CGC students invent biometric based vehicle security system

Three Mechanical Engineering students from Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) Landran have invented a biometric based anti-theft vehicle security system which would allow car owners to lock/unlock their vehicles using fingerprints. The system based on radio frequency identification would work through a finger print scanner built into the car key. Christened Ultimate Vehicle Security (UVS) the system consists of finger print identification and manual keypad system inbuilt into the car key and the vehicle, which can be used to open the four-wheeler. The hardware in the vehicle’s system would detect the finger print and authenticate it using the finger print scanner. If the user’s fingerprints match those stored in the car’s database, it will automatically open the car and help switch on the ignition. The system can be activated and used using owner’s mobiles as well. The team has already filed the patent for this innovative invention.
They have also won Rs one lakh grant from the Department of Science and Technology backed Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Center (IEDC) of CGC Landran, to develop the invention further including working out its commercial viability.
The IEDC has been set up by CGC Landran, to nurture and promote the spirit of entrepreneurship amongst its students and faculty. The IEDC is actively helping entrepreneurial ventures pitched by CGC’s students become commercially viable.
The center has been established in association with Department of Science and Technology (DST), a body of Government of India. The DST has already sanctioned a grant of Rs 45.3 lacs for setting up the IEDC, for five years. The IEDC serves as a regional center in developing technical innovation and facilitating multi-disciplinary research providing support to students with innovative ideas and projects such that these projects/ideas may go up to commercial level(s).