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IoT Based Vehicle Theft Detection

M. POUSHYA1, K. RUPASRI2, N. SUPRITHA3, K. HEMA4, R.TEJASWINI5
1, 2,3,4,5
Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology,
Andhra Pradesh

Property crimes are said to hover around 10 million which accepts a SIM card, and operates just like a
annually. Of this, vehicle theft tops the list and often occurs mobile phone. It is used to provide information to the
in all parts of the world. There are so many recent owner and alert him with a message having latitude
technologies evolving and new methods are being
and longitude of the vehicle. This total system is
upgraded to overcome this issue. The methods involved in
operated with a switch which is made on when we park
vehicle theft detection have become aware to everyone
including the burglars and they try to break the system and
the vehicles out. Now if the vehicle theft happened, dc
steal the vehicle. This paper proposes a system presenting motor starts and the above procedure continues and the
a mechanism to minimize vehicle thefts. The system information is posted using internet of things. This
provides security by sending an alert message as soon the vehicle theft prevention and tracking system is used in
vehicle is stolen or moved without knowledge of owner. client’s vehicle as a theft prevention and rescue device.
System also offers location updates periodically to the
registered user through internet of things. This provision
II. EXISTING METHODS
for theft vehicle tracking is provided by GPS technology by
sending location. GSM technology is used to send an alert
message to intimate the owner when the vehicle is started. Mostly used systems are beepers, alarms, and
biometrics. But, all these commercially available
Keywords: GSM technology, GPS, alert message, location, products are very high-priced. By using the car buzzer
internet of things, vehicle tracking. it’s easy to protect your vehicle from getting theft. But
when your car is far away from you the buzzer or alarm
detection might not be that beneficial.
I. INTRODUCTION

In recent years vehicle theft has become a major issue Car alarm techniques are used to prevent the car theft
which should be traced and detected. The safety and with the help of different type of sensors like pressure,
security of the vehicle is essential. Even there are many tilt and shock & door sensors. These systems however
existing mechanisms they have some limitations and bear some limitations such as high cost, high false-
high cost. So, an efficient security mechanism is alarm rate, and easy to be disabled. In order to solve
needed. these problem recent advancements in computer
hardware and software have enabled automobile
industry to develop affordable automated biometrics-
This project detects vehicle theft. Arduino is the main based identification and verification systems. Many
component which is used to interface dc motor and biometrics, including face detection, facial features,
GPS, GSM. The place of the vehicle identified using hand geometry, handwriting and voice have been used
for the identification and verification of individuals.
Global positioning system (GPS) and Global system But biometric has its own disadvantages such as the
mobile communication (GSM) with the help of Wi-Fi systems are not 100% accurate, they require
module ESP 8266. GPS is a space-based navigation integration and/or additional hardware and cannot be
system used to track the vehicle and it gives the reset once compromised, you can always change your
location of the robbed device in all weather conditions. password if somebody learns it, but there’s no way to
It gives the latitude and longitude of the device using modify your iris, retina or fingerprint. Once somebody
GPS antenna. GSM is a specialized type of modem has a working copy of these, there’s not much you can

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do to stay safe, other than switching to passwords or cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery
using another finger. gets started.
Some of the reasons due to which vehicle protection
using alarm is limited like due to longer distance B. Wi-Fi Module - ESP 8266:
(range), siren cannot be heard, most of the cars have
The ESP8266 Wi-Fi Module is a self-contained SOC
similar sounds, and physically, alarms can be disabled
that can give any microcontroller access to your Wi-Fi
on theft attempts, alarm sound can be mitigated in
network. Each ESP8266 module comes pre-
crowded areas.
programmed with an AT command set firmware, that
is, it can simply have hooked up to Arduino device and
III. PROPOSED METHOD get Wi-Fi ability. The ESP8266 module is an
extremely cost-effective board with a huge, and ever
growing, community.
This paper presents an IOT based vehicle theft
detection system. As there are many systems used till
C. DC Motor:
date to detect the robbed vehicle, proposed system
overcomes most of the limitations of existing systems Most common type of motor. DC motors normally
and methods. In this mechanism as soon as the dc have just two leads, one positive and one negative. If
motor starts i.e., vehicle theft occurs, Arduino you connect these two leads directly to a battery, the
activates GPS, GSM and sends an alert message to the motor will rotate. If you switch the leads, the motor
owner and the longitude and latitude readings of will rotate in the opposite direction.
vehicle are posted using internet of things with the help
of Wi-Fi module. The entire mechanism can be D. Switch:
operated with a switch for user convenience. Proposed
This is used to activate the entire theft detection
system block diagram can be shown below in Fig 1
system. As long as switch is in ON position SMS alert
and location will be sent to owner as soon as vehicle
Wi-Fi starts. If the switch is OFF, no alert will be sent and
Module location details are also not shared. In this way, using
switch we can control system activation and
Switch deactivation.
GPS
E. GPS (Global Positioning System):
Arduin
DC o UNO Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based
Motor navigation system. We use NEO-6M GPS module as
GS Alert
M Messag it is compatible with a variety of GPS receivers. It has
e a built-in ceramic antenna. Integrates with a 3V button
Batter
battery. Normally GPS works in any weather
y
conditions at anywhere in the world. A GPS receiver
Fig 1. Proposed System Block Diagram must be locked on to signal of at least 3 satellites to
estimate 2D position (Latitude and longitude).
A. Arduino UNO:
The Arduino Uno R3 is a microcontroller board based F. GSM (Global System for Mobile
on the ATmega328. It has 14 digital input/output pins Communications):
(of which 6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6 analog GSM is a specialized type of modem which accepts a
inputs, a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a USB connection, SIM card, and operates just like a mobile phone. Here
a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button. we are using SIM 900A GSM module. SIM900A
Arduino when connected to a computer with a USB Modem is built with Dual Band GSM. It works on

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frequencies 900/ 1800 MHz. SIM900A is a compact

and reliable wireless module. Here as soon as the
motor initializes an alert message having latitude and
longitude of the vehicle is sent to the owner using
GSM module.

IV. RESULTS AND DICUSSIONS

The below figures show the circuit (figure 2) and alert

message received as soon as the motor starts and
location of the vehicle can also be sent in message
(figure 3) and the vehicle longitude and latitude
readings are also posted using internet of things (IoT)
as shown in figure 4.

Fig 3(b)

Fig. 2 Circuit connecting Arduino and other

components

Fig 3(c)

Fig3 (a)(b)(c) Alert message and location sent to

vehicle owner

Fig 3(a)

Fig 4(a)

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Fig 4(b) Intelligence Systems (NCCIS’17), March
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Fig. 4(a)(b). Latitude and longitude readings posted
using internet of things

V. CONCLUSION

Vehicle theft, although not as intrusive as violent

crimes, causes greater loss to its victims in terms of
monetary value and also in secondary economic
effects. Proposed system provides vehicle safety and
detects theft efficiently and effectively at very low
cost.

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