Automation of Toll Gate and Vehicle Tracking

This paper presents the automation toll gate and vehicle tracking using microcontroller and
IR communication technology and it is implemented by MATLAB and simulink.And this
system is designed to overcome the problem created due to increase in the number of vehicles
on road,the task of traffic management becomes more complex. It is hard to keep & maintain
the details of the each vehicle, which is running on the road. Also in case of hit –and-run or
carrying of illegal goods over inter-state cross boarder or road-robbery cases,the police may
not trace the culprits very easily,as the vehicle details are not monitored continuously. If the
vehicle belongs to the authorized person/group, it automatically the toll gate and
predetermined amount is automatically deducted from its account. This system is very useful
for automatic vehicle tracking, time management and also for automation of Toll gate.
Receiving end
This system is designed to automatically open the toll gate whenever there is registered
vehicle within the Toll Gate Zone.working of this system is : IR receiver received the infrared
signal (which contains the vehical registeration in RC-5) transmitted by the moving vehicle
and this signal is decoded using microcontroller IC and this IC decoded all the signal and
send it to 8 channel amplifier(driver stage) to amplify the signal to sufficient level and then
it sends to buffer section to provide stronger current path and it also isolate driver section
and PC.toll gate motor controller section acts as a electronic switch and drives the gate
open/shut motor.after conforminf that its current status clear or not.the PC software
recognizes the decoded vehicle registration number coming out of the buffer and starts
scanning its database for the details.and it also check current status of the vehicle that if its
status is clear it allows to open otherwise it blocked and it alerts the concerned authority by
sending a siren and shut the gate if its open.
while comimg to Transmitting End: IR ID chip is the heart of the IR transmitter, as it contains
the vehicle’s registration number.
Every IR transmitter fitted besides the number plate, is implanted with one IR ID chip which
stores the vehicle’s registration number. And this output is further encoded for security
purpose and then its fed to multiplexer which results send to modulator for frequency
modulation to prepare the signal for transmission.
In this IC, each transmitted code word is assumed to be made of 12 binary digits. Out of
these 12 bits, 4 bits are address bits and 6 bits are command bits. The transmitted code word
is received by the contro room receiver and after receiving the signal, receiver will check if
the transmitted address in the code word matches the address of the receiver. If the address in
the code word matches the address of the receiver,the receiver will accept the command
word.Application:
This system can be use to keep track of certain important details of the vehicle such as time
of arrival and departure of the vehicle, number of round trips each vehicle has made, the route
taken between source and destination and can be used to trace the stolen vehicle .
And also this technonology can be applied for various application like Traffic Management
Process, Vehicle Movement Tracking and Stolen Vehicle Detection.
Vehicle’s transmitter

Receiving end

Transmitting end