AUTOMATIC FUEL RESTORATION ASSISTANCE FOR CONNECTED VEHICLES. Assistant Professor, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore, India

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Volume 118 No. 20 2018, 625-631 ISSN: 1311-8080 (printed version); ISSN: 1314-3395 (on-line version) url: http://www.ijpam.eu ijpam.

1 Volume 118 No , ISSN: (printed version); ISSN: (on-line version) url: ijpam.eu AUTOMATIC FUEL RESTORATION ASSISTANCE FOR CONNECTED VEHICLES 1 Rajesh Kanna R., 2 AllwynSashankPandian A., 3 Venkadeswaran A., 4 Gobinath T., 5 PranitJeba Samuel C, Assistant Professor, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore, India 1 rrkanna10@gmail.com Abstract: In this world while travelling, people get stuck in the middle of nowhere due to an empty fuel tank. Our project aims at eliminating this problem by browsing and showing the nearest petrol bunk to the driver. We have developed an android app which is based on the fuel level of the vehicle, that will suggest the nearest Petrol bunks using Google Maps and Google Distance Matrix API[1], and will help the user to navigate to the selected petrol bunk. A Float sensor is used to detect the level of petrol pump and a GSM module is used to communicate the level of petrol pump to the android app. A GPS module is used to find the nearest petrol bunk. A user can also look at the current month s petrol pumps he visited and the last time when his fuel tank level went low. All details of the user such as his current status, location of petrol bunk he already went, level of the petrol, date and time are stored in the db for driver s reference and for future references[2][3]. This will help users to reach a petrol bunk on time even in an unknown location or when they are stuck with no help in the vicinity around. The application is not so heavy and doesn t require much space and gives accurate result. Keywords: Android, Petrol bunk, Google Maps, GSM Module, Float sensor, GPS module. 1. Introduction Nowadays people are taking long distance travelling without aware of petrol and usually end up in some mobile area with no petrol. So our system will notify the traveller in advance when the vehicle goes low on petrol and also gives the route to nearest petrol bunk station.since we have used the Float sensor for sensing the fuel level, it is very fast in the indication of the fuel level and while the fuel level decreases to a particular low level our app gets connected using the GSM module that have been integrated and the nearest petrol bunk is used in our screen using the GPS module that we have integrated. A project for this problem of Fuel Monitor and Petrol bunk Alert System will suggest the nearest petrol bunks that will help user to navigate to the selected petrol bunk, and the cognito of petrol bunks he visited. We used reliable technologies such as Float sensor to detect the level of liquid, PIC16F877A controller, GSM module and a GPS module as hardware and software components such as Android app and Google APIs. This app can be the next most revolution in the current technology as most people rely on their android apps for maps and other products. They will be possibly used for browsing and searching for the nearest petrol bunks based on the level of the petrol and will surely increase their productivity. Not only our app, but also different apps have been found to find the petrol bunks nearby he driver s module. This technology can be enhanced to implement the same system for milk processing industries while distributing the milk and its products to the market. In day to day life we can see that water distribution in summer is also one of the problems in front of India. So it is possible to keep control on water distribution in particular area. The rationing products like vegetable oil as well as kerosene and its sub products may be securely distributed to the customers using the same system we proposed. Also it is possible to keep record of the distributed products in market which is commercially most important for industries. GPS systems are mostly versatile and it will be seen in almost any sector of the industries. They can be used to find the nearest petrol bunks and also not only those which include navigation of ground airplanes or in the ships. GPS and GSM systems are widely used in personnel applications and by the emergency teams to locate the pupil who are in need of emergence. Which is the combination of electronics, sensors, software and network. It is the most common problem faced by everyone whenever the petrol level goes low and the people have to search for nearest petrol bunk. Not everyone can estimate manually as to how much distance they can travel before their car breaks down completely and they become helpless Existing work 2. Literature Survey In a project named IoT based Petrol Pump Finder [1], they have used an arduino as the controller. 625

2 In our project, we have used the PIC16F877A module as the controller module. It has the advantage over it of having more pins than in Arduino. As the percentage malfunctioning of PIC controller is less compared to the Arduino board, we have used it because of having RISC architecture in PIC. Due to less power consumption than Arduino, PIC is used over Arduino. 2.2 Existing work In a project named Bluetooth module based Automatic Fuel Detector System [2], they have used Ultrasonic sensor. In our project, we have used Float sensor to detect the fuel level in the vehicle. Since there are no inbuilt function to identify the failure in an ultrasonic sensor, we have used the modern Float Sensor, which are otherwise called as Water level switches. These are used to detect the level of the fuel in a vehicle with more optimized power consumption and money consumption i.e it is cheap compared to ultrasonic sensor and saves money by consuming lesss power. 2.3 Existing work In a project named Smart Automatic Petrol Pump System [3], they have used Bluetooth module. In our project, we have used GSM module over it to communicate to the app we have created to indicate the low fuel level. GSM is used to transmit data services to the app from the signals detected using Float sensor. Since we have used mobile as our indicator to show the fuel level, GSM is used over Bluetooth module. Also GSM has the extensive coverage more than Bluetooth module. 2.4 Existing work In a project named Smart Petrol Pump System using Bluetooth module [3], they have used Bluetooth module. In our project, we have used GPS Module to locate the nearest petrol bunks for the users [4]. A real-time location of the petrol bunks are shown using the real- time data of the vehicle to locate the nearest from the list of petrol bunks available in the list. Also having used the GPS module, it emphasizes the response times in dealing with users by allowing to select the nearest petrol bunk in the vicinity. GPS is also used to find the traffic status of our vicinity wheree we can save the fuel consumption. 2.5 Existing work In a project named Smart Automatic Petrol Pump System [6], they have used Wamp server to store the details of the user and the timings of the fuel-fillings. In our project, we have used the cloud storage to store the timings and the names of the petrol bunks which are nearby the vicinity of the user or the driver. So whenever there is a shortage of fuel, the particular level is stored inside the cloud and the timings of the level are stored.ge is very authentic, it can be accessed from anywhere in the world throughh Internet connection. Cloud storage can also be used as a back-up plan for disaster recovery of data. 3. Block Diagram and Working Figure 3.1 Block Diagram Figure 2.1 Block Architecture Diagram 626

3 At the beginning, the level of the fuel is sensed by the Float sensor which is placed in the fuel tank. This system is attached to a microcontroller named PIC which is used for the communication of the information to the mobile device or the GPS of the user or the driver using a GSM Module [2][5]. This is examined by the app integrated and used to find the petrol bunks in the neighbourhood of the vehicle. This all is done by using Google Maps and GPSAPI. The status history and also the petrol bunks visited before are saved in the cloud storage for the later reference. The float sensors as mentioned earlier are used to find the level of thepetrol in a car or a bike or in any vehicle with more equally more strategic and optimized power consumption.more than Bluetooth module [1], GSM has the extensive coverage of the bandwidth. We have used GPS Module to locate the nearest petrol bunks for the users [3].. Due to less power consumption, PIC is used over other microcontrollers. 4. Activity Flow Chart The operation of our system could be explained with the flowchart. We have shown the decision loops of the process, Figure 4.2 Search Petrol Bunks 5. System Design The project can be implemented into two parts, They are 1. Hardware 2. Software Hardware Components used 1. PIC16F877A 2. GSM module 3. Float sensor 4. GPS Module We used an Float Sensor" to detect the level of the liquid. Initially, Water liquid was used to evaluate the project model. The signal detection or the detected value what we obtained from the Float sensor will be transferred to GSM Module which was in turn transferred to the android developed app which will be used using the GPS Module interfaced. The Android developed app use the detected signal or the detected value to indicate the level of the petrol and it was concluded with various inferences in which thereafter such as the distance maximum can be travelled using the vehicle and find the nearest petrol bunks in the vicinity of the user or the driver[3]. Figure 4.1 Search Petrol Bunks 627

4 Circuit Diagram Integrated Development Environment is used to give many changes and development to the PIC* microcontroller enhancement tool chain. Not like earlier versions of the MPLAB IDE which were developed completely domestically, MPLAB X IDE is fully dependent or based upon the open source NetBeans IDE. Using the MPLAB X IDE path ill help us to add or modify many frequently requested features very quickly,sharply and easily, in other areas it also provide us a much more flexible and extensible architecture to enhance us with even more new features in the later stages. 6. Results Snap Shot and Discussion Hardware Setup Figure 5.1 PIC to GSM Module We were able to implement a model which could take the readings of the level indicator and feed into our android app. The app searched for nearest petrol bunks and helps the user to navigate the selected petrol bunk and provided various other facilities. This will be a great productive app for people as they will no more be stuck at an unknown location finding petrol bunk. This app addresses a real life problem faced by all of us and will be quite beneficial. This app could further be improvised for real time use. Software Figure 5.2 Hardware Setup Figure 6.1 PIC to alert system output We have developed a simple app by our own using Embedded-C using the tool MPLAB X IDE and used for the storage of the indication level and for the communication to the GPS. Thus the GPS in turn indicates the nearest petrol bunk and is conveyed to the user through the android app. MPLAB X IDE is a software tool program that runs on a Personal Computer (may be Linux or Windows) to engage or develop the hardware applications for the integrated chips or IC s, microcontrollers and digital signal controllers. IDE is called as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), since it gives a single integrated "environment" to develop the code for embedded systems. MPLAB X Figure 6.2 PIC to Hardware output 628

5 Figure 6.3 PIC to Software output visit and trust. It will not only increase competition among petrol bunk but will also motivate them to provide better services to users. There are a number of cases we hear where petrol bunk cheat on customers by charging more money than required or those of poor services. Such problems will diminish and it will help provide a better way of living. This technology can be enhanced to implement the same system for milk processing industries while distributing the milk and its products to the market. In day to day life we can see that water distribution in summer is also one of the problems in front of India. So it is possible to keep control on water distribution in particular area. The rationing products like vegetable oil as well as kerosene and its sub products may be securely distributed to the customers using the same system we proposed. Also it is possible to keep record of the distributed products in market which is commercially most important for industries. 8. Future Work Figure 6.4 PIC to output location The level indicator can be clubbed with the petrol level indicator already provided in cars and a system could be developed to fetch that value into our app. This would prove to be a great boon for many. A rating system for petrol bunk can also be provided. There will be a separate section to add reviews and rating for a particular petrol bunk that can be addedd and several Machine Learning algorithms such as sentimental analysis could be used to get the accurate rating. This would be the next big thing in our Tech market as such apps like Zomato exist which provide rating and reviews for various restaurants but theree is no such thing for petrol bunk that exists. The app would not just serve the purpose of finding petrol bunk for you, but it will also suggest you the petrol bunk you should prefer based on he reviews and rating which will prove very helpful to the customers. 7. Conclusion Once all the functionalities are added and the app is made real time, it proved that the app is very helpful to the users. It will suggest petrol bunk that they could visit and also help users to choose which petrol bunk to Future work includes rating and review section in the Android Application and calculating the maximum distance the vehicle can travel before fuels runs out completely. The rating and review section will be based on Participator y Sensing. This is an approach where information collected through user s mobile phone help to improve quality of service. This will be a kind of recommendation system to the other users where users will avoid going to the petrol bunks with a bad quality of service. We also intend to include a feature where the user can know the maximum distance his vehicle can travel before the fuel runs out. This will be of great help to the driver, and will be user customized.the application will be completely automatic, in the sense that user need not touch the mobile phone. The Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text will be accurate and efficient. References [1] L. Ma, L. Gu, J. Wang, Research and Development of Mobile Application for Android Platform, International Journal of Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, vol. 9, pp , [2] S. Holla, MM Katti, Android Based Mobile Application Development and its Security, International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology, vol. 3, issue 3, [3] L. Priyanka, A. Priyanka, K. Monali, M. Sandhya, Smart Shopping: Location Based An Android Application, Imperial Journal of Inter disciplinary Research, vol. 2, issue 1, [4] S.V.Devika, S.K. Khamuruddeen, JayanthThota, KhaleshaShaik, Arduino Based Automatic Plant 629

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AUTOMATED GARBAGE COLLECTION USING GPS AND GSM. Shobana G 1, Sureshkumar R 2

Volume 118 No. 20 2018, 751-755 ISSN: 1311-8080 (printed version); ISSN: 1314-3395 (on-line version) url: http://www.ijpam.eu ijpam.eu AUTOMATED GARBAGE COLLECTION USING GPS AND GSM Shobana G 1, Sureshkumar