NEXT GENERATION ENGINE IMMOBILISER

Sagnik Basu Choudhuri, B Venkatesh, G Ramasubramaniam, J Sam Jeba Kumar

Abstract: Technological innovation in Automotive Electronics has led to the development of Engine Immobilisers. The present day Engine Immobiliser based on Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) are growing unsafe as professional hackers have been able to break into them. In 2005, a group of students in the Johns Hopkins University, USA hacked an RFID Engine Immobiliser and stole the vehicle in under twenty minutes. It is disturbing that almost a decade later the field of Engine Immobilisers has seen very little advancement. As a result the number of vehicle theft cases has risen exponentially in the past decade globally. The need of the hour is to design a system which enhances the security of the vehicle removing the drawbacks of the existing RFID system. We propose a system which replaces the prevalent technology with a Face Recognition System. Additionally, the system gives the owner remote access to the vehicle’s ignition system further reducing chances of vehicle theft. Measures are also taken to enhance passenger safety. Ease of operation is supplemented through a Keyless Entry module.

Keywords: RFID; Face Recognition; NI LabVIEW; Keyless Entry; Arduino UNO

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0303037