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Issn:2319-8885

Vol.03,Issue.03,
Mar:2018,
Page No:212-220

Smart Vehicle Security & Ignition Control Using Gsm & Gps Technology
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Muppasani Nikitha, B.E.(C.S.E),2Archana Yuvaraj, B.E.(C.S.E),3Indhu Mohan, B.E.(C.S.E)
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G.Amudha,M.Tech, Assoc.Professor.
E-mail Id: nikithamuppasani@gmail.com, 2indhuns96@gmail.com,3archanayuvaraj38@gmail.com,
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gav.cse@rmd.ac.in
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R.M.D.ENGINEERING COLLEGE,R.S.M. NAGAR,CHENNAI-601206

Abstract- Around the world and in India, the number improve the current systems. Firstly, the users often
of vehicles theft cases has been increasing at an face difficulties in accessing and viewing their
alarming rate whereas the rate of recovery of the vehicles’ location in a user friendly graphical
stolen vehicles is still minimal. Furthermore, many interface. Secondly, the subscription cost to maintain
service provider companies lack proper fleet their active operation can be prohibitive. Thirdly,
management system which causes low efficiency of these systems are not easily customizable.
services and reduced profit as the company could not
monitor transportation operations. A real-time remote In this paper, we propose and build a working
vehicle tracking system is one of the possible prototype of a remote vehicle tracking system that
solutions to overcome these issues.This paper can overcome all the issues highlighted above. The
presents the development of the remote vehicle proposed system will be integrated with Google Map
tracking system which integrates the Global System to ease users in viewing and locating their vehicle
for Mobile Communications (GSM) Modem and whenever and wherever as long as there is an
Google Map. The GSM modem at the control center internet connection (remotely accessible).
will receive the coordinates through Short Message Furthermore,the system will use the inexpensive
Service (SMS) and updates the main database. The Short Message Service (SMS) to transmit the
information then will be accessed by the website and location information. The SMS cost can be as cheap
the position of the vehicle will be displayed through as 1 cent per SMS, depending on usage and service
the Google Maps application. A website has been provider. Last but not least, the system is simple and
developed to aid the user to track and view the can be easily customized for a variety of applications
vehicles’ location and can be access anytime and since it uses the popular Google Map Application
anywhere as long as Internet connection is available. Programming Interface (API) and common website
The three working functions are the latest tracked programming languages.
vehicle location, route history and route planner. The
developed remote vehicle tracking system Google Map was successfully introduced by
demonstrates the feasibility of real-time tracking of Google to the communities several years ago and is
vehicles, which can be used for many applications now one of their most popular applications. Google
including vehicle security and fleet management. Map is now the de-facto web mapping service
application. By introducing Google Map API,
I.INTRODUCTION endless possibilities have now opened for users to
create their own Google Map applications. Google
The adoption of remote vehicle tracking system Maps has a wide array of APIs that allows users to
for fleet management and vehicle safety is still embed the robust functionality and everyday
relatively small. Nevertheless, it is expected to grow usefulness of Google Maps into their own website
significantly in the near future. According to and applications, and overlay their own data on top
independent analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of of them. It is for these reasons that Google Maps has
fleet management units deployed in commercial been chosen in this work.
fleets in Europe is projected to grow from 1.5 million
units in 2009 to 4 million in 2014 [1]. This shows the The simple and popular SMS service allows
rapidly expanding market of the remote vehicle users to send up to 160 characters through the Global
tracking system. System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
network. It has become of the most widely used data
Remote vehicle tracking systems have been application in the world. Furthermore, most
available in the market for some time. Their operators charge a minimal cost for their usage. For
performance is commendable and they can track the this work, the SMS is sufficient for sending the
vehicle’s locations in real time [2]. However, there location information. Coupled with the wide area
are still some shortcomings that can be addressed to coverage of GSM Cellular Network around the

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world and in India [3], the remote vehicle tracking Service (SMS). The GSM Cellular Network will be
system will be able to operate in most parts of the the medium for the information to be transferred.
world. Finally, the GSM Modem which is installed and
attached at the Control Center (personal computer)
The proposed remote vehicle tracking system can will act as the receiver to receive the SMS.
be modeled using communication system
architecture. It consists of a transmitter to send The rest of this paper is organized as follows. In
information, a medium for the information to be Section II, the proposed remote vehicle tracking
transferred and a receiver to receive the information. system will be described. The results of the
In the context of this paper, the transmitter will be prototype and discussions are given in Section III.
simulated by a mobile phone, which is used to send Finally, Section IV concludes the paper and provides
the location information through Short Message suggestions for future work.

Fig:1.Over All Architecture

II. REMOTE VEHICLE TRACKING The transmitter (client) side can be implemented
SYSTEM using a GPS receiver to obtain the location and a
GSM modem to send the location to the control
center (server). The frequency the location data is
The proposed remote vehicle tracking system’s sent can also be preset, on-demand or even
block diagram is shown in Fig. 1. Firstly, the dynamically assigned by user depending on the
transmitter will be installed in the vehicles. The complexity of the system. However, in this project,
transmitter’s function is to send the location the transmitter will be simulated by a mobile phone
information of the vehicle. These transmitters will be as it is out of the scope and is not the focus of this
powered by the vehicle’s battery system. Figure 2 work. For the GSM Modem at the control center, the
shows an example of the transmitter, the Intellitrac’s U-Blox EVK-G26H evaluation kit as shown in Fig. 3
X1 [4]. Next, the location information will be send is used as it provides better support for
using SMS through the GSM service provider’s SMS developmental purposes [5]. A simpler GSM Modem
center. The GSM Modem installed at the control can also be used to replace above model once the
center will receive the SMS and update the location prototype works according to the requirements. The
information in the MySQL Database. The location GSM modem will pass on any received SMS to the
information then will be displayed on the Google SMS server system installed at the control center. For
Map embedded on a website and can be access this project, the Diafaan SMS software [6] is used as
remotely whenever and wherever through an internet it offers good connectivity with MySQL database.
connection. Finally, the location information from the database
will be displayed on the Google Map display on a
website.

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The system can be setup using the following such as Microsoft Access and MySQL. The detailed
procedures: procedures and method to setup the SMS software
can be found online [6]. After verifying that the SMS
 Install the transmitter in vehicle by system is able to successfully receive SMS from
connecting to the vehicle’s battery transmitter, the next step is to integrate the SMS
system. Ensure that the transmitter is able System to a MySQL database.
to send location information through
SMS (simulated by a mobile phone). It is important to note that the command will only
 Install the GSM Modem at control centre work if a MySQL database is already setup. The
(user’s personal computer). connector string properties such as Username,
 Setup the SMS server system. Test the Password, MySQL version, and MySQL database
system by receiving SMS from the GSM name can be edited according to the user’s
Modem. requirement and preferences.
 Prepare the Google Map API code and
script. Compile all the code and script in After all the previous procedures have been
a website template to ease the user to use completed, it is advisable to test the connection
it. between the GSM Modem and SMS System by
sending a SMS to the GSM Modem at the control
 Test the integrated system by using the
center (the number depends on the SIM card inserted
transmitter to send location information
to the modem). Figure 5 shows the received SMS
to GSM Modem and check the displayed
from the transmitter at the SMS server system and
location in Google Map API.
Figure 6 shows the MySQL database that has
The integration between the GSM Modem and recorded the SMS received from the SMS server
Google Map is the core and the most important part system. The reason to link the SMS server with
of the system. It can be divided into several MySQL database is because it will be easier for the
components. The first component is the SMS Server Google Map API script and code to fetch the required
which will serve as a platform to enable the GSM information such as latitude and longitude (LatLong)
Modem at the control center to receive the location and date and time (in order to identify the chronology
information from the transmitter through a SMS. The order of the location) as the codes and scripts are
second component is the MySQL database which will written in PHP and HTML format.
store all the received SMS. The third component is
the Google Map API which will display the location B. Google Map
information through a Google Map. All the system To display the tracked vehicle location
functions, which consist of codes from JavaScrip, information in a user friendly graphical interface,
PHP, and HTML languages, are compiled in a Google Map was chosen among other Web Mapping
website template to ease the users to access and use Service Application. Google had provided a Google
it. Map Application Programming Interface (API) under
Google Developer site for users who are interested to
The project starts with the installation and
develop their own Google Map Application [7].
configuration of the GSM Modem at the control
Google also provides good support to the developers
center (personal computer). The GSM Modem can be
by documenting all the JavaScript functions and
easily set up by connecting the modem’s and
syntax under the Google Developer’s website.
computer’s USB ports. The user can choose any
Google Map API v3 is the latest version and has
available COM port to connect the GSM Modem
additional functions. However, in this paper, Google
device to the computer. Figure 4 shows the gateway
Map API v2 was used instead due to its better
properties of the GSM Modem.
technical support from an established group of
A. SMS system developers.

After setting up the GSM Modem, the next step is The next step is to develop the Google Map API
to setup the SMS aystem. Diafaan SMS Software was codes and scripts which serve the function to display
chosen as the SMS system [6]. Diafaan SMS and present the received coordinate into a graphical
Software offers a good connectivity with database method which is in Google Map. The first part is to
connect the PHP code to the MySQL database.

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For the variable declaration, the Google Map API information. Next, the Google Map function is used
Key needs to be included (note that Google Map API to generate the required Google Map. The inputs of
v3 does not require a key). The variable declaration this function include variables such as latitude,
function need to be included again in HTML as it is longitude and time that have been fetched from the
needed to fetch the information from the PHP side. MySQL database. The latest position of the tracked
All the information will be stored in arrays in order to vehicle will be shown in the Google Map after the
ease the Google Map API to fetch the required program code has been executed.
VEHICLE PARAMETERS

Fig:2.Vehicle Parameters

Fig:3.Vehicle Parameters Including Speed & Hours

III.Results (Prototype) and Discussion  Track Latest Vehicle Position


 Track Latest Vehicle Route
In the remote vehicle tracking system prototype,  Destination and Route Planner
there are three working functions:

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Fig:4 Main Page of Website
Track Latest Vehicle Position

This is the most basic function which shows the The function as shown in below Fig. which
latest position of tracked vehicle. Upon execution, the shows Latest Vehicle Route based on the user’s input
latest coordinate will be selected from the database is the expansion of the first function. For example,
and will be displayed on the Google Map as shown in the user can use this function to preview the last 5
Fig.The information window is also included which locations of the vehicle. Note that below fig. is the
shows the latitude, longitude, date and time of the result after the user has keyed-in the required number
location. of locations.

Track Latest Vehicle Route

Fig:5 Track Latest Vehicle Route Function

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Destination and Route Planner Fig., the location of the route starts from the latest
location or the location selected from the
The user can use this function as a route planner. The database.The route planner function can also simulate
user has to just key in the preferred location (in the the route selected. Fig. 11 shows the vehicle moving
red highlighted box) as shown in FigThe function in animation mode
will then generate the suggested route to the user. In

Fig:6 Destination and Route Planner (Current Location)

Fig:7 Destination and Route Planner (Vehicle Moving)

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Fig:8 vehicle Route Planner

towards the destination. The speed of the vehicle in locations in real-time. Furthermore, several field tests
the animation can be changed and for more can also be carried out in collaboration with the
functionality, the pause button can also be added to transportation companies. Finally, a fully integrated
pause the animation. Figure 12 shows that the vehicle system in a box can be developed for commercial
animation has stopped and the trip had been purposes.
completed. The total travelled distance is also
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