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Anti - Theft Vehicle Device

Simmi Dutta, Monika Abrol , Arjun Kapoor, Karamjeet Singh, Rahul Kumar
B.E , Computer Engineering Department, GCET, Jammu,
ammu, India

ABSTRACT
Nowadays rate of vehicle theft is very high all Currently the inbuilt security system is provided only
through the world and the situations are even worse in for higher editions by most of the manufactures. The
developing country. The existing technologies for implementation of additional security system cost a
vehicle security have a number of limitations large amount of money which hich cannot afforded by a
including high false alarm rate, easy deactivation and normal user.
high cost. Therefore, protection of vehicles with an
intelligent, reliable, effective and economical system II. PROPOSED SYSTEM
is extremely essential for public vehicles. So. in order The proposed security system in this paper is
to bring a solution for or this problem the proposed designed to track, monitor and stop the vehicle .Anti-
.Anti
system can be implemented. Anti-Theft Theft Vehicle theft Vehicle Device aims to give security to all the
System is installed in the vehicle, to track the place of vehicles. This new technology is basically an
the vehicle and to lock the engine motor, thereby embedded system that is fitted on to the vehicle in
controlling it. [1] such a manner that it is not visible to anyone who is
inside or outside of the vehicle. Thus, it is used as a
Index Terms- Vehicle Tracking, GSM Module, GPS covert unit which sends the location data to the
Module, Locking, Microcontroller, Fire Detector monitoring unit i.e.- owner's mobile , on demand.
The proposed system works using GPS and GSM
I. INTRODUCTION technology for tracking and relays for controlling
Due to fact that the cases of vehicle theft increases (locking) the vehicle. All that the user have to do is -
day by day, an efficient security mechanism is needed install this embedded system in his vehicle. Once this
for our vehicle in order to protect it from robbery. system is installed in the vehicle, the user will have
There exists a lot of security mechanisms provided by to set his number in the program. The security
the manufacturer in addition to the extra technologies system is an integration of existing technology GPS
available in the market, but still, there exists some that is currently used in location tracking and modern
security gaps where these technologies don’t prevent communication technology SMS. SMS is the easiest
a vehicle from theft, don’t assist to recover it and way that is used widely for communication
communicat purposes
don’t allow the users
sers to know the status of their because they are inexpensive, convenient and
vehicles. They neither permit the owner to messages can be transmitted and received with high
communicate with the vehicle, even if the owner is reliability. This combination of GPS and GSM
certain that his vehicle was stolen nor do they allow technologies will provide effective, real time vehicle
the owner to control the car. The available security location, and reporting of the status to the owners.
ow It
systems in the market contain either a locking system will let owners know, about the vehicle's current
or a GPS based tracking system. The problem with the location just by sending an sms, where was it and for
normal locking system is that an expert can easily how long it was present there using GPS. In the
unlock the vehicle if he has the necessary tools. These proposed system, if the owner feels that his car is
systems also come with a high implementation and used by an illegitimate user then he will send s a
maintenance cost.t. Most of these systems need further message to GSM module to switch off the car. In
updates which cost more money. [2] response to this message the speed of the car engine

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will slow down gradually until it gets turned off.
Once it gets turned off, the doors get locked. Thus,
the thief cannot escape and police can be informed
simultaneously . This is how theft control will be
implemented.[3]

BLOCK DIAGRAM
In this Project it is proposed to design an embedded
system which is used for tracking and positioning of
any vehicle by using Global Positioning System
(GPS) and Global system for mobile communication Fig1. Block diagram of Anti-Theft vehicle Device
(GSM).
III. COMPONENTS USED
In this project, as shown in figure 1, 8052
microcontroller is used for interfacing to various Main hardware components used in this format are
hardware peripherals. An 8052 microcontroller is listed below:-i. Microcontroller ATMega328(Arduino
interfaced serially to a GSM Modem and GPS Uno)
Receiver. A GSM modem is used to send the position
1) DC Power Supply
(Latitude and Longitude) of the vehicle from a remote
2) 16x2 LCD
place. The GPS modem will continuously give the
3) GSM MODEM SIM800/900/900A
data i.e. the latitude and longitude indicating the
4) GPS MODULE L80-m39
position of the vehicle. The GPS modem gives many
5) Flame Detector
parameters as the output, but only the NMEA data
6) Relays(10A/12V)
coming out is read and displayed on to the LCD. The
7) Breadboard
same data is sent to the mobile at the other end from
where the position of the vehicle is demanded. An
EEPROM is used to store the data received by GPS
receiver. The hardware interfaces to microcontroller
are LCD display, GSM modem and GPS Receiver.
Fire detector are used for detecting different types of
problem encountered in the vehicle such as theft,
accident, fire warning etc. In any of these cases
messages will be automatically send to the intended
receiver.

When a request by user is sent to the number at the

modem, the system automatically sends a return Fig 4. Actual project
reply to that particular mobile indicating the
IV. IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
position of the vehicle in terms of latitude and
longitude. In case, if the car is hit by an accident or The system has two main units; the first is security
it catches fire, or suddenly the temperature starts to unit which is embedded in the vehicle. This unit
rise the, the Fire Sensor will send the alarm consists of: a GSM modem, GPS receiver, control
message to the fire department as well as to owner relay and Microcontroller as shown in Fig.2.The
to take some action at the earliest. microcontroller will send SMS directly to the owner
to confirm that number. NC control relay contacts
are connected with the hot line that powers the fuel
pump and ECM. The microcontroller can send a
signal to the relay to cut off the power, when
received SMS contains code (“STOP VEHICLE”)
from owner mobile to stop it. The GPS Receiver
retrieves the location information from satellites in
the form of latitude and longitude readings in real-

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time. The Microcontroller processes the GPS The controller is programmed via the TX, RX pins
information and transmits it to the user using GSM connected to the USB to serial controller and contains
modem by SMS whenever the user asks that from boot loader code. It can also be programmed directly
the system by sending SMS. The Microcontroller via the ICSP pins.
also reads engine parameters from vehicle data port
(OBD-II) and sends them to the second module in V. KEY FEATURES
the same SMS. The second module is a recipient Some basic features of this security system are :-
GSM that is basically a mobile. It can be a laptop or
1) User can access the system to get the information
a PC. The modem receives the SMS that includes
about vehicleat any time whenever needed.
GPS coordinates, temperature of the engine, the
2) Vehicle system will send the information about
mobile number of the message sender so as to
vehicle automatically to Monitoring system . This
confirm that the phone number is legal or illegal to
results in medical help in case of accident and in case
access the system; if the phone number is legal the
of theft.
system will turn off the vehicle. When a request by
3) User can stop the vehicle engine, whenever theft
user is sent to the number at the modem, the system
of vehicle by using Relays.
automatically sends a return reply to that particular
4) It includes a flame detector which alerts the owner
mobile indicating the position of the vehicle in
whenever temperature of the car rises above the
terms of latitude and longitude. The owner then can
threshold temperature limit.
locate the exact position of the vehicle and can
5) It can be used for trucks carrying valuable
navigate the track of the moving vehicle on Google
goods, to keep track of the status of delivery and
maps, corresponding to the latitude and longitude
location of the truck at all times.
values received. The fire detector circuit in it is
6) You can also use it to keep tab on your driver.
used to detect fire in the vehicle, if the temperature
It reduces vehicle abuse and ultimately results in
inside the vehicle goes above a certain limit then a
significant cost-savings for individuals, fleet
warning will be automatically send to the
owners and the like. [4]
emergency number as well as the intended receiver.
[6]
Ease of Use :-
When a User want to send a secure message to the
another user than simply it only have to type the text
on key board that it wants to transmit. It is very
secure because only authorized user can actually
access the actual message other user which want to
hack or interpret the signal, gets only encrypted
message and for decryption they want exact codes
used in encryption. Only authorized receiver knows
about the actual decryption codes and only able to
decrypt it. So it is very much secure and easy method
for message transmission.[5]
Now it is the time to articulate the research work with
the software used in it. VI. RESULTS
B.Software Simulation If the user loses his sight of the vehicle , then to find
the exact location of the vehicle , he just has to send
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based a message to the microcontroller coded as - “Track
on easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino Vehicle”. The microcontroller will send the latitude
boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a and longitude values to the user, as shown below. If
finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it the user wants to stop the vehicle at the remote
into an output - activating a motor, turning on an location then, on sending the message - “Stop
LED, publishing something online.[7] Vehicle”, the engine of the vehicle will be turned
off.
The code you write for the arduino is executed by this
controller. And it is directly connected to the I/O pins.

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3) Instead of a Microcontroller we can use a
CPLD chip since the CPLD incorporates
many more features than a Microcontroller.
VLSI/VHDL can be used for CPLD
programming.
4) A fingerprint scanner can be incorporated on
the steering wheel of the vehicle to allow only
authorized user to access the vehicle.
5) A system for detecting behavior of driver can
also be implemented. A camera can be placed
besides rear view mirror to check the behavior
of the driver reduced until it completely stops
If the vehicle catches fire, the microcontroller will avoiding major mishaps.
send an alert message to the user as well as to the 6) A VB application program can be made and
emergency number(FIRE CONTROL DEPTT) to given to all the police stations so that the police
alert them about the fire. can keep track of all the vehicles. Especially, for
all the cab drivers, if this system is inserted in all
the cabs, then it can add to the safety of girls as
the police can easily trace the vehicle and prevent
the victims from getting hurt or becoming prey to
any mishaps.
7) We can control the vehicles using an app which
receives the SMS from the microcontroller and
which sends SMS to the microcontroller. The
app can also be used to lock, unlock the
vehicle, to start and switch off the vehicle. This
app can also be used for vehicle scheduling
which would in turn save a lot of time of
drivers by letting them know the route with
VII. CONCLUSION minimum.

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