Optimized server access for vehicle
automation using ANDROID
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ABSTRACT:
With
the development of technology and the continuous improvement of people's living
standard, people are in pursuit of automated, intelligent and convenient
control systems. Automation or automatic control is the use of
various control systems for operating
equipment such as machinery, processes in factories, boilers and heat treating
ovens, switching on telephone networks, steering and stabilization of ships,
aircraft and other applications with minimal or reduced human intervention. Automation is
not completed without wireless communication. Wireless
communication is
the transfer of information between two or more points that are
not connected by an electrical conductor. Nowadays server based remote car
control system plays an important role in day-to-day life. In this paper advancement is introduced in remote
controlled car using ANDROID mobile phone. Remote control involves controlling
the car and tracking the car’s position. The new idea introduced is used to
reduce the workload of a server and to reduce the time required. In this method
server workloads is reduced by making a communication between user’s mobile
phone and the module in the vehicle through internet.
INTRODUCTION:
Nowadays smart phones are becoming more powerful with
reinforced processors, larger storage capacities, richer entertainment function
and more communication methods. In recent years, an open-source platform Android
has been widely used in smart phones. Android has complete software package
consisting of an operating system, middleware layer and core applications.
Different from other existing platform like iOS (iPhone OS), it comes with
software development kit (SDK), which provides essential tools and Application. Android is a mobile operating system (OS), based on Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices.
The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking
infrastructure. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a
network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long
as they are both connected to the Internet. The World Wide Web, is a way of
accessing information over the medium of the Internet. It is an
information-sharing model that is built on top of the Internet.
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label
assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. An IP address serves two principal
functions: host or network interface identification and
location addressing. Its role has been characterized as follows: "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how to get there.
With the help of internet,
vehicle can be tracked and controlled using android mobile. A vehicle
tracking system combines the use of automatic vehicle location in individual vehicles with software that collects these fleet data for a comprehensive picture of vehicle locations. Modern vehicle
tracking systems commonly use GPS technology for
locating the vehicle, but other types of automatic vehicle location technology
can also be used. Vehicle information can be viewed on electronic maps via the Internet or specialized software. Urban public transit
authorities are an increasingly common user of vehicle tracking systems, particularly in large cities.
Consider the system which consists of vehicle module, server, and
mobile phone. In order to track the vehicle’s position remotely, communication
between mobile phone and vehicle module is essential. Vehicle module consists
of GPRS unit for communication and GPS unit for location identification. Mobile
phone should have GPRS facility for the purpose of communication. If the user
wants to track the location of the vehicle or to control the peripherals, the
communication between mobile and the module in the vehicle is needed. In conventional method every second, mobile
communicates with the vehicle module through server. Vehicle unit registers its
IP address in the server and mobile phone gets the information from the vehicle
unit through server using IP address of the vehicle unit.
PROPOSED SYSTEM
In this proposed method, there are 2 modules. They are
mobile module (i.e.) android app and hardware module. First, the user needs to
install the android app in mobile phone. Android
app consists of 4 tabs such as vehicle control page, Map view, Registration
page, Factors settings to configure the I/O devices to the hardware module.
Fig.1 General Purpose vehicle
hardware module
Control tab is used to control peripherals of the
vehicle. Map view tab is used to view the vehicle’s current location in map
view. Registration page is used to register IP address and port number of the
vehicle module in the server. Hardware module consists of GPS, GPRS, ARM
processor, and analog input output pins. In order to connect android app and
hardware module user should configure the device using TCP/IP protocol. 16
digital I/O and 8 analog inputs in the hardware module are used to establish
connection between android app and hardware module. These digital I/O includes
door control, engine control, parking lamp control etc. 8 analog input includes
fuel level monitoring, air level monitoring, oil level monitoring, etc. User
should configure these analog and digital pins by using TCP/IP protocol. The
processes involved in the proposed system are classified into 3 stages:
First stage: Registration
Second stage: (Connection Request)
User
(mobile phone) should receive the IP address and port number of the vehicle
module through server.
Third stage: (Connection Establishment)
After
getting the IP address, Mobile phone will start to establish connection with
the vehicle unit directly without the help of server.
First,
vehicle unit register its IP address and port number for the very first time in
the server. Mobile phone gets the IP address and port number of vehicle unit
through server only once. After getting this IP address and port number from
the server, mobile phone truncates the communication with the server and starts
to communicate with the vehicle unit directly. Vehicle’s peripheral unit can
also be controlled through communication. For example door can closed or opened
and AC in car can be switched ON or OFF remotely. Port number is used for the purpose of
simultaneous communication (i.e) more than one user can communicate with the
vehicle unit at the same time through different port number. IP address is the
one which changes with respect to time. If the IP address of the vehicle
changed due to any interruption, then vehicle unit disconnects communication
with the mobile phone. Now mobile phone cannot track the location information
of the vehicle. To track the location information, again the vehicle unit
should register the IP address in the server and the mobile phone must get the
IP address and port number again for the purpose of communication between them.
EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
The
developed android app is used to control and track the vehicle remotely. These
actions are shown in the figures which have been given below.
Fig.2 Location of a car in map view
Fig.3 Locking the door using
android app in mobile phone
Fig.4 Unlocking the door using
android app in mobile phone
CONCLUSION
In
this paper, advancement is introduced in android based controlling and tracking
the car. This can be implemented to improve the efficiency of the system
compared with the conventional system. Surely this method reduces the workload
of the server and the time required to do operations.
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