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Plataforma inteligente para controlo de acessos

2015

Abstract

These days, equipment security and convenience are essential requirements, both being decisive factors in purchase decisions. This work aims to create a garage access solution, which offers higher security and user convenience than other solutions available on the market. Garage access systems are commonly based on a wireless control device with buttons that allow the user to open or close the garage gate. This approach has some disadvantages in terms of security, since anyone with physical access to the device can open the garage. Disadvantages in terms of convenience are also significant: the user needs to physically locate and operate the command when entering or leaving the garage. This distracts from driving efforts and may even force the user to immobilize the vehicle in front of the garage gate. If the command is misplace, lost, or stolen, the user may find himself unable to access the garage. Finally, it is not possible to establish an advanced access control policy, since access is only and exclusively dependent on the physical possession of the command. Developing this work presents many challenges and requires expertise in different areas of knowledge, including the development of hardware prototypes, its programming and interconnection through wired and wireless communication networks, the exploitation of CAN bus characteristics to obtain, in real time, the VIN code of the vehicle. Other goals of the project, that were also achieved, include the possibility of controlling access via Smartphone devices and also managing securely the access through an online platform (website). This solution, called Gates Technology, is represented by a logo that has an image of a microchip (illustrating the microcontroller and all electronic modules used) with a wireless symbol (representing connectivity distance and Internet access).