MINI PROJECT -2 REPORT

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ON

“Fingerprint-Based Car Ignition System”

Submitted to:

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul kalam Technical University, Lucknow

In the partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of

MBA

Batch: 2024-2026

Submitted by:
Name: Vansh Gupta, Vansh Mittal, Vipul puri
Roll No.: 2400680700214, 2400680700216, 2400680700197
Semester: 2nd

Prepared under the Guidance of:

Name of the Faculty: Ms. Mona Chaudhary
Designation: Asst. Professor

MEERUT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,

MEERUT

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 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY

I hereby declare that this Mini Project-2 Report is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and

belief, it reproduces no material previously published or written that has been accepted for the award of any

other degree or diploma, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text.

Vansh Mittal

Roll No. 2400680700216

Date

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I Vansh mittal, MBA Student at Meerut Institute of Engineering & Technology, Meerut

is highly grateful to all those who guided me in this project.

Presentation inspiration and motivation have always played a key role in the success of any

venture.

I express my sincere thanks to Assistant Professor (Ms. Mona Chaudhary) to encourage me

to the highest peak and to provide me with the opportunity to prepare the project. I am

immensely obliged to my friends for their elevating inspiration, encouraging guidance, and kind

supervision in the complete project.

I feel to acknowledge my indebtedness and a deep sense of gratitude to my guide

Ms. Mona Chaudhary whose valuable guidance and kind supervision were given to me

throughout the course which shaped the present work as shown.

Last but not the least; my parents are also an important inspiration for me. So, with due regard, I

express my gratitude to them.

Vansh Mittal

Roll No 2400680700216

MBA 2nd SEM.

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 ABSTRACT

Fingerprint-Based Car Ignition System

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This paper presents a novel approach to vehicle security through the development of
a fingerprint-based car ignition system. The system utilizes biometric fingerprint
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Roll No 2400680700216

MBA 2nd SEM.

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 TABLE OF CONTENT
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1 OVERVIEW
1.1 INTRODUCTION 7-8
1.2 OVERVIEW 9
1.3 DESCRIPTION OF THE IDEA 10
1.4 FINGERPRINT SCANNING PROCESS 11-13
1.5 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF PROPOSED SYSTEM 14-15

2 INDUSTRY PROFILE 16-17

2.1 FUTURE OUTLOOK 17-18
2.2 MISSION & VISION 19
2.3 ISSUES & CHALLENGES 20-22
2.4 LEAN CANVAS 23-24

3 FEASIBILITY ANAYSIS 25-27

4 EMERGING TRENDS IN IT APPLICATIONS 28-30

5 FUTURE SCOPE 31-33

6 SWOT ANALYSIS 34-35

7 QUESTIONNAIRE 36-38

8 FINDINGS 39

9 CONCLUSION 40-41

10 REFERENCES 42

11 BIBLOGRAPHY 43-44

12 APPENDICES 45

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 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Fingerprint-Based Car Ignition System

The Fingerprint-Based Car Ignition System is an innovative security solution designed to enhance vehicle

access control and prevent unauthorized usage. By integrating biometric authentication into a vehicle’s

ignition system, this technology replaces traditional key based ignition with a fingerprint recognition

mechanism, ensuring that only registered users can start the vehicle.

Objective:

The primary goal of the system is to increase automobile security by eliminating vulnerabilities associated

with conventional keys and keyless entry systems, such as theft, key duplication, or key hacking. The

fingerprint module offers a secure, user-friendly, and efficient method for driver authentication.

System Overview:

• Biometric Sensor: A fingerprint scanner captures the driver’s fingerprint.

• Microcontroller Unit: Processes the scanned data and compares it with stored fingerprint

templates.

• Ignition Control: Upon successful verification, the system activates the car's ignition relay,

allowing the engine to start.

• User Interface: May include an LCD or mobile app for enrolment, status display, and

administrative functions.

Key Features:

1. High accuracy and fast fingerprint matching.

2. Secure storage of biometric data.
3. Prevention of vehicle theft or unauthorized use.
4. Optional multi-user access configuration.
5. Potential integration with GPS tracking or mobile notifications for enhanced security.

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Applications:

This system is ideal for personal vehicles, fleet management, car rental services, and rideshare

platforms seeking to implement secure driver authentication protocols.

Benefits:
• Enhanced vehicle security and theft prevention.
• Elimination of key-related risks.
• Convenience for users—no need to carry physical keys.

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 Introduction

Fingerprint recognition technology allows access to only those whose fingerprints that are pre

stored in the memory. Stored fingerprints are retained even in the event of complete power

failure or battery drain. These eliminates the need for keeping track of keys or remembering a

combination password, or PIN. It can only be opened when an authorized user is present, since

there are no keys or combinations to be copied or stolen, or locks that can be picked. The

fingerprint-based lock therefore provides a wonderful solution to conventionally encountered

inconveniences. This report focuses on the use of fingerprints to unlock locks, as opposed to

the established method of using keys. In order to prevent unauthorized access to these devices,

passwords and other pattern-based authentication method are being used in recent time.

However, password-based authentication has an intrinsic weakness in password leakage. While

the patterns are easy to steal and reproduce. In this paper, we introduce an implicit

authentication approach that enhanced the password pattern with additional security layer.

Biometric systems have overtime served as robust security mechanisms in various domains.

Fingerprints are the oldest and most widely used form of biometric identification. A critical

step in exploring its advantages is to adopt it for use as a form of security in already existing

systems, such as vehicles. Vehicle security system has been a topic of great interest over the

years due to the increasing vehicle theft cases reported all over the world.

In the 21st century with rapid industrialization and modernization at its peak in the

technological aspects, car security has been one of the most important of concerns due to the

alarming rise in the number of car thefts. In an attempt to find a solution to this problem we

are proposing a novel method of the fingerprint-based security system to prevent car thefts

Matches only then can the car are started by pressing the start button. Otherwise not only will

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the start button not function but also the burglary alarm will be triggered and a notification will

be sent to the user’s phone and with the GPS location of the car and unless the user has control

of the vehicle and resets the application’s ‘burglary’ button, a notification will be sent to the

phone every 10 minutes with the present location of the car. Also, if anyone tries to steal the

car by using things like a paper clip and inserting it in the fuse in order to trigger the battery

and engine ignition, we have a system in place for that possibility as well. We know there are

two circuits which when connected can start the engine - one is the normal circuit connected

from the RFID and start button while the other is between the battery and the starter. We place

a sensor on each circuit that will alert us if the circuit is connected or not and if we find the

battery engine circuit connected, immediately the burglary alarm goes on and a notification is

sent to the owner’s phone with the present GPS coordinates and this process keeps on repeating

every 10 minutes till the user resets the ‘burglary’ option in the mobile application. This way

even if the car is stolen, we will be able to track it down quite easily

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 OVERVIEW
The Fingerprint-Based Car Ignition System aims to revolutionize vehicle security by

replacing traditional keys with biometric fingerprint authentication, offering a more secure,

convenient, and advanced solution. The primary objectives of this project are as follows:

1. Enhance Vehicle Security: The system significantly reduces the risk of car theft,

as fingerprints are unique and nearly impossible to replicate. This system ensures that only

authorized individuals can access and start the vehicle, offering a level of security that

traditional keys or keyless entry systems cannot provide.

2. Increase Convenience for Users: By eliminating the need for physical keys, this

system allows car owners to easily start their vehicles with just a fingerprint scan.

Additionally, the system can store multiple fingerprint profiles, enabling family members or

other authorized users to gain access without needing extra keys.

3. Incorporate Advanced Technology: The project seeks to integrate cutting-edge

biometric technology into the automotive industry, aligning with the growing demand for

smart, connected vehicles. The system is designed to be seamlessly integrated with existing

car models without requiring major modifications.

4. Ensure Reliability and Ease of Use: A key goal is to develop a system that is

simple to operate, durable, and reliable over time. The system must be user-friendly,

ensuring that car owners can easily learn and use it with minimal maintenance or technical

intervention.

5. Foster Market Adoption: The objective is to educate consumers about the benefits

of biometric-based car ignition, addressing concerns such as data security while emphasizing

the convenience and added security the system provides. The project also aims to expand

market reach by offering the system in both premium and mass- market vehicles.

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 Description of the Idea
The issue of car hijacking or snatching on highway, car theft due to easy access to car’s

functional system can be reduced by using a biometric system for starting the car’s engine as

the necessity of protection and access restriction in many luxurious assets is now very

important. Biometric systems have in a long time served as a strong security system in many

different applications and it can also be implemented in automobile industry. Biometric system

is a technological system that uses information about a person to identify such the person. It

relies on specific data about unique biological trait in order to work effectively. This system

involves running data through algorithms for a particular result, usually related to a positive

identification of a user or other individuals. Fingerprint as one of the biometric techniques is

an impression of ridges of one’s fingertip. This technique is said to be the oldest of all biometric

techniques as it is recorded to be used by the Assyrian, the Babylonians, the Chinese and Japan

in 2200BC. So, the use of fingerprint as a personal code has a long tradition.

Fingerprint recognition system is inexpensive compared to other biometric systems, is user

friendly, has high reliability and can be used in a variety of environments. Owing to Radio

Frequency Identity jamming of the push-button system experienced in cars which can easily

be stolen within the car key frequency range as a major challenge facing this system, there is

a need to find a solution to this problem. This now motivates the efforts geared towards

designing a fingerprint-based system that always requires the user’s finger even if there is any

invading or unauthorized act in a car to proffer solution to car theft and unauthorized use.

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Fingerprint Scanning Process

Fingerprint scanner system serves two basic purposes – To get an image of the user as well as

the authorized person’s finger and scans the pattern, the ridges and valleys and put it in the

algorithm as shown in Figure below. After it is programmed and stored in the SD card, every

time the person scans their finger it has to detect whether the pattern of ridges and valleys in

that particular image matches those in pre-scanned images4. The particular characteristics,

unique to each fingerprint, are filtered and stored as an encrypted biometric key or in form of

binary codes. The image of fingerprints is not saved, rather verification is done by the series

of numbers (binary code) only. None can change the fingerprint image from the series of

binary codes or from the algorithm used.

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 Fingerprint Sensor

Figure 2: Fingerprint Scanner

Secure with biometrics - this all-in-one optical fingerprint sensor will make adding fingerprint

detection and verification super simple. These modules are typically used in safes - there's a

high powered DSP chip that does the image rendering, calculation, feature finding and

searching. Connect to any microcontroller or system with TTL serial, and send packets of data

to take photos, detect prints, hash and search. You can also enroll new fingers directly up to

162 finger prints can be stored in the onboard FLASH memory. There's a red LED in the lens

that lights up during a photo so you know it’s working as shown in fig.2

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Fingerprint processing includes two parts: fingerprint enrollment and fingerprint matching

(the matching can be 1:1 or 1: N) as shown in fig.3. When enrolling, user needs to enter the

finger two times. The system will process the two-time finger images, generate a template of

the finger based on processing results and store the template. When matching, user enters the

finger through optical sensor and system will generate a template of the finger and compare

it with templates of the finger library. For 1:1 matching, system will compare the live finger

with specific template designated in the Module; for 1: N matching, or searching, system will

search the whole finger library for the matching finger. In both circumstances, system will

return the matching result, success or failure.

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 Design and Analysis of Proposed System

The Block diagram of fingerprint-based vehicle starting system is shown in figure below, as

it contributes to the overall design of the work.

In the design of this fingerprint-based vehicle starting system, signals are generated by the

Arduino to appropriate module circuit. The whole system is aimed to be constructed in a plastic

casing to enhance heat evacuation and working efficiency of the system. The Arduino reads

the state of the input buttons which could be either a 1 or a 0. The signal Arduino gets from the

input button tells what to work on at that time. This project is aimed to replace the push- button

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in vehicle ignition and create a more reliable and secured way of starting the ignition with

fingerprint pattern only. The Arduino environment has been designed to be easy to use for

beginners who have no software or electronics experience. With Arduino, you can build objects

that can respond to and/or control light, sound, touch, and movement. Arduino has been used

to create an amazing variety of things, including musical instruments, robots, light sculptures,

games, interactive furniture, and even interactive clothing. Arduino is used in many

educational programs around the world, particularly by designers and artists who want to easily

create prototypes but do not need a deep understanding of the technical details behind their

creations. Because it is designed to be used by nontechnical people, the software includes

plenty of example code to demonstrate how to use the Arduino board’s various facilities.

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