Design and Implementation of Anti-Theft Vehicle Tracking System with Android App

Abstract

The number of car theft increasing each year. If not recovered soon, stolen vehicles are generally sold, revamped or even burned if the resale price is considered to be too low. Once a vehicle is stolen, it becomes hard to locate it and track it, which considerably decreases the chances of recovering it. Nowadays, insurance companies suggest to their clients to equip their vehicles with a Global Positioning System (GPS) that can locate in real time their cars all over the country. In this work, design and implementation of Anti-theft vehicle and tracking system is presented that protects and secures vehicles. This project consists of building two main components: 1. Hardware component; this implements system running on Arduino UNO. 2. Software component; this deploys an Android application whereby end users and/or car owners control and locate their cars in an interactive map anytime and anywhere. Using this system will facilitate control the engine of the vehicle and keep tracking it this will increase the chance of recovering the car intact.