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 International Journal for Research and Development in Engineering (IJRDE)
www.ijrde.com ISSN: 2279-0500 Special Issue: pp- 465-469

Implementation of GPS Based Security System for Safe Navigation

of Fisherman Autoboat
C.Vinothkumar1 and B.Arunkumaran2
1
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics and Instrumentation, Sathyabama University, India.
2
PG Scholar, Dept. of Power Electronics and Drives, Jeppiaar Engineering College, Anna University, India.

ABSTRACT – The Fisherman Autoboat system uses GPS receiver enters into particular limit it automatically receives the
that stands for global positioning system which finds out data from transmitter and displayed.
the location and position of the boat in ocean. The main aim
of this Autoboat system is to identify the zone. By using II. EXISTING SYSTEM
ultrasonic sensor, iceberg in the sea can be found out while
At present, there are few existing systems which help
travelling in boat or ship. As well as, to find the prediction
to identify the current position of the boats/ships using GPS
of tsunami MEMS is being used. If the fisherman crosses
system and view them in an electronic map. GPS provides the
the limitation of border it gives voice message, even though
fastest and most accurate method for mariners to navigate,
if he try to move forward then automatically motor of the
measure speed, and determine location. This enables increased
ship/boat will stop. For weather report, temperature and
levels of efficiency for mariners worldwide and accurate
humidity sensor is used.
position, speed and heading are needed to ensure the vessel
In the problematic time, from the control room the
reach its destination safely.
navy section can trace out the ship/boat which has crossed
In the present system a GPS receiver is available in
the border & in danger for the rescue, and also there is one
the boat while the GPS satellite raises high in the universe. The
emergency switch available on the boat side that will
satellite observes the latitude and longitude of the boat’s
inform about the route to home. A ZigBee transmitter is
position and calculates for the location. So, the mariners can
used to transmit these data from the transmitter side.
find out the place where the boat is and also the direction of
motion.
Keywords: GPS, SENSORS, ZIGBEE, MEMS, SAFE
NAVIGATION. The GPS equipped boat has the advantage of moving
in the right direction. As the ocean is so much spread that it is
almost impossible to find out in which direction one has to
I. INTRODUCTION
navigate. This facility enables to find out the correct way to the
GPS radio occultation has proved to be a powerful destination thereby increasing the level of convenience to the
tool for remotely sensing the Earth’s neutral atmosphere and mariners.
ionosphere. Through this project, we propose a novel approach
to retrieving marine troposphere profiles based on single II.1 DISADVANTAGES OF EXISTING SYSTEM
ground-based GPS occultation observations. A new retrieval
method uses the data from a ground-based receiver while the 1. Lack of awareness causes accident -The fishermen are not
GPS satellites rise or set at the local horizon in the direction of aware of the maritime boundary and they tend to cross it. This
the ocean [1]. The subsequent experiment was carried out on causes the situation of dispute and loss of life. Also, no such
the coast of the Yellow Sea from August 2010 to July 2011 in system for warning is present when the boat crosses the
this regard a GPS based system determines the location of maritime boundary or when boat approaches any iceberg .So
maritime boundary in the ocean which is not visible to the this can lead to accidents.
mariners and they cross it. A GPS receiver is set on earth while 2. No alarming and warning system is present for icebergs
the satellite raises high in universe [2]. An ultrasonic sensor is and tsunami.-The boat is not well-equipped with any alarming
used for detection of iceberg and MEMS is implemented to or security system that causes loss of lives. The fishermen are
and crosses the boundary and detect vibration in the ocean .The not warned of any iceberg in the ocean, tsunami and crossing of
relevant information is visible on LCD also. the maritime boundary. This causes improper attention during
A temperature and humidity sensor is used to report the navigation process and unknowingly the fishermen had to
weather. The buzzer beeps when boat approaches the iceberg. lose their lives.
A ZigBee transmitter is used to transmit these data from the 3. No security system is present which causes loss of life-No
transmitter side. The ZigBee receiver receives the transmitted security from the rescue team can be obtained as no system for
parameters and monitored through display unit. In this informing the coastal guards is present. The coastal guards
transmitter is Master and it will be in constant place. While the have the rights to save the fishermen when they are in danger.

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But since they are not known to the emergency situation, they
cannot send any help from their side.

III. PROPOSED SYSTEM

The proposed system is used to detect the maritime

boundary of the country where the long time dispute between
Sri Lanka and India still exists. This mainly happens when
fisherman crosses maritime border of neighboring country as
he is not aware of the limits in sea.
The proposed system uses a GPS receiver which
receives signals from the satellite and gives the current position
of the boat. With already known details of the latitude and
longitude of the maritime boundary, the microcontroller
calculates the current position and stored boundary positions
and indicates the fisherman that he has crossed the boundary by
an alarm system. It also uses a message transmitter to send
message to the base station which monitors the boats in the sea.
This system provides an indication to both fisherman
and to coastal guard. Thus the system saves the lives of the
fisherman or reduces the damages caused to them by Lankan
coast guards.
Additionally, sensors for iceberg detection and tsunami
prediction have been included. A report for weather can also be
obtained through temperature and humidity sensor. These all
features have been made cheap in order to be installed on boats
of fishermen for the reason being making the system
economical.

Figure-1: Block Diagram of Transmitter Section.

Figure-1 describes the block diagram of the transmitter

section. In transmitter section we have a GPS which detects the
location of the maritime boundary.
A sensor such as ultrasonic is used for detection of the
iceberg and MEMS for Tsunami. Humidity and temperature
sensor is used for weather report. The signals of all the sensors
are given to the microcontroller through ADC. With already
known set point in microcontroller maritime boundary is
detected. If the boat crosses the border a message through voice
board is heard and viewed through LCD. The motor gets
switched off as it crosses the boundary.

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Figure-2: Image of Transmitter Section

Figure-3 has the receiver section’s block diagram which is

located at the navy section near the sea shore. It has a buzzer
which beeps when the border is crossed and displayed through
the LCD. The information through WSN is obtained and a
microcontroller is used for this.

Figure 4: Image of Receiver Section

III.1 ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSED SYSTEM

1. Used to monitor and detect whether the ship is crossing its

border.
2. Prevent unnecessary problems with other states during
navigation through sea due to border crossing.
3. High Security and alarming system.
Senses icebergs and tsunami.
Figure 3: Block Diagram of Receiver Section 4. Detects weather report

III.2 HARDWARES USED

Microcontroller

Ultra sonic sensor

Humidity sensor

Temperature sensor

MEMS

ADC

Switch

Relay & motor

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UART system where the motor automatically gets off if the fishermen

GPS cross the border.

WSN Furthermore we have also been able to create an

Voice board alarming system for an iceberg or tsunami in the ocean. The
same can be viewed in the LCD display also.
III.3 SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTED The weather report and detection helps the mariner to
find the condition of weather and decide if it is suitable for

Keil compiler them to go in the ocean for navigation or not.

Embedded C

III.4 SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED Table 1: Parameters and their mode of output
SYSTEM
LCD glows and voice
The main purpose of using the microcontroller in our For iceberg alert message
Autoboat system is because high-performance CMOS 8-bit
microcontroller with 8K bytes of in-system programmable For tsunami alert Display on LCD
Flash memory. By combining a versatile 8-bit CPU with in-
system programmable Flash on a monolithic chip, the Atmel For weather report Temperature and humidity
AT89S52 is a powerful microcontroller which provides a
highly-flexible and cost-effective solution to many embedded values display on LCD
control applications.
The programs of the microcontroller have been written in
Embedded C language and were compiled using KEIL, a
For navigation direction Movements in X,Y and Z
compiler used for microcontroller programming. The
communication between PC and the microcontroller was direction
established MAX 232 standard and those programs were also
done in C language. Crossing of maritime Buzzer beeps and display on
boundary LCD
III.5 ALGORITHM OF PROPOSED PROCESS

STEP 1 : START

STEP 2: Initialize data.

STEP 3: Temperature sensor and humidity sensor give V.SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
values.

STEP 4: If ultrasonic sensor and MEMS does not This system implements GPS and Embedded system
detects signal. together to create a security system. The fisherman, while

STEP 5: No connection to ADC. navigating crosses the maritime boundary, unknowingly as they

STEP 6: If ultrasonic sensor and MEMS detects are unable to visualize it in the ocean which causes loss to its
signal. life. Through this project a GPS based security system is

STEP 7 : Control goes to ADC provided to the fisherman so that they can find out when they

STEP 8: ADC control goes to microcontroller. are in danger.

STEP 9: GPS transmits the location to microcontroller In this system, a GPS receiver is being set up on the
in form of signals for calculation of boundary. earth and through satellite all the information regarding

STEP 10: Microcontroller transmits signal 0, 1 to o/p crossing of the maritime boundary can be obtained by the
devices (LCD, voiceboard,monitor section) as per mariners and coastal guards .In case of any danger the rescue
limitation being crossed or not. team will be sent to them. A variety of sensors are used for

STEP 11: Microcontroller sends command to motor detection of other parameters. An iceberg can be detected
to stop, change direction, and find weather through ultrasonic sensor, Tsunami through MEMS and for
information. weather report temperature and humidity sensor is being

STEP 12: Receiver section sends control. implemented.

STEP 13 : STOP This system is an implication of security system for
safe navigation of mariner’s auto boat. It is a helpful step in
saving lives of fisherman and a useful contribution to the
IV.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION society.
Through this system we have been able to locate the
maritime boundary for the fishermen and a proper warning VI. FUTURE WORK
system in order to prevent their lives while they cross the Indo-
Srilankan maritime boundary unknowingly. Also there is a This system done using GPS is a helpful system in
creating an automatic alert system to save mariner’s life that

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are unable to find the marine boundary in the ocean by their

own and also unable to predict any iceberg or tsunami.
Additionally, it helps in finding weather conditions
In future, technological improvements can be done to
get the alert signals on smart phones to reduce complexity of
components and cost. The smart phones are now available at a
very cheap rate and are used by almost everyone in the society
without taking in account of the economical status. So it is an
imagination to use smart phones for the alert and warning in
place of the complex hardwares which will reduce complexity
and thereby enhancing ease of operation.

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