VEHICLE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM BASED ON AN EMBEDDED PLATFORM

Arun Sasi, Lakshmi R Nair

Abstract: In modern day vehicles, vehicle anti-theft system is of prime importance. The vehicle anti-theft system presented here consists of multiple layers of protection with one complementing the other, rather than the conventional anti-theft system where a particular system is only being used. The first layer of protection in the system is a Fingerprint recognition, based on which the doors are opened. The Fingerprint matching is done by utilizing the Minutiae based Fingerprint recognition scheme. Also to prevent thieves from breaking the glass and getting inside the vehicle, vibration sensors are used in all the windows with a threshold level to prevent false alarms. Once inside, the vehicle is turned on only with the mechanical keys along with correct key number entry on the combination keypad present, failing to do so for three successive times will result in vehicle getting immobilized by cutting the fuel supply and an alert message is sent to the mobile number of the owner. Further to prevent the seizure of the vehicle, Tyre pressure sensor is also being used which also alerts the owner through a mobile message. The seized vehicle can be tracked using a GPS tracker which is also being attached. The different layers of protection defined are controlled by an ARM 7 based controller acting as the central node. The whole system was tested using a test set up by mimicking the vehicle door, vehicle immobilizer etc. with equivalent motors whereas Fingerprint data was received from Matlab based GUI application. The experimental results proved the functionality of the anti-theft system in working environment.

Keywords: ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0209090