for light emitting diode. LEDs
are tiny, light weight, power full that are Fig3.2.7.1: Switch
used in many different applications. LED
3.2.8. IOT Module:
consist of two terminals anode and
cathode. When ever the positive terminal The WI-FI module used here in this
of the battery is connected to the anode project is ESP8266 WI-FI module is a self
and negative terminal of the battery is contained with integrated Transfer control
connected to cathode then it is known as protocol stack that can give any
forward biased condition. In this condition microcontroller access to your WI-FI
maximum current flows through the LED network. The wi-fi module is capable of
then it will blows otherwise it does not either hosting an application or offloading
blows. In generally we have different color all wi-fi networking functions from
LEDs are available in the market such as another application processor.
Green, Red, yellow, blue LEDs.

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upon the sensing unit.

Fig3.2.8.1:ESP01 Wi-Fi module

3.2.9. Buzzer:
Buzzer is an electronic device used to
generate a Beep sound or Audio sound. It
can also be called as beeper. Which, may
be either Mechanical or Electromechanical
device. It was invented in 18th century by
Joseph Henry. These are mainly used in
calling bells for indicating purpose. The
operating voltage of a buzzer is 3v -12v. In
our project we are using a super 1003
Fig4.1: Block diagram
universal buzzer. The diagramatic
representation of universal buzzer is
shown in below

4.1. Sensing unit:

Here in this unit we connect fingerprint

sensor with microcontroller circuit. The
main purpose of this unit is it will check
the user fingerprint with their ID numbers
which was registered before sensing unit
. two process enrolling and searching
Fig3.2.9.1: Buzzer process.

4.2. Enrolling process:

4.Proposed system:
Fingerprint based exam hall authentication To register a user fingerprint the
system will helps to eliminate the enrollment id is called in ARDUINO
unauthorized user in the exam hall with the program. The enrollment id is passed to
help of fingerprint sensor module and with link second fingerprint also each
the help of Wi-Fi module we can able to fingerprint as an unique id number if
display number of users attended in the scanner as the capability to read the user
exam hall. The overall system depends fingerprint, it will ask to remove and then

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replace same number on the fingerprint Fig5.2.Door close

scanner this will happen because granting 5.1. Protype model:
access of the matched fingerprint.

4.3. Searching process:

In searching process when ever the user
has trying to put his finger onto the
scanner then it searches whether it is
already enrolled/registered or not. If the
users fingerprint is enrolled then user is
authorized otherwise user is not
authorized. Fig5.1.1: Fingerprint Panel Kit

6. Conclusion:
5. Experimental results: The main advantages of fast
growing technologies is making
Finally, we can be designed a Fingerprint-
High security system with options
based exam hall Authentication system.
for identification. Here the
identification is based on
fingerprint data which is more
reliable and efficient solution for
protection. This system is more
accurate than previous feature
because of we are using IOT
module this will gives the
information about no of users
attended for the exam hall, By
verifying user fingerprint data if
Fig5.1.Door open user is valid user then allows
attending the exam else not
allowed.
7.Future scope:
 Further research can be carried
out to have more than one
biometric technique like a
fingerprint and facial
recognition and also in very
large scale organization, that
the memory card cannot
contain all the data. A hard-
drive can be used.

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 Here we use low speed Wi-Fi and face images(BBVMFF),” in Proc.

module(2.4GHZ),in future IEEE 10th Int. Conf.
whenever we use 5GHZ Wi-Fi
module then it can provides
data at larger speed and longer
distances also.
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