IJRET-V1I1P4 - Vehicle Tracking System Using GPS Tracking Method

International Journal of Research in Engineering Technology -– Volume 1 Issue 1, 2015
ISSN: 2455-1341 http://www.ijretjournal.org Page 13
Vehicle Tracking System Using GPS Tracking Method
Smith William*, Anthony Sabastin**
( Department of Mechanical Engineering , Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology, Vadodara)
I. Introduction:
Vehicle tracking systems were first
implemented for the shipping industry
because people wanted to know where each
vehicle was at any given time. To resolve
such problems, a system is developed using
GPS technologies and an application is
introduced in this research work. The vehicle
tracking device is classified as active and
passive where passive devices store GPS data
and later this device is removed and
downloaded to a computer for evaluation
whereas, active devices collect the data and
transmit it in real time over server. Generally,
this transport is arranged through the local
transport vendors on a yearly contract basis,
recently happen mishaps such as burglary, rape
cases etc. This vehicle tracking system found in
clients vehicles as a theft prevention and rescue
device. Vehicle owner or Police follow the
signal emitted by the tracking system to locate a
robbed vehicle in parallel the stolen vehicle
engine speed going to decreased and pushed to
off. After switch of the engine, motor cannot
restart without permission of password. This
system installed for the four wheelers, Vehicle
tracking usually used in navy operators for navy
management functions, routing, send off, on
board information and security.
II. System Architecture:
GPS tracking device: The device fits into the
vehicle and captures the GPS location
information apart from other vehicle
information at regular intervals to a central
server. The other vehicle information can
include fuel amount, engine temperature,
altitude, reverse encoding, door open/close, tire
pressure, cut off fuel, turn off ignition, turn on
headlight, turn on taillight, battery status, GSM
area code/cell code decoded, number of GPS
satellites in view, glass open/close, fuel
amount, emergency button status, cumulative
idling, computed odometer, engine
RPM, throttle position.GPRS status and a lot
more. Capability of these devices actually
decide the final capability of the whole tracking
system.GPS tracking server: The tracking
server has three responsibilities: receiving data
from the GPS tracking unit, securely storing it,
and serving this information on demand to the
user.User interface: The UI determines how
Abstract:
A vehicle tracking system is an electronic device installed in a vehicle to enable the owner
or a third party to track the vehicle's location.Multi-tracking system is a real time tracking platform
which uses integration of technologies such as GPS.The device installed in the vehicle
continuously moves and other related information at each position and then transmit to tracking
server, thus storing it in the database. Currently almost of the public having an own vehicle, theft is
happening on parking and sometimes driving insecurity places. The safe of vehicles is extremely
essential for public vehicles. As more devices become GPS enabled, accuracy will increase and the
system's scale and global reach will benefit everyone. Wireless technology promises to be a key
element in any long-term solution. This design will continuously monitor a moving Vehicle and
report the status of the Vehicle on demand
Keywords — GPS Tracking System, Vehicle Tracker , Security System .
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one will be able to access information, view
vehicle data, and elicit important details from
it. When a vehicle collision occurs ,dual axis
accelerometer detects the level of collision and
then small range accelerationsensor
automatically detects the vehicle roll angle is
greater than the set value given using GSM
Technology to senda accident information to
the owner family and rescue units.
Fig1.GPS System Architecture
III.GPS Location Module
The Global Positioning System in vehicle
tracking systems is commonly used to
provide users with information such as the
location coordinates, speed, time, and so on,
anywhere on Earth. In this work, a GPS
module and a GPS receiver available from
the Spark fun website, is adopted to
implement the in-vehicle device. The GPS
module has the GPS receiver with antenna.
There are two slide switches and one push
button switch.New improved GPS Module with
built-in antenna and memory back-up for OEM
and hobbyists projects. This unit features low
power consumption, high sensitivity. The unit is
ideal for navigation systems, distance
measurements, vehicle monitoring and
recording, boating direction and location,
together with hiking and cross country
exploring.
This module includes high precision surface
mount technology to provide both high accuracy
and very compact size. The module can be
easily installed on a main board, with all inputs
using standard TTL signal levels. A series of
standard NMEA format messages are provided
to give position, satellite information, time, etc.
The module can be easily connected directly to
a microcontroller to display and record this
information. Develop your own GPS navigation
system or connect to a pocket pc for a low cost
navigation system. Use in the car or boat for trip
recording and distance to destination
information. The possibilities are endless with
this easy to use GPS module.
Fig1.GPS Locater System.
IV.Debugging and Testing Process:
Microsoft Open Database Connectivity is
a standard programming interface for
application developers and database systems
providers. Before ODBC became a de facto
standard for Windows programs to interface
with database systems, programmers had to use
proprietary languages for each database to

which they wanted to connect. The choice of the
database system is made almost irrelevant from
a coding perspective, which is as it should be.
Application developers have much more
important things to worry about than the syntax
that is needed to port their program from one
database to another when business needs
suddenly change.
In vehicle unit is also responsible for
transmitting this information to Tracking Server
located anywhere in the world. To achieve all
these functionalities In Vehicle unit uses
modules like GPS receiver, GPRS module and
LPC2148. In Vehicle unit uses GPS receiver to
capture the current location and vehicle speed.
Location and speed data provided by GPS is not
in human understandable format. This raw data
needs to be processed to convert it into useful
information that can be displayed by a beacon
on the map. CPU is required to process this raw
data. GPS receiver can also provide information
of altitude, time of GPS fix, status of GPS fix,
and number of satellite used to compute current
location information along with location and
speed. GPS fix means last reported location. For
tracking purpose only location and speed data is
required for transmission. Other data provided
by GPS receiver is used to determine the
validity of location information.A software
simulator is a computer program running on an
independent hardware and it simulates the CPU,
the instruction set and the I/O of the target
microcontroller.
V. System Software Design:
The Device user should be included in the
software programming in order to receive the
location values from the GPS device to
server.The development environment for the
system software is Code C program language
been used. It is shows that the system includes
the features as motorcycle accident information
detection, GPS satellite positioning and alarm
information sending. After the system initialized
by powered-on, it runs the sensor calibration
program and system self-test program. Sending
alarm information when the system is abnormal.
It is to determine to send "false alarm",
“Emergency for help "and "reported safety"
information by scanning keyboard signal. It is
confirmed that the motorcycle accident occurred
when data abnormal detected by information
detection module. Position information searched
by the GPS.
VI.Conclusion:
In this paper, we have proposed a novel method
of vehicle tracking and locking systems used to
track the theft vehicle by using GPS technology.
It is having wide scope of applications such as
live tracking or personal tracking. You can
determine your location, whether you are
travelling locally or in a foreign land, having a
GPS is truly an advantage and many more
similar applications thus, this system can prove

to be very helpful in future, providing more
security.
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