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Fingerprint Based Wireless Attendance System Farhana Siddiqui, Musab Naik, Saurabh Yadav & Munaf Sunesara Dept. of Computer Engineering, M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai, India Abstract: Fingerprint based Wireless Attendance System aims for better student record management. It can also be used for the staff of an institute too. The system consists of the fingerprint module, Wi-Fi module, micro-controller and Web based UI for the maintenance by user or admin. The system acquires stores and checks the fingerprint of the student and sends the data to the server via wireless module. The backbone of the entire system is an Arduino Nano micro-controller. Wi-Fi module is used for immediate data transfer to the backend server. In this system, personal identification and attendance of the student is checked immediately through storage which helps the processing of the management department easy. An SMS (Short Message Service) or E-mail is also sent to parent/guardian mobile in case of insufficient student attendance.
Our project aims the overall reduce the cost of such systems. Also by making the systems truly portable we can reduce the average time spend by students on marking their attendance, as the portable device can be passed on student-by-student just like an attendance sheet, thereby avoiding the need to queue in front the system wasting their time. Timely reports can be automatically being generated and exported as excel sheets as well as generating a separate list of defaulters. Also, a message can be automatically given to the parents of the defaulters. In case this system is used by primary schools, the system can automatically send a message as to the parents letting them know that their child has reached school or left for home.
1. Introduction
In Mumbai University, every student has to maintain the criteria of minimum 75% to clear the semester. Student has to mark their attendance in every lecture, every day throughout the semester. Using the traditional method of calling names for attendance it takes about 9-10 minutes for the class of strength of 60 students. Paper work makes the task difficult for the management department. Many organizations use fingerprint attendance system for marking attendances of their employees. These are computer connected devices in which database of employees are stored in computer and these are fixed at specific location. But the situation in a classroom is different. Students cannot come near the device to mark the attendance in a class room. Biometrics is use of other forms of authentication biometric recognition provides a strong link between an individual and a claimed identity. Biometric system includes iris, voice face and fingerprint. It is more reliable to use biometric to identify the people and overcome the fraud. The commonly used biometric technique is the fingerprint verification system.
Registering the attendance at different schools, institutes, and even workplaces have become a hectic process, as some times their attendance may not be registered or even be miscalculated. In case of manual attendance at schools and institutes i.e. attendance on a sheet of paper, manual calculation has to be done to generate timely reports, which require resources viz. manpower and time, while still being prone to errors. Fingerprint based Wireless Attendance System aims overcome this problem by fully automating the process of attendance and even the calculation of the timely attendance report. This will reduce a lot of man-hours and resources and can be utilized elsewhere. The registration of attendance in educational institutions, organizations and other workplaces forms an important part of their functioning. The administration uses attendance as a means of monitoring the work done and efforts put in by individual Students or Employees as the case may be. Traditional wall-mounted fingerprint scanners are usually expensive to purchase, install and operate. In case such systems are used for schools and universities, students might have to queue up in front of the system, waiting for their turn to mark their attendance. If an individual student from a class of strength of about 60 requires on average 5-6 seconds to register their attendance, it will take 6 minutes for the student at the end of the queue to get his turn, there by missing 6 minutes of the lecture.
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2. Literature Survey
3. Existing System 3.1. Paper Based The paper based attendance system is the most commonly practised over the majority of the institute or university. In this system, the reference ID to every student is provided by the institute. For a particular class or each lecture the teacher call out the ID and the sheet with the details of student is Page 993
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3.2. Wall-Mounted Fingerprint Attendance Traditional wall mounted wired systems require proper installation, dedicated space and wiring for proper operation. These systems are relatively expensive to purchase, install and maintain. Also, these systems are less feasible due to lack of freedom of movement hence consumes more precious time in queuing up in front of the device for using it in case the device is to be used by a large number of individuals at the same time, for example in a classroom. Even though the attendance is automated, these systems lack an integrated system to process the data gathered and generate a timely report for the attendance. Often the system has to be paired with another system dedicated to generating the reports or in worst case, the reports are calculated manually.
be started and the students are required to scan their fingers one-by-one. As the student’s fingerprints are matched and consists the student is identified, The system of my drawback such as their paper work. Proxy cou enrollment number is displayed and the data is send to a remote server where the record is maintained.
4.1. System Development The designing of this project, requires both hardware and software implementation. Figure 2 shows the block diagram of the fingerprint based wireless attendance system. The Arduino Nano is connected to the Fingerprint scanner, RTC (Real Time Clock), LCD Display, Keypad for input, a wireless module for communicating with the remote server and a battery to provide power to the entire portable system.
3.3. Portable Fingerprint Scanner with Local Memory Module Portable fingerprint scanner with a build in memory module instead of the proposed Wi-Fi module is portable to some extend but it is not truly portable. The system stores the data of attendance in a memory module locally instead of sending the data wirelessly to the server. This system has to be connected physically to a computer to retrieve the data from the portable device and process the extracted data. This adds an unnecessary step to the overall process and is a bottleneck in the system’s ability to truly become a portable device. Also, the memory module would be required to have a large storage capacity in case the same device is used for a large number of individuals. This would not only increase the size and weight of the device but also increase the overall cost of the device.
Figure 2. Block Diagram
4. Proposed System Figure 1 describes the flow chart of the proposed fingerprint based wireless attendance system. First, on switching ON the portable device, it searches available Wi-Fi, then it connects and recognizing the remote server. Then it asks the lecturer to scan its finger to start the attendance. Once a match is found and the lecturer is recognized, it searches the lecturer ID in the timetable. Once a match is found, it displays the subject along with other details and asks for confirmation. If the displayed information is not correct or the match was not found in the first place, then in such case, the lecturer is asked to manually select the subject and duration. After this is completed, the attendance process of the students can
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Figure 1. Flow Chart
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Minimum Requirements Arduino Nano ESP 8266-12 R305
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Table 1. Portable Device Requirement
4.1.2. Minimum Hardware Requirements for Server Components Minimum Requirements Processor
Intel Pentium 4 and above
RAM
1 GB
Hard Disk
20 GB
Table 2. Server Requirement
5. Conclusion The main aim of the paper is on student attendance also it can be used for the employees. It includes a hardware which has low cost. As the system is based on biometric that maintain identity hence the proxy (fake attendance) is not possible. The Wi-Fi module helps in maintaining attendance for Management department and Synchronization is also possible at regular update. The code number of the particular professor is intended to keep a track on the class. Backup of the attendance file is being maintain at specific system. Encryption technique used maintains the security of the system. In future, the size of the device could be compressed for more comfort portable use. SMS on the parent mobile phone is send if the particular student is a part of the backlist (list that maintain the record of student not satisfying attendance criteria). It also monitors the timing of the student.
6. Acknowledgements Our thanks to M.H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Department of Computer Engineering, for giving us the initiative to do constructive work on such a great topic. We also thank anonymous reviewers for their constructive suggestions.
7. References [1] Nur Izzati Zainal, Khairul Azami Sidek, Teddy Surya Gunawan, Hasmah Mansor and Mira Kartiwi, “Design and Development of Portable Classroom Attendance System Based on Arduino and Fingerprint Biometric”, IEEE Nov.,2014
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