Surveillance System

Automobiles have a great importance in our daily life because they are not only resourceful but it's basic need of human in current situation. The problem is that we often counter accidental scenarios that not only cause damage to the environment but also cost precious lives of passengers, drivers,

Project Title

Surveillance System

Project Area of Specialization

Information & Communication Technology

Project Summary

Automobiles have a great importance in our daily life because they are not only resourceful but it's basic need of human in current situation. The problem is that we often counter accidental scenarios that not only cause damage to the environment but also cost precious lives of passengers, drivers, people and other creatures surrounding them with fatal injuries or even death.  Based on a report of the “National Highway Traffic Safety Administration”, 94% of accidents are caused by driver’s mistakes. With the help of latest technologies, researchers tried and suggest various systems that can help to prevent such mishap. If it happens, system will alert Medical/Safety department for fast assistance of accident detection process. 

But in certain conditions, it becomes quite hard to identify the actual culprit of the scene, as the authorities do not have enough data or resources to analyze/study such situation or case. In this paper, we proposed an idea of project which is based on a Arduino (contian microcontroller), GPS tracker, microphone and cameras which will record the audio and video with 4 different views (angles) and will save all data into an SD-card protected in a durable container (Black Box).

Project Objectives

The reason to propose idea of project is to provide a practical solution to these incidents which can be controlled by a little care. Using Arduino, cameras, and GPS tracking all stored in a hard drive i.e. SD-card which is placed in a container is the idea that will avoid the mishaps and can be a key role to investigate the accident or case. This device will be capable of real-time monitoring and recording the car’s surrounding by 4 different views by the help of cameras, all recoded data will be stored in an SD-card with the help of a microcontroller. Crash data can be retrieved easily later which might help the authorities to study the case much better way. This device will have several advantages like higher performance, system reliability, low power consumption, compact and cost efficient, it will be an ease in settling many disputes such as insurance settlements and crash litigation.

Project Implementation Method

The main functionality of our system which will be capable to retrieve crash data from a container acting as Black Box which will be able to detect the car’s location after the accident through installed GPS inside it. All components will be powered by an additional power bank supply in case of emergency when the car’s power cuts off. The main component of our device is Arduino-UNO board (which contain microcontroller) which is connected with other components of the device directly. The reason of choosin this project is its reliability, gainful, validity, easy to use, learn and understand. “The Arduino Uno board can be powered via the USB connection or with an external power supply. The power source is selected automatically. External (non-USB) power can come either from an AC-to-DC adapter (wall- wart) or battery. Another important part for our device is that the cameras will record the car’s surrounding by 4 different points of view. They will play a key role in the investigation of accidents (mishaps) and will help the authorities in the settlement of insurance and crash litigation. The data recorded by the cameras will be sent to the SD card which will remain safe in card memory. GPS is a satellite-based radio navigation system which sends geo-location and time coordinates to the GPS receiver simultaneously. It is capable to operate independently through the internet or telephonic connection. The user can be located with the help of the coordinates in three-dimensional (latitude, longitude, and altitude). There are no subscription fees to use the GPS. GPS is also an essential synchronization resource of cellular networks, and the use of its time, weather and location can be adjusted automatically. GPS will be used in our device to track the coordinates in case of an emergency and to send the geo-location to stored contacts through GSM making it easy to locate and find. A microphone will be installed inside a car to record the audio conversation before and after the accident. By doing this it will be easy to study the case and to conclude the conclusion. The audible voice will be essential in finding out the statement of the driver and his decision power and mental state at the time of the incident. Finally, all the information collected from project which has these components such as Camera, Microphone, GPS will be stored inside an SD-card with the help of a microcontroller i.e. Arduino and it all will be powered up by the battery bank installed inside the container. This Black box will be capable to withstand an impact during the collision, keeping the important crash data safe inside which can be easily retrieved later by the authorities.

Benefits of the Project

Police and Ambulance Departments play an important part in safety and investigation of accidents, but the department itself should have this amazing device where not only their activities will be monitoring but also helps them finding their fellow officers by tracking them. As the device tracks in real time and also save coordinates of previous location visits. It helps in termination of such officers, whose actions are not ethical and legal in law. It prevents them using their power in wrong way as anyone superior, they can always monitor what's the conversation is going on in the police and ambulane vanm and what they are going to plan. It also helps in further investigation if department cannot catch an easy suspect, device has already records speed detail of police and ambulane van if their intentions were not good, it won't make any changes to their performance. While the camera can help to get small details of running suspect i.e. number of passenger in that car, number plate, car model and other possible detail like if someone else helps them by blocking the way of police to them and many more. 
Ones, those put their life in extreme danger to make our nights better, the most important department of the entire nation is definitely its ARMY. So no doubt soldiers’ lives are most expensive and essential. For nation safety and accident is one of the mishap that can happens to them as well, and no one want their soldiers die for someone's else mistake. That's why the requirement of black box to this department has no exception. As it not only helps finding their team member and other fellow soldier but it will be used in giving tribute to such a brave person by how he was running his mission with more than his strength to save the day, Black Box also help saving movement of love and affection of those fighter with their team and colleagues, it is useful to remember those good times with such myrtle. The data can also provide to his family to make them proud of him. The car insurance company can use our BLACK BOX technology to enhance their ability to monitor the vehicle location, identify the theft by recording cameras, identify the accident reason, help law enforcement in the investigation of accident/theft, record last-minute communication in the vehicle before the accident, etc. this will help in increasing the safety standards of vehicle by processing each detail of the accident and continuously making the changes in policies to raise the safety standards much higher than before. This will overall increase the insurance company's credibility in Road safety standards and demand in the market for that insurance company.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

Arduino board is consisting of ATmega328P with 14 input/output pins, 6 analog input pins, while its operating voltage is 5 volts and input Voltage 7-12 volts, Clock Speed16 MHz along with a USB connection, 16 MHz quartz crystal, a power jack, and a reset button. It will be powered through a battery bank and it is programmable with the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) via  B typeUSB cable where C++ programming has been used.

The Arduino Uno board can be powered via the USB connection or with an external power supply. The power source is selected automatically. External (non-USB) power can either come from an AC-to-DC adapter (wall- wart) or battery. The adapter can be connected by plugging a 2.1mm center-positive plug into the board's power jack. Leads from a battery can be inserted in GND and Vin headers of the POWER connector.

The ATmega328 has 32 KB (with 0.5 KB occupied by the boot loader). It also has 2KB of SRAM and 1KB of EEPROM (which can be read and written with the EEPROM library).

Arduino-Uno has a number of facilities for communicating with a computer, another Arduino board, or other microcontrollers. The ATmega328 provides UART TTL (5V) serial communication, which is available on digital pins 0 (RX) and 1 (TX). An ATmega16U2 on the board channels this serial communication over USB and appears as a virtual com port to software on the computer. 16U2 firmware uses the standard USB COM drivers, and no external driver is needed. However, on windows an .inf file is required. The Arduino Software (IDE) includes a serial monitor which allows simple textual data to be sent to and from the board. The RX and TX LEDs on the board will flash when data is being transmitted via the USB-to-serial chip and USB connection to the computer (but not for serial communication on pins 0 and 1),

The camera module is cost efficient than other cameras available in markets, but still the quality of this camera module is much better than marked cameras, that’s why it should be the first and best choice for systems such as black box. It includes image sensors which operate at 30 fps maximum while the resolution will be 640x480 in Video Graphics Array (VGA) and 0.3 in megapixels. The focal length of camera module is 3.6mm with heavy gold plate, it can operate on 3.3 volts, and it even includes image processing effect and is suitable for robotic projects.

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Security

Other Industries

IT , Legal , Transportation , Health , Telecommunication

Core Technology

Others

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

Responsible Consumption and Production, Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Required Resources

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