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Rahul Das, Oishik Chattopadhyay, Pratnadeep Biswas ,Monoram Das, Sumanta Chatterjee, Apurba Paul

JIS College of Engineering

Abstract:
Driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is one of the most dangerous things you can do. There is a mass
of research evidence to show that driving performance and reaction times are seriously affected by alcohol. Focusing
on the safety of the people driving a car we propose a safety system for safe driving. We are implementing an Intelligent
Alcohol Detection System with some other features to avoid accidents. The Alcohol Sensor is used to sense whether
the person driving the car has taken alcohol or not and this data is also given to ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter).
The ADC is used in this system because the signal comes from the sensor are analog in nature, so we want to convert
the analog signals into digital signal. If driving person is tired and sleeping, the eye blink sensor shall sense this
activity and start the buzzer. We also used tilt sensor to send the information whether the vehicle is running in normal
condition or not. GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) and GPS module provide vehicle location. In this
device we have implemented police alarm system, if the alcohol level is above the normal permitted level, then the
system will send car details to the nearest police station .And the driver will lost access to the car after the detection.
Keywords:
Alcohol sensor, ADC, GSM, Arduino, GPS

*Corresponding Author Email: Apurba Paul Phone:9874752090

I. INTRODUCTION
Even though driving under the influence of alcohol
is strictly prohibited, many flaunt this rule, which at
times result in road accidents. Even if the person
under the influence of alcohol walks away safe from
the scene of the accident due to the safety features of
the car, the pedestrians and smaller vehicles
involved in accidents are not so lucky. More than
2,000 people were booked for drunk driving on New
Year’s Eve
in Mumbai (455), Delhi (509), Kolkata (182), Chen
nai (263) and Bengaluru (667), according to various
news reports. There are more number of sensors
used in vehicle. Currently, some luxury cars have an
average of 100 sensors for enhancing performance
[1]. Vikrant Kate et al. proposed smart car system
with new features. It is useful in high intensity car
accident and helpful for injured people on the road
side. GPS system is used to detect the location of a
car accident. When the accident happened then
through web API message will be sent to emergency
service centre and victim guardians. The message
will give the information of longitude and latitude
values. Using these values the position of the vehicle
can be estimated [2]. Rajani kumari Pasupuleti et al.
developed a new system to reduce accidents and in
case if an accident happened, system will inform the
owner and ambulance about this accident by using
GPS and GSM services. The designed system
involves in two sequences of actions as monitoring
and control. In monitoring phase, it senses and read
all the parameter values. In controlling phase system
responds automatically if any abnormalities in the
above readings and controls the vehicle.
II. METHODOLOGY
A. Hardware Requirements
The following hardware we need to develop the
system: Arduino UNO, Alcohol detector Arduino
shield from JLCPCB, Alcohol Sensor (MQ3),
Resistor 10K, Resistor 1K, 16x2 LCD, Power
Supply, 10k POT, LED, LM358, Burgstips, Push
button, IR sensor, GPS module.
MQ3 alcohol gas sensor: It is made by using SnO2
material which has less conductivity in clean air.
Whenever it comes nearby alcohol gas its starts
conducting highly according to the gas
concentration. So user can sense the difference of
output voltage using any microcontroller and can
detect the presence of Alcohol. This is low cost and
a suitable sensor for many applications for alcohol
detection. This sensor has a long life and good
sensitivity. Some of the applications that can be
made by using this sensor are Alcohol gas alarm,
portable alcohol detector, gas alarms, Breathalyzer
etc.

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 GPS and GSM:The system can correctly send the
position of vehicle to the server centre by GPS
positioning. GPS module can receive the data by
connected to microcontroller development board
through RS232 port. GSM modem is a wireless
modem that works with GSM wireless network.

Fig. 1 MQ3 alcohol gas sensor

Eye Blink Sensor: It helps us to measure and
control the eye blink. There are two IR modules
present in eye blink sensor. IR receiver is used to
receive the reflected infrared rays of eye. If eye is
closed, the output of IR receiver is high otherwise
the output of IR receiver is low. Due to this we can
check the opening and closing of eye.IR transmitter
is used to transmit the infrared rays
Fig. 4 GPS and GSM

Sim 900A:This is an ultra compact and reliable

wireless module. The SIM900A is a complete Dual-
band GSM/GPRS solution in a SMT module which can
be embedded in the customer applications. Featuring
an industry-standard interface, the SIM900A delivers
GSM/GPRS 900/1800MHz performance for voice,
SMS, Data, and Fax in a small form factor and with
low power consumption. With a tiny configuration of
24mmx24mmx3mm, SIM900A can fit in almost all the
space requirements in user applications.

Fig. 2 Eye Blink Sensor

Tilt sensor: It is a device that produces an electrical

signal that varies with angular movement. Tilt
sensor is used to calculate right and left direction
movement of vehicle. Tilt sensor consist of a rolling
ball with a conductive plate beneath.

Fig. 5 SIM 900A

Fig.3 Tilt sensor

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 B: Proposed Circuit Diagram
Fig. 6 Circuit diagram
B.
III. EXPERIMENTATION
1. Working principle:
In this Arduino Alcohol Detector Shield, we have
used a MQ3 sensor to detect present alcohol level in
the breath. A 16x2 LCD is used for displaying the
PPM Value of alcohol and an LM358 IC for
converting alcohol level sensor output to digital
output (this function is optional). A buzzer is also
place for indicating high alcohol level in Circuit
Diagram. We have a comparator circuit for
comparing output voltage of Alcohol Sensor with
preset voltage (output connected at pin D7). Alcohol
sensor output is also connected at an analog pin of
Arduino (A0). Buzzer is connected at Pin D9.
Fig. 6 workflow diagram
According to MQ3 datasheet, alcohol in clean air is
0.04 mg/L. So we power the circuit and find the
output voltage of MQ3 sensor in room air (assume
room has clean air) so I got 0.60 voltage. It means
when the sensor is giving 0.60v in the clean air then
alcohol will be 0.04 mg/L.Now we can find a
multiplier by dividing alcohol by output voltage in
clean air and we get
Multiplier = 0.40/0.60 ; Multiplier = 0.67
Now we have a formula for calculating alcohol
Alcohol = 0.67 * v ; Where v is the output voltage
of alcohol sensor. Now we know the least driving
limit while drinking alcohol is around 0.5mg/L. But
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in our calculation, we are getting around 0.40 mg/L
in clean air so that we have set a threshold value of
alcohol while driving 0.80mg/L (just for
Demonstration).
Fig. 7 circuit using MQ3 sensor
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
On encountering Alcohol smell the detector
displays the amount, and when alcohol smell is not
encountered it displays normal.
Fig. 7 State of measurement
V. CONCLUSIONS
It is due to the driver’s negligence that traffic
accidents keep with a yearly increase of a high rate.
This paper proposed the new alcohol detection
system using alcohol, eye blink, and tilt sensors. In
this technique the alcohol will be detected
immediately and regular traps the events driver and
third party. This research paper contributes
intelligent car system to avoid accidents in case of
drunk driving.
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vehicles,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.90,no. 7, pp. working as an Assistant
1258–1271, 2002 Professor at JIS College of
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japan: Machine vision systems and driving control Nadia, West Bengal,India.
systems,” IEEE Trans. on Ind. El. vol.41, no.4, pp. He has more than 10 years of
teaching experience.His
398–405, 1994 main research areas are
Natural Language
Processing, Embedded
Author Biographical Statements Systems, Data Mining,
Machine Learning. He is a
Rahul Das is a second year member of CSI and
UG student of Computer International Association for
Science and Engineering Engineers (IAENG) also.
from JIS College of
Mr. Sumanta Chatterjeeis
Engineering, Kalyani,
presently working as an
Nadia, West Bengal, India.
Assistant Professor of JIS
College of Engineering,
Kalyani, Nadia, West
Bengal. He has worked 2
years in the Industry and 8
Oishik Chattopadhyay is a years in the Academic
second year UG student of Sector. He has completed his
Computer Science and M.Tech degree in Computer
Engineering from JIS Science and Engineering
College of Engineering, from West Bengal
Kalyani, Nadia, West University of Technology.
Bengal, India. He is recently working on
the emerging research field
―E-Commerce‖ and
―Embedded System. He
has made significant
contribution on the research
field―Ecommerce and
―Embedded System. He is a
member of International
Association of Computer
Science and Information
Technology (IACSIT) and
also a member of
International Association for
Engineers (IAENG).

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