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Car access control system based on image recognition and radio frequency identification - Phase I

Car access control can represent a security problem if it does not have technological support and / or depends solely on people (lack of image support, distraction or absence of staff, etc.). For this, it is necessary to develop solutions, for example, based on automatic recognition systems for automobile license plates and on radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology that automate automobile access control. Although there are commercial plate recognition systems, these systems are highly expensive, are closed, are not extensible and do not allow the implementation of notifications (for example, so that security personnel can intervene in the presence of an unauthorized vehicle). Also, the existing solutions are not adapted to Bolivia, since they require that the license plates of the cars are clearly identifiable, which is obviously not the case in our country (blurred plates, uneven edges, arbitrary positioning, etc.).


This project develops a vehicle access control system with automatic recognition and identification. The system will have security cameras, a processing unit dedicated to image analysis, a database, embedded systems for handling sensors and the RFID radio frequency identification system (antennas and readers). The system also includes an electronic (alarm) system based on the Arduino microcontroller with a mini REST (Representational State Transfer) type Web Service for handling the LED alarm signals. To monitor accesses, a Web application will be developed in Node.JS and a MongoDB database. The system will be installed at the UPB Cochabamba Campus, which will have its own RFID tag encoding for vehicles, and it will also be possible to read RFID tag data from the National Hydrocarbons Agency (B-SISA).

 

Director:
Alex Villazón, Ph.D. (CINTI)
avillazon@upb.edu

Researchers:
Walter Torricos, (CINTI)