AUTOMATED TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM USING RFID

Project Title

AUTOMATED TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEM USING RFID

Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject Summary

This is an Automated Toll Collection System used for collecting tax automatically. In this we will do the identification with the help of radio frequency. A vehicle will hold an RFID tag. This tag is nothing but unique identification number assigned. This will be assigned by Transportation Authority or traffic governing authority. In accordance with this number we will store, all basic information as well as the amount he has paid in advance for the TOLL collection. Reader will be strategically placed at toll collection center. Whenever the vehicle passes the toll gate, the tax amount will be deducted from his prepaid balance. New balance will be updated. Incase if one has insufficient balance, his updated balance will be negative one. To tackle this problem, we will  initiate an alarm, which will alert the authority that this vehicle doesn’t have sufficient balance and that particular vehicle will be stopped and notified to recharge the toll taxes. As vehicles don’t have to stop in a queue, it assures time saving, fuel conservation and also contributing in saving of money.

Project Objectives

The basic idea behind RFID Based Toll System is to automate the toll collection process by reducing manual operation in toll booths and the long queues at toll booths using RFID tags installed on the vehicles. In addition to us can not only help the vehicle owners and system administrators from vehicle theft detection but also can track over speeding vehicles, and crossing the signals, Here we are going to see some points regarding to purpose behind choosing this topic & what is the requirement of this type of the project in our day to day life.

• Automatic collection of toll tax.
• Free flow of traffic.
• Time saving.
• Record maintenance.
• Problems with pursuing toll evaders.
• Avoid the fuel loss.
• Saving of time in collecting toll.
• Avoid financial loss.
• To monitor the traffic.

Project Implementation Method

Flow of Automated Toll Collection System Using RFID are:

• Detection of vehicle
• Identification of vehicle
• Display of toll
• Payment through RFID card

Whenever any person buys a vehicle, first he/she need to do her vehicle registered at the Transportation Authority office. Transportation Authority people will assign a number plate to it along with it they will give a RFID enabled tag. This card will have a unique ID feasible to use with that vehicle only. They will also create an account for that particular smart card and maintain transaction history in database. Owner of the vehicle needs to deposit some minimum amount to this account. Every time a registered vehicle approaches the toll booth, first the Infrared sensors will detect the presence of the vehicle which in turn activate the RFID circuit to read the RFID enable smart card fixed on the windscreen of the vehicle. Transaction will begin, depending upon the balance available toll will be deducted directly. The software further updates the details in the Centralized database.

Benefits of the Project

Whenever the matter of Integration of systems comes to mind, we think of a system having the following important features.

Accuracy: All the functionally bonded logical dependencies must be integrated.

Efficiency: The whole system should work under all circumstances and on a long run it should work efficiently irrespective of their proprietary format.

Cost Effectiveness: As our project do not require any special software/hardware for implementation hence is less costly as compared to other existing system.

Any Prerequisite for the use: As the existing systems are not altered, and integration is done at the background hence there is no need for any training.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

As we all know that transportation is the backbone of any country’s economy. Improvement in transportation systems result into the good lifestyle in which we achieve extraordinary freedom for movement, immense trade in manufactured goods and services, as well as higher rate of employment levels and social mobility. In fact, the economic condition of a nation has been closely related to efficient ways of transportation. Increasing number of vehicles on the road, result into number of problems such as congestion, accident rate, air pollution and many other. All economic activities for different tasks use different methods of transportation. For this reason, increasing transportation is an immediate impact on productivity of nation and the economy. Reducing the cost of transporting resource at production sites and transport completed goods to markets is one of the important key factors in economic competition. Automatic toll collection is a technology allows the automated electronic collection of toll costs. As it is studied by researchers and also applied in various expressways, bridges, and tunnels require such a process of Automatic Toll Plaza. This will capable of determining if the vehicle is registered or not, and then will inform the management center about to process violations, debits, and participating accounts. The most excellent advantage of this system is that it will capable have eliminate congestion in toll plaza, especially during those seasons when traffic seems to be higher than normal.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry TransportationOther Industries Security Core Technology Clean TechOther TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Good Health and Well-Being for People, Climate ActionRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	54000
long rang RFID reader	Equipment	2	15000	30000
Ardiuno mega	Equipment	2	4200	8400
servo motor	Equipment	2	5300	10600
RFID Cards	Equipment	10	500	5000