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Impulse Technologies are a professionally managed Business House specialized in providing innovative business solutions by offering quality IT services high performance and design efficiency. The company concentrates on Multi-Domain Diversified Technologies and has developed versatile experience over the years. It is focused on executing hi-end Technology services and Engineering Solutions to its clients that including leading Indian and Global companies. It follows ISO 9001 standards. It is equivalent to SEI-CMM level 3 company. We are providing end to end solutions.

1 Implementing Intelligent Traffic Control System for Congestion Control, Ambulance Clearance

Implementing Intelligent Traffic Control System for Congestion Control, Ambulance Clearance, and Stolen Vehicle Detection

This paper presents an intelligent traffic control system to pass emergency vehicles smoothly. Each individual vehicle is equipped with special radio frequency identification (RFID) tag (placed at a strategic location), which makes it impossible to remove or destroy. We use RFID reader, NSK EDK-125-TTL, and PIC16F877A system-on-chip to read the RFID tags attached to the vehicle. It counts number of vehicles that passes on a particular path during a specified duration. It also determines the network congestion, and hence the green light duration for that path. If the RFID-tag-read belongs to the stolen vehicle, then a message is sent using GSM SIM300 to the police control room. In addition, when an ambulance is approaching the junction, it will communicate to the traffic controller in the junction to turn ON the green light. This module uses ZigBee modules on CC2500 and PIC16F877A system-on-chip for wireless communications between the ambulance and traffic controller. The prototype was tested under different combinations of inputs in our wireless communication laboratory and experimental results were found as expected.

2 RFID-based system for school children transportation safety enhancement

RFID-based system for school children transportation safety enhancement

This paper presents a system to monitor pick-up/drop-off of school children to enhance the safety of children during the daily transportation from and to school. The system consists of two main units, a bus unit and a school unit. The bus unit the system is used to detect when a child boards or leaves the bus. This information is communicated to the school unit that identifies which of the children did not board or leave the bus and issues an alert message accordingly. The system has a developed web-based database-driven application that facilities its management and provides useful information about the children to authorized personal. A complete prototype of the proposed system was implemented and tested to validate the system functionality. The results show that the system is promising for daily transportation safety.

3 Expert system for the management of insect-pests in pulse crops

Expert system for the management of insect-pests in pulse crops

The paper describes the design, development and implementation of a specialized system for the management of insect-pests in pulse crops. It is a web-based system that facilitate “farmers/extension workers” to diagnose insect-pests of major pulse crops viz., Chickpea, Pigeonpea, Mungbean and Urdbean (highly consumed pulse crops) and recommends the suitable treatments. Knowledge acquisition sub - system of the system offers online interface for entering, storing and structuring the domain specific knowledge to the domain experts. This paper also presents a methodology to develop an integrated knowledge base which combines the knowledge fed by the multiple experts in the framework of knowledge. The system holds an integrated knowledge base that incorporates information for the diagnosing of 20 major insect-pests of pulses emerging right from seedling to ripening. The presented work provides user-friendly interface that is able to asks the textual as well as pictographic symptoms in the outline form of multiple-choice questionnaire. Based on given answers, system identifies the pulse crop insect-pests along with its confidence factor and recommends most suitable treatments. The system's performance was found good and comparison between recommendations of human experts and system itself showed 92% agreement.

4 Low-power wireless climate monitoring system with RFID security access feature

Low-power wireless climate monitoring system with RFID security access feature for mosquito and pathogen research

This paper introduces a low-power wireless climate monitoring system with an RFID security access feature for mosquito and pathogen research. Mosquito-borne diseases, which are critical threats to human health, include malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, and West Nile Virus. The wireless monitoring system provides environmental data such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction. The measured data can be used to predict the habitat of mosquitoes and be used to recommend the amount and location of pesticide application. This paper describes the design and implementation of the low-power wireless climate monitoring system with various environmental sensors, 2.4-GHz wireless module, RFID reader for the security access control, audio system, and a solar charger system. The measured data was received and processed by a custom Windows application. The measured data was available through both desktop and mobile internet browsers and a mobile android application. Five wireless climate monitoring systems were used for multiple field tests. The analysis example of the pseudo climate data for the reduced use of pesticides is also presented.

5 RFID-based Smart Blood Stock System

RFID-based Smart Blood Stock System

A complete UHF radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based system capable of localizing individual blood bags inside storage cabinet drawers is presented. It was developed to demonstrate the improvement possibility of current blood stock management systems and as the submission to the 2014 IEEE AP-S Student Design Contest: Antennas for RFID Application. The system is composed of a cabinet model, a transceiver unit, and a PC with the controlling software. A new implementation of pseudolocalization principle is used to localize the blood bags that are equipped with dedicated passive tags designed to be resilient to blood proximity and small size. The detector antennas are placed at the drawers bottoms and additional passive tags are utilized to identify individual locations in each drawer. The transceiver unit is made from off-the-shelf commercial electronic boards and wirelessly controlled by software run on the PC. The entire system is small, transportable, battery powered, and low cost.

6 Efficient wireless sensor network rings overlay for crowd management in Arafat area of Makkah

Efficient wireless sensor network rings overlay for crowd management in Arafat area of Makkah

In this paper, we present an optimal monitoring and evacuation methodologies for pilgrims in Arafat area of Makkah with the aid of Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks (WSAN). In addition to its significant impact, the proposed application has many challenges that need to be tackled. We highlight these challenges and provide a Rings overlay that efficiently contributes to monitoring the area and managing the crowd. Moreover, the integration with RFID technology is proposed to facilitate the staged evacuation of the crowd. The performance of the proposed model is evaluated using simulation experiments. The experiments show promising results towards solving many of the underlying problems.

7 Radio Frequency Based Navigation and Management System for KUMBH

Radio Frequency Based Navigation and Management System for KUMBH

In country like India, there are lots of pilgrims. These pilgrims gather at pilgrimage to celebrate their festival and sometime form a huge crowd. KUMBH is one of India's very largest fair event at which about 3 to 4 millions of pilgrims gather to worship their god at a time. This fair forms a huge crowd at some places like Nasik, Allahabad (Prayag), Haridwar and Ujjain. In this type of crowd, pilgrim may miss their relatives and friends. After missing it will be more complicated to find their location within the KUMBH pilgrimage premises. If Pilgrims sometimes needs emergency services like medical service then it requires some extra time to manually inform about an emergency to the authority. Pilgrims are from different regions of the country, so they require the proper information and location of the temples, rivers, hotels, hospitals, etc. Which are sometime unknown to them. Solution to these types of problem can be achieved by using technical approach. We are using passive RFID embedded wrist band to track the pilgrim within the KUMBH. Keeping the track of each pilgrim can be useful for locating the pilgrim. Pilgrim can inform about the emergency immediately using the radio frequency band available on his/her hand. Important places can be located using the application in the smart-phone like android attached with OSM (Open Street Map).

8 OCR and RFID enabled vehicle identification and parking allocation system

OCR and RFID enabled vehicle identification and parking allocation system

The available parking management systems require human efforts for recording entries of coming and leaving vehicles from parking in sheets. For huge parking it is difficult to keep track of the information. Use of Radio Frequency Identification known as RFID technology reduces human efforts and Optical Character Recognition known as OCR, enabled system will provide an automated system for parking management. And also it will provide the control over the access of parking space by the use of boom barriers. For huge parking it will be an effective system. Parking can be a commercial one or can be a Very Important Person (VIP) parking. Depending on the usage system can be used. Vehicle cannot be parked in parking if it is not registered. OCR acts as a solution for vehicles which are not registered. To keep track of the happenings in parking cameras are used. Places where automated systems are required, the proposed system is an answer. System combines the two strong technologies RFID and OCR.

9 Optimization of RFID Based Wireless Navigation

Optimization of RFID Based Wireless Navigation

The performance of wheelchair is based on avoidance of obstacles prematurely keeping the time constraint. As the wheelchair moves, the sensory system helps in avoiding the obstacles whereas RFID is used for localization. If the obstacles are permanent, every time sensory system will be used. Hence the optimization will be required to constraint the time taken and the distance travelled used by this sensory system. This paper proposes an algorithm to optimize the path planning with the help of an ant colony optimization. For navigation, path optimization is a critical combinatorial problem. The performance of an algorithm has been evaluated using the simulation approach. The performance is in terms of time taken to reach the destination and distance travelled. When the destination point is assigned the algorithm will evaluate the shortest distance in less time to reach to its destination.

10 Design for visually impaired to work at Industry using RFID technology

Design for visually impaired to work at Industry using RFID technology

One of the technical challenges for the modern society to detect and find a solution for visually impaired, with increased security and service motto towards the society helped to bring a solution which would help the visually impaired in the industries and other companies. Here we had come out with a prototype as a way of finding a solution to the visually impaired The navigation assistant technology using RFID Tag Grid minimizes the dependency. The reader used in this system is embedded in the mobile and shoes to avoid dependency on travel The RFID reader matches with the information specified to that ID and a voice signal is generated Wireless RF links is placed in the Bluetooth device/ headphone for voice guidance The proximity sensing unit is an auxiliary unit is added as a solution to address unexpected and non-mapped obstacles in the user's path. Basically it contains ultrasonic Sensor Unit interfaced with microcontroller which is inter-linked to a vibrator that would be activated when nearing obstacles. This system is technically and economically feasible and may offer a maximum benefit to the disabled.

11 Towards an RFID microsystem for surgical instrument detection using millimeter waves

Towards an RFID microsystem for surgical instrument detection using millimeter waves

Misplacement of surgical instruments inside an operating room is a frequent mistake that can bring unnecessary complications. We propose a system that can prevent these, through wireless communication. In this paper, we investigate the use of the 55-60 GHz band in the implementation of a RFID system that presents very interesting characteristics like improved security and small size. From the measurements already made, it's expected the RFID system operating in the 60 GHz ISM will work at distances, at least, up to 5 meters. Furthermore, it is proposed a solution to obtain a fully integrated system based on an on-chip antenna that could be integrated with an RF CMOS chip based on 65 nm CMOS technology.

12 Research on the Application of Intelligent Campus Supermarket System

Research on the Application of Intelligent Campus Supermarket System -- Based on the Internet of Things (IOT) Technology

This essay proposes a scheme to construct an intelligent campus supermarket system on the strength of the Internet of Things (IOT) technology. This project, supported by the IOT, is to achieve quick query and positioning of products. It also gives consideration to convenient self-settlement and intelligent commodity inventory and statistics. Thus, it is conducive to provide a solution to professional teaching and improve operation efficiency of campus supermarket.

13 Solving the supermarket shopping route planning problem based on genetic algorithm

Solving the supermarket shopping route planning problem based on genetic algorithm

Nowadays, the supermarket scale and items increase gradually. Customers will take a long time if they want to buy all things they need. Sometimes customers don't know the location of the goods, or they have to walk a repeated route, which leading to a waste of time, so we need to find the best shopping route. In this paper, we use genetic algorithm to solve this problem for customers. Due to the particularity of this problem, the start and end points of route are fixed, so we need to do some change for operator of GA. This algorithm can calculate a shortest route that isn't repeated and takes the shortest time to help customers shopping quickly. In the process of experiment, we apply it into a shopping route problem with twenty commodities. The results show that this algorithm can find the best solution after certain number of iterations.

14 Distributed aisle-level scanning approach for RFID shopping systems

Distributed aisle-level scanning approach for RFID shopping systems

The emergence of new wireless technologies opened new opportunities to develop more efficient information systems. RFID is among those technologies, which extended the potential of wireless identification, and represent a potential replacement to old-fashioned identification systems such as the barcode system in retail sales. This paper presents a new RFID-based cost efficient approach for pervasive retail sales. The suggested new system architecture is based on aisle-level scanning and new event management procedures at the level of RFID middleware. It also discusses the impact of deploying such systems in retail stores, and more specifically supermarkets, on the supply chain. The motivation behind such approach is not only reducing the number of RFID readers compared to existing RFID based systems, but providing customers with an interactive shopping experience and fast checkout and bill payment, making this new approach transparent, efficient and cost effective.

15 On the Design and Deployment of RFID Assisted Navigation Systems for VANETs

In this paper, we propose a systematic approach to designing and deploying a RFID Assisted Navigation System (RFID-ANS) for VANETs. RFID-ANS consists of passive tags deployed on roads to provide navigation information while the RFID readers attached to the center of the vehicle bumper query the tag when passing by to obtain the data for navigation guidance.We analyze the design criteria of RFID-ANS and present the design of the RFID reader in detail to support vehicles at high speeds. We also jointly consider the scheduling of the read attempts and the deployment of RFID tags based on the navigation requirements to support seamless navigations. The estimation of the vehicle position and its accuracy are also investigated.

16 The Development of an Intelligent Campus Equipment Ubiquitous-Management System

In this paper, we proposed an intelligent campus equipment ubiquitous-management system. This RFID-based intelligent ubiquitous-management system use RFID to monitor the status of equipment in real time, and use wire or wireless network to send real-time situation to display on manager's PC or PDA. In addition, the RFID-based intelligent management system will also synchronize with database to record and reserve message. Furthermore, the status will display not only to a single manager but also a number of managers. In order to increase efficiency between Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Database, the system adopts Sql Dependency Object of ADO.NET so that the database changed any situation (eg. Add, Modify, and Delete) could be known immediately and synchronized with manager's PC or PDA.In order to obtain a feasible solution to this NP-Complete problem efficiently, we apply genetic algorithm to enhance the efficiency of finding optimum solution for equipment utilization. We could assign constraints into this system, and it will post back the optimum solution simultaneously on the screen.

17 Design and Implementation of High Security Mobile Payment System

Secure mobile payment is the most important link for a mobile phone to realize full payment. At the present stage, there are many researches about security of mobile information in the country. Those researches are mainly based on Windows Mobile, BREW or software of J2ME, and limited to specific areas. On the aspect of the hardware cryptograph, they focus on the security of computer information.

There is no mature product in the mobile area basing on hardware cryptograph. Considering this situation, we refer to and compare varieties of the present payment patterns, using the JMX micro-core service as the bus structure, introducing safe technologies to design starting from the hardware unit to get security module independently. In this way, we realize the security, completeness, confidentiality, authenticity and non-repudiation of the data of mobile payment.

20 Location Based Services and Museum Information Systems

The development of computer technology, mobile devices and sensor technology during the past 30 years has continually affected the creation of new applications based on emergent technologies. By combining the advantages of established technologies with these new approaches and furthermore adapting those criteria to different user needs and application scenarios, including the location of users, we are able to extend existing applications with new mobile components and services.The main focus of this paper is to describe the design of mobile multimedia indoor information systems and context-sensitive services based on a RFID sensor network in museums and passive RFID tags. In order to cover a wide range of applications a standard system architecture was developed.

21 RFID based indoor location determination for elderly tracking

There are many video camera based systems proposed for tracking elderly or impaired people. When privacy become a concern, researchers start to search for alternative ways. Many of them, studied on RFID systems to be able to make estimations related to the tracked person. Existing RFID location determination systems cannot provide acceptable results because of the multipath fading and shadowing effects.These systems, which are based on tracking the tag worn by the person, does not operate consistently enough in indoor environments like houses. Human body, which is majorly formed by water, causes tags to be shadowed and hence make the systems not able to receive signal from these tags as the person passes nearby. The method we propose makes location determination using shadowing effect which appears to be a problem for other systems.

22 Speech recognition based wireless automation of home loads

The design of this project helps in providing a fool proof solution for physically challenged to control their home appliances by giving voice commands through personal computer in a wireless environment. When automating a home load not available in the visible range, Fault identification system in this design helps the user to ensure that their home appliances had gone exactly ON or OFF or undergone FAULT by getting the status from load end, unlike the other design that gets the status at user end which may give a false indication, when power supply is not available for the particular load or when load get open circuited (due to wire discontinuity or open fuse condition).

During user screen navigation and controlling home appliances voice output of the current screen information and status of the automated appliances enables visually impaired person to use the system to control their home appliances.Navigation of the screen by giving voice commands enables paralyzed person and person who lost their hands in an unfortunate accident to control their home loads along with normal person. For achieving wireless environment low cost zigbee is used. To provide security based authentication RFID is used. Each home load will be having two commands ON and OFF commands, Automation of 20 loads such as mixer, grinder, TV, refrigerator, fan, light, AC etc..., has been tested by giving 40 voice commands through personal computer. When user creates his own profile and automates the load speech recognition accuracy of more than 90% is achieved. Other people who were allowed to automate the load by the user can use user profile and achieve a speech recognition accuracy of 75% in the same personal computer.

23 Design of blood pressure measurement with a Health management system for the aged

In this paper we propose a design using a guiding system, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), IEEE 802.15.1 short-range wireless transmission technology and the Internet to fabricate a blood pressure measurement (BPM) which works in cooperation with a health management system. Our design has many advantages, including being easy to use by the aged, low cost and wireless connectivity. It allows the early detection of high blood pressure and provides a doctor with a means for observing a patient's health over a long period. The guiding system provides video guide features for the measuring steps, reminds the patient of the measurement results and makes suggestions. We propose here a new design to determine the BPM posture in order to increase the BPM reliability.

24 A ZigBee-based miner localization system

This paper introduces a new kind of mine personnel localization monitoring system. It is a kind of wireless sensor network based on ZigBee wireless communication technology. The system can fast achieve the miners' real-time and accurate localization information about where the miners are underground mine tunnels and solve the positioning shortcomings of the traditional system such as RFID. The system mainly contains the ground monitoring host, industrial optical fiber Ethernet and underground mine wireless sensor network made up of gateway, reference nodes acting as routers and moving localization nodes.

The underground miners are carried moving localization node sensor which is able to communicate with the neighbourhood reference nodes. Through the received signal strength indicator value (RSSI), the localization node takes advantage of its built-in location engine to calculate its localization coordinate based on location algorithm, and then via ZigBee network and industrial optical fiber Ethernet, transfer the coordinate information to ground monitoring host. Management personnel can monitor the localization of underground miners through the host at any time, and also manage underground miner's attendance information as well as disaster relief.

25 Library shelf management system using RFID technology(2011)

This paper present the library shelf management system. The system was developed using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). The research was developed in integrating the RFID system and the creation of Graphical User Interface (GUI) at the host PC. The scope of work of the research is to develop an automatic library shelf management system to assist the librarians for more efficient shelf management to find any misplaced books on the library shelf.

GUI for the system was developed using Microsoft Visual Basic.Net. The GUI task is to store details information of the book to the database. Subsequently a Shelf ID was created and coded to the RFID tag. The system then used this code to find any misplaced book on the selected shelf.