IAETSD JOURNAL FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN APPLIED SCIENCES, VOLUME 4, ISSUE 2, JULY /2017

ISSN (ONLINE): 2394-8442

INTELLIGENT CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE SYSTEM

Pooja Virwani [1], Siddhi Shetye [2], Prof.Mrs.RV Tornekar [3]
[1, 2]
Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India
[3]
Department of Electronics Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India
poojavirwani@gmail.com

ABSTRACT.

Currently in any organization attendance is marked manually which can involve human errors.
Further the maintenance of records becomes difficult more to that the percentage wise calculation of attendance on
daily basis is not done. So in this paper the idea of intelligent attendance system has been proposed. In this system
the attendance is recorded with the help of biometric scanner and the recorded attendance is updated in the database
which can be accessed by the involved individuals. It will also generate results regarding the defaulter students
based on the recorded attendance. All the information related to attendance is made available on a web portal. The
system also restricts the students who are late to enter the classroom. This will reduce the human errors involved
and hence improve the productivity.

KeywordsIntelligent Attendance System; Recorded Attendance;Intelligent Classroom Attendance System;Attendance Montoring.

1. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, technology is growing so fast that every field is looking forward to make it automated. We are trying to reduce our everyday work
with the new technology. We have handed over our manual work to technology in order to make it more precise, more efficient and also
genuine. So a system is proposed in order to assist individuals to record attendance of students or for that matter any staff in an organization. The
proposed system updates data in real-time whereas the earlier systems had to be connected to a PC to obtain the database [2].Also the proposed
system is easy to handle as the device is handheld [1]. This system will be implemented on classroom doors. The attendance of every student is
recorded by using their thumb impression. This attendance will be updated online in real-time where all the records will be maintained. The
records will include total attendance of a class for a particular lecture, monthly attendance of a student for a lecture, etc. will be automatically
created in real-time from the recorded attendance. This will definitely reduce teachers efforts of calculating the percent wise attendance and
uploading it on portal. Real-time updating of attendance will give one more advantage that we can track a person in case of an emergency by just
seeing where has been his latest attendance marked. This system will also take care of students coming late. Once teacher has entered the class,
he will set the time in the system for which he will allow the students who are late. According to the time set, system may or may not grant the
attendance and entry to the student in the class by automatically operating (opening/closing) the door. Also it will give an alarm in case of any
false attendance matter.
In this way, this system will provide an efficient, innovative solution to reduce teachers efforts and make the attendance system more
disciplined.

2. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

Figure1.Block Diagram of the System

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Hardware will consists of a biometric scanner, processor and the mechanism that will be implemented on the door for automatic opening and
closing based on the specified time of the lecture. Specified time will include the start as well as the end of lecture. Software required for data
base management system MySQL, for real time updating of data PHP. Web page development - HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

3. WORK DONE
Initially, we have started working with this block diagram and we were trying to develop a system which will be implemented on the door. But
this system will become an overhead for the security persons and for teachers also. So, we modified our system to a handy machine. In this new
design, more overhead will be on the software unlike earlier one. For example, teachers can set timer on the portal for late coming students. Also
the hardware will only be a small handy machine which will be carried by the teachers to the class. This design gives more advantage such as
reduced cost as hardware is reduced and there is no need to change the existing infrastructure for this design which was seen in the earlier case.

3.1.Finalization of Fingerprint Scanner as attendance recorder:

There are many ways to record attendance of students such as, face, voice, signature, retinal, iris recognition and also finger print and hand
geometry. Face recognition is a type of biometric software application that can identify an individual in a digital image by analysing and
comparing patterns. Facial recognition systems are commonly used for attendance recording and security purposes but are increasingly being
used in a variety of other applications such as motion gaming. But there are some disadvantages of face recognition technology due to which it is
not suitable in this project. Image quality affects how well facial-recognition algorithms work.

Voice Recognition has many disadvantages. A persons voice can be easily recorded and used for unauthorised PC or network. Hence there
are chances of false attendance marking also an illness such as a cold can change a persons voice, making absolute identification difficult or
impossible. Signature Recognition- we cannot use this method as this will take much time in recording each students signature and can easily be
copied for false attendance. Retinal Scanning also cannot be used in our system because of the following disadvantages: It is very intrusive. It
has the stigma of consumer's thinking it is potentially harmful to the eye .Comparisons of template records can take upwards of 10 seconds,
depending on the size of the database. It is very expensive. Iris recognition is similar to retinal scanning and has same disadvantages. Fingerprint
it is the most suitable and less costly attendance recording system with following advantages: It has very high accuracy, it is the most economical
biometric PC user authentication technique. It is one of the most developed biometrics .Small storage space required for the biometric template,
reducing the size of the database memory required. Also, it is standardized.

With all this advantages of fingerprint scanning we are using it in our system as it is very user friendly, low cost and it will take less time to
recognize a student and then for recording his/her attendance. Moreover, it cannot be duplicated so there is no chance of fake attendance
recording. Except this biometric attendance recording system, we can also use college ID card for recording attendance by scanning the barcode
on it and it will be low cost also but the major disadvantage is that the fake attendance can be easily marked as anyone can carry someone elses
ID card.

Figure2.FPS GT511C3

FPS GT511C3 from ADH Technology Co. Ltd has been chosen from all the available options and it has the following features. This device
is one chip module with, fingerprint algorithm and Optical Sensor. The major functions are the following. High accuracy and high speed
fingerprint identification technology ,ultra- thin optical sensor,1:1 verification, 1:N verification, downloading fingerprint image from device
,reading/writing fingerprint template/s from/to the device ,simple UART and USB communication protocol. Technical Specification of FPS
GT511C3 are
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3.2.Processor:

Initially Raspberry pi was chosen as a core processor. But it takes large time for initialization and this initialization is necessary every time
when you switch it on so making it less convenient to use. So the hardware was tested on Arduino Uno as it is very easy to use, has less setup
time and also FPS GT511C3 is compatible with it. Arduino is an open source software and testing of hardware on it is very easy.

3.3.Software:

In this project the software part mainly consists of database management, webpage and Real time updating of the Database

3.3.1.Webpage:

The IACS will have an authorized website where one can access the attendance records.The website has two portals: Faculty Portal Here, the
faculty can enter the attendance details of the students, lectures conducted per month, person tracking and the classroom settings as discussed in
the hardware section. Student Portal Here, the student can view his/her attendance and other related details.The website is created using HTML
and CSS. We have used the Eclipse Software for Webpage Development.

3.3.2.Management and Real time updation of the Database:

For this purpose MS Access, Oracle and MySQL are the recommended softwares. On doing proper research and understanding the requirement
of the IACS, analysis was done as to why and how to use MySQL.MS Access -Microsoft Access is useful for individual departments or small-
to-medium business sectors. But it cant be used in this system as it has the following loopholes.It can hold data only upto 2GB.
SQL for MS Access is not as robust as that on MS SQL Server or Oracle.It can allow upto 10 to 80 users only depending upon the
application.Oracle-Oracle is widely used for large database systems. Although Oracle works with both dynamic and static systems it has
disadvantages like, it doesnt support JAVA and it does not provide on-site and phone support.It needs online access.MySQL-MySQL is a
database system that runs on a web server and is ideal for small and large applications. Amongst the above said three softwares, MySQl is
preferred due to the following advantages. It is compatible with almost every operating system.It is very fast, reliable and easy to use.It is free to
download and use.It has the capacity to handle a variety of embedded applications.It has high performance query engine. It has tremendous
speed of data insertion.Provides support for high traffic websites .It offers exceptional security features for data protection.Plug-in libraries are
available for embedded applications and provide connectors and drivers.

4. SETUP OF FINGERPRINT SCANNER AND ARDUINO UNO

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Figure3. Circuit Diagram of fingerprint scanner and arduino uno

The connections between arduino uno and the fingerprint scanner are to be made as follows. The arduino uno has to be then connected to the
laptop. The program for obtaining finger prints from user will have to be uploaded on the arduino and then we can see the output on the computer
screen. Theres a software which comes along with the scanner. The software shows us how the fingerprints are stored

5. RESULTS
The fingerprint template is stored in .db format on the laptop and set of fingerprints forms a database which is stored as .dbs

Figure4. Screen shot of the fingerprint scanner software

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6. CONCLUSION
The fingerprint scanner along with arduino takes the fingerprints as an input, stores it and matches the already stored fingerprints with the input
fingerprint so as to mark the attendance of that particular individual. Further, the records are to be generated which will include the attendance in
terms of percentages and the student who does not have the minimum required percentage will be highlighted as defaulter in that particular
subject. Further, we can also make an android based application for parents to see their wards attendance and also for students to keep a track of
missed number of lectures.

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