Smart toll gate processing system through RFID with monitoring of vehicles at motorway

In today?s world, almost every section of life has revolutionized and all the old technologies are replaced or upgraded by modern technologies. All the things are changed but toll collection at motorways is still in the same traditional and old way. This creates a lot of mess and trouble which resul

Project Title

Smart toll gate processing system through RFID with monitoring of vehicles at motorway

Project Area of Specialization

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Project Summary

In today’s world, almost every section of life has revolutionized and all the old technologies are replaced or upgraded by modern technologies. All the things are changed but toll collection at motorways is still in the same traditional and old way. This creates a lot of mess and trouble which resulted in time wastage, huge queues of vehicles, increasing demand for manpower at toll gates, and also this manual system is not transparent at all. The concept of a Smart highway toll collection system is used to minimize time consumption by collecting the toll amount electronically. With RFID based toll collection system after reading the RFID tag placed over a vehicle the respected amount will be deducted from the user's account, also this proposed system is developed with an automated license plate recognition system. In this system, a webcam is interfaced with a raspberry pi that captures the image of a vehicle that passes through the tollgate. The captured image will be processed by image processing techniques and it will be sent to the R.T.O database server to identify the users and the type of their vehicle. This retrieved information will be sent to the system through the GSM module and the respected amount will be deducted from the user's account and it will be notified to the mobile number which has been registered before. If the respected amount is deducted correctly the barrier will open and the vehicle is allowed to leave the tollbooth. If not the barrier will remain closed.

Project Objectives

Now a day due to the drastic increase in automobiles there occurs large congestion in a tollbooth. In previous years the manual toll collection method is widely in practice all over Asia. In this system, it requires more human labor and it also requires an attendant to sit there all overtime. The collector has to determine the amount to be paid by the user depending upon the type of the vehicle and its characteristics in order to overcome the difficulties faced in the manual toll collection system, Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) came existence. The main aim of this system is to allow vehicles to pass through the toll gate with minimum delay, also collecting and processing the data of vehicles passing through the toll gate, that data could be used later for multiple purposes as discussed under Some of the main objectives of the project are as follows:

• Automatic Toll Collection: The RFID Readers mounted at the toll booth will read the prepaid RFID tags fixed on vehicles’ windshield and the automatically respective amount will be deducted. If the tag is removed from the windshield, then cameras fixed at two sites at the toll plaza take snaps of the front and back number plate. Since every vehicle registration ID is linked to the user's account, the toll can be deducted from the account/bank directly.

• Vehicle Theft Detection: When the vehicle is stolen the owner registers a complaint on the website with its registration ID and unique RFID tag number. Now when a stolen vehicle passes by the toll plaza, the tag fixed on it is matched with the stolen vehicle's tag in the database at the toll booth. This will decrease the deployment cost and will increase the ability of upgrading, and system reconfiguration

• Tracking Over Speeding Vehicle: The vehicle violating the motorway speed rules will be detected using stored data in the system, due to data-keeping ability it stores the departure time of the vehicle from one toll gate and entering time at another toll gate. This can be done efficiently and with great accuracy. Vehicles traveling above the speed limit can be tracked easily.

Project Implementation Method

Phase-I It includes initial research about the topic, which includes modern trends, use of the latest technology, as well as the scope of the project.

Phase-II In the 2nd phase theoretical plane of the project was made, which discusses the scope, practical implementation, and cost of the project.

Phase-III Arrangement of the required material and physical implementation of the project.

Phase-IV Undertake the test and trail of the project and finishing of the project.

Phase-V Present the final project in front of the supervisor, practical demonstration is undertaken.

Benefits of the Project

Following are a few of the benefits of this project.

• Electronic toll collection: The most common approach for collecting tolls was to have the driver stop and pay a toll collector sitting in a tollbooth, by implementing RFID Based Toll System the toll collection process will be automated and by reducing manual operation in toll booths and the long queues at toll booths using RFID tags installed on the vehicles.

• Theft Detection: It will help in the vehicle theft detection, it will track and trace the snatched vehicle if it will pass through the tollgate

• Over Speeding Violation: Due to its data storing capability from one toll to another, the vehicles passing through motorway can be easily tracked and traced.

• Reduce Time Consumption and Labor Cost: The use of modern technics and technologies will reduce the time consumption and huge queues of vehicles at toll gates also due to automation of the system required manpower will be reduced.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

In the final deliverable, we need to present and demonstrate the live working of the project. Some of the technical details are as follows

1. When the vehicle reaches the toll gate, the payable toll tax shown on display.

2. Cashless payment of toll tax at toll gate through RFID card.

3. Video monitoring of the toll gate.

4. The arrival and departure time of the vehicle recorded.

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Transportation

Other Industries

Others

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Others

Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities

Required Resources

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