Design of a mobile based application for Smart Car Lock System

Abstract

Opening the car lock with the help of mobile based application is one of the great and important features that are missing from most of the cars sold globally. Although some cars support the remote starting functionality, dealers usually limit such feature to cars sold in certain regions such as the INDIA, US, etc. or to high-end models only. Additionally, manufacturers use short-range remote controllers, which limit the benefits of using the system. This idea will help bring this important feature to almost all cars, either old or new, and will add many important features such as GPS tracking in the system, all without compromising the safety and security aspects. The information is passed onto the central processing system which is in the form of the digital signals, the microcontroller unit reads the signal and sends it to the Global Positioning System (GPS) module and using the triangulation method, GPS module feeds the exact location in the form of latitude and longitude to the user’s mobile. By reading the signals received by the mobile, one can trace the exact location of car. This project involves hardware and software parts construction and the integration of both parts to create the system. We succeed in achieving the objective and in fact, add another feature to the system which will initiates a call to the owner after sending the SMS. In the end of this project, we will document all the hardware and software development and provide a simulation model of the system. An interfacing mobile app is also connected to the microcontroller, which is in turn, connected to the system. Once, the vehicle is being stolen, the information is being used by the vehicle owner for further processing.