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 National Conference on Engineering Trends in Electronics, Communication and Networking, NCETECN ‘16

Intelligent Petrol Bunk Automation With

Vehicle Tracking Using GSM & RFID
Communication
Dedeepya.JVS1, Nikitha.A2, Prathyusha.D3, Dr.K.Umapathy4
123
UG Students, Dept. of ECE, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram
4
Associate professor, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram

Abstract
Today, almost all petrol pumps have a micro controller to Vehicle tracking system and some experiences on
control the electrical pump, drive the display, measure the practical implementations.
flow & accordingly turn OFF the electric pump. But a
person is still required to collect the money. Our project is Keywords-Smart card; Vehicle tracking; Microcontroller;
designed to eliminate this human interaction so that there is Google Maps API, Smartphone application,
no need of workers to fill the petrol. GPS/GSM/GPRS technology.
In this project petrol bunks are using the petro card system
for filling petrol in any vehicle. In this system every user is 1) INTRODUCTION:
provided with a smart petro card, with which one can Petrol bunks are using the petrocard system for filling
access petrol at the petrol bunks. Before using this card, we petrol in any vehicle. In this system every user is provided
have to recharge it. Whenever we want to fill the tank, then with a smart petro card, with which one can access petrol at
we have to place the Petro card in the card reader, which is the petrol bunks. Before using this card, we have to
interfaced to the microcontroller with serial interfacing. The recharge it.
microcontroller reads the data from the smart card reader
and asks how many liters you require, which will be Vehicle tracking systems were first implemented for the
displayed on the LCD screen. Then we have to enter the shipping industry because people wanted to know where
required number of liters of petrol through keypad which each vehicle was at any given time. These days, however,
act as an input to the microcontroller. After reading this with technology growing at a fast pace, automated vehicle
value the microcontroller will check for the available tracking system is being used in a variety of ways to track
balance in the smart card, if it is sufficient then the petrol and display vehicle locations in real-time. This paper
filling process will be started. After filling the required proposes a vehicle tracking system using GPS/GSM/GPRS
quantity, a buzzer will indicate the process of completion. technology and a Smartphone application to provide better
One feature is vehicle monitoring. Using this facility service and cost effective solution for users. On the basis of
we can monitor the vehicles. Each Petrol bunk contains statistical data shown Fig. 1, one can observe that the world
RFID reader which is continuously reads the number plate is experiencing accelerated growth in Smartphone
(RFID Tag) of the all vehicles. If anyone of the vehicle is ownership. As a result, Smartphone users are now more
related to crime events this system automatically sends the prevalent within the overall population than owners of basic
information to the nearest police station via SMS. Before mobile phones. As Smartphones become more familiar to
people and finding use in the day to day lives, their
that, Crime event information about the particular vehicle is
influence on society continues to grow. The main driving
pre stored in the system. A Smartphone application is
force for this accelerated growth in Smartphone usage is the
alsodeveloped for continuously monitoring the vehicle
availability of a large variety of applications to meet the
location. The Google Maps API is used to display the
needs of a wide range of users. In our project we developed
vehicle on the map in the Smartphone application. Thus,
a Smart phone application along with the in-vehicle
users will be able to continuously monitor a moving vehicle
tracking device. The two parts work together to offer the
on demand using the Smartphone application and determine
most convenience to the users as they become handy to
the estimate distance and time for the vehicle to arrive at a
track vehicle locations in real-time.
given destination. In order to show the feasibility and
effectiveness of the system, this paper presents A vehicle tracking is a prerequisite of the most basic
experimental results of the function in all fleet management systems. A fleet
management is the management of company’s
transportation fleet. The fleet management system aims at
improving the quality and efficiency of the industry by
identifying major obstructions on the road and tracking

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real-time locations of their fleet on a map. Most of the required quantity, a buzzer will indicate the process of
vehicle tracking systems are designed by using GPS/GSM completion. In our project another, one feature is vehicle
technology. In vehicle tracking systems, a vehicle location monitoring. Using this facility we can monitor the vehicles.
is one of the most important components. The location and Each Petrol bunk contains RFID reader which is
time information anywhere on earth is provided by using continuously reads the number plate (RFID Tag) of the all
GPS technology. vehicles. If anyone of the vehicle is related to crime events
this system automatically sends the information to the
nearest police station via SMS. Before that, Crime event
information about the particular vehicle is pre stored in the
system

3) RELATED WORKS
Vehicle tracking systems are used around the world in
many fields such as vehicle position tracking systems,
vehicleanti-theft tracking systems, fleet management
systems, andintelligent transportation systems (ITS).
A.Bus Tracking System
Lau proposed simple bus tracking system in UCSI
University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tracking
Fig. 1.� Changes in phone ownership, 2011-2012. The systemprovides students with the location information of a
number of Smartphone owners increased 11% from 2011 to bus withina fixed route. The students are provided with a
2012. status of the busafter specified time interval using LED
panel and aSmartphone application. Real-time bus tracking
The basic purpose of a vehicle tracking system is to track systems arebeneficial to college students who attend
a specific target vehicle or other objects. The tracking colleges with largeCampuses. With the bus tracking system,
device is able to relay information concerning the current they can spend moretime studying, sleeping, or relaxing
location of the vehicle and its speed, etc. Most of such rather than waiting for adelayed bus. Spending less time
tracking systems consist of an electronic device as usually waiting for a bus improves thecomfortable and effective
installed in-vehicle and can be used for tracking motor time management of the students aswell. Also, the bus
cycles, buses, and trains. The vehicle tracking system tracking system helps improve children’ssafety when it is
proposed in the paper has the following features: equipped in school buses.
 Acquisition of a vehicle's geographic coordinates B. Vehicle Tracking and Anti-Theft
and a vehicle’s unique ID from an in-vehicle Tracking System
device in real timeusing the GPS module An anti-theft tracking system is one way to prevent ordetect
 Transmission of a vehicle's location information unauthorized access of devices considered
and a vehicle’s ID to a web server after a valuable.Ramadan, Al-Khedher, and Al-Kheder Proposed
specified time interval using the GSM/GPRS designand implementation of a vehicle tracking and anti-
module theft systemfor protecting a vehicle from any intruders
 Database is designed to store and manage using GPS/GSMtechnology based on tracking systems. The
received vehicle's location information system used Kalman filter to reduce positional errors, thus
 Whenever a user requests the vehicle location, it improvingthe accuracy of the position determination. When
can be accessed from the database and monitored a vehicle’signition is turned on, a vehicle’s owner receives
on Google maps in real-time using a Smartphone a confirmationSMS that a vehicle is running now. If the
application access to the vehicleis illegal, the vehicle’s owner sends a
2) WORKING SMS to turn off thevehicle. A laptop embedded with
In this project petrol bunks are using the petro card Google Earth is used fortracking and viewing the location
system for filling petrol in any vehicle. In this system every and a status of the vehicle ona map. A Smartphone will be
user is provided with a smart petro card, with which one good alternative to replace thework that the laptop
can access petrol at the petrol bunks. Before using this card, performs.
we have to recharge it. Whenever we want to fill the tank,
then we have to place the Petro card in the card reader, C.Vehicle tracking system using Social
which is interfaced to the microcontroller with serial Network Service
interfacing. The microcontroller reads the data from the Vehicle tracking systems based on social network
smart card reader and asks how many liters you require, servicessuch as Twitter and Facebook has attracted interest
which will be displayed on the LCD screen. Then we have in a number of users. Each in-vehicle device has an account
of thetwitter social network and can identify the vehicle
to enter the required number of liters of petrol through
location insocial network on a regular basis. A web
keypad which act as an input to the microcontroller. After
interface is used todisplay a vehicle location placed on
reading this value the microcontroller will check for the Google maps, and a statusof a vehicle like door open/close,
available balance in the smart card, if it is sufficient then and ignitions on/off. Also,users can send commands from
the petrol filling process will be started. After filling the the web interface to the invehicledevice to restart the

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vehicle or to shut down the vehicle.The proposed system control TCP/IP on SM5100B. The AT commands
can be accessed from a Smartphone moreeasily because the forTCP/IP and their parameters for SM5100B can be found
Smartphone has available social networkservices. So, the at theAT command syntax is as follows.
system would become more efficient to usersof social AT<command…><CR>
network and Smartphone, they allow quickmonitoring of 5) CONCLUSION
the location and status of the vehicle.

We developed and tested a vehicle tracking system to track

the exact location of a moving or stationary vehicle in real-
time. This paper has described the design and
implementation of our vehicle tracking system. An in-
vehicle device, a server and a Smartphone application are
used for the vehicle tracking system. In this work, the in-
vehicle device is composed of a microcontroller and
GPS/GSM/GPRS module to acquire the Vehicle’s location
information and transmit it to a server through GSM/GPRS
network. On the other end, the web interface written in PHP
is implemented to directly connect to a database. A
vehicle's geographic coordinates and a vehicle’s Unique ID
obtained from an in-vehicle device are recorded in a
database table. And a Smartphone application has been
created to display a vehicle location on Google maps. The
Fig. 2.Block diagram of Vehicle Tracking and Anti-theft system was able to experimentally demonstrate its effective
System performance to track a vehicle’s location anytime from
4) IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS anywhere. Furthermore, our implementation is low-cost that
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by a microcontroller, hardware and software design modules.
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