Week 14: Final Conclusion Of FYP 1

This fingerprint project will produce new development in access systems and management system. It is found not only able to prevent a trespassers but also can improve employee discipline and punctuality. By development of this project, it will increase the knowledge in programming especially on Matlab software. It also provide a challenge to the developer to develop this kind of program.

            The research findings will be very useful to company in Malaysia that wanted to improve on the security and attendance system due to the benefits and it return of investment. In entrepreneurship sector, the researchers hope that if this project success it will be able to compete with other product. As a conclusion, the Development Of Fingerprint Image Processing Recognition’s proposal is demand as a success although the programming of the project is quite challenging but it is still reasonable to be developed in time.

Week 13: Reports Submitting

After being through the proposal process, both the progress and proposal report’s submission is on the end of week 13. For me, it is just the beginning of my project. It is still long ways to go to achieve the objective of this project. Hopefully my project development will be develop according to my work plan.

Week 12: Overall Budget

The survey on the thumbprint device price is estimate around RM 500-RM 400. The device should be compatible with the MATLAB software. This is important due of the develop software are using MATLAB programs. The figure below shown the thumbprint device which is strongly recommended.

The device does not come with the USB connector which mean USB device have to be buy separately. The USB device price is estimate around RM 42.00-RM39.00. This is also a important device to connect the thumbprint device with computer.The figure above shown the USB to UART device.

No.	Components	Quantity	Price
1.	Fingerprint Reader	1	RM 500.00
2.	USB to UART converter	1	RM 42.00
3.	Matlab Software (Student Version)		-
4.	Other expense		RM 50.00
		TOTAL	RM 592.00

Week 11:Work Plan

The time frame allocated for this development project is 26 weeks (not including semester break, revision week and exam week). it have started in September 2013 and will be completed before in May 2014. The Gantt chart for the project and it milestone are shown as in two table below which is table 8.1 for FYP 1 and table 8.2 for FYP 2.

Table 8.1 :FYP 1 milestone

Table 8.2 : FYP 2 milestone

Week 10:FYP Presentation

During this week, I had to present my project’s proposal in front my assessors. It have been up and down for me during the Q & A section but overall I felt I manage to done a fantastic job. My assessors for my proposal presentation are Madam Mazhaniza Binti Muzamil and Madam Nor Khairiah Bt Ibrahim. 

Week 9: Benefits Expectations

The  benefits expectations of this project is :

·        Improve security system to a better level by avoiding unauthorized access.

·        Reduce cost compare to product in markets nowadays that most of it using punch card system.

·        It will improve employee discipline and punctuality due of the time attendance system will calculate the actual access time

·        No more lazy excuse and buddy punching as fingerprint pattern must be the user himself.

Week 8: Flow Chart

Figure 4.2 :Operation’s Flow Chart

By referring to the flow chart above ,the project starts with password pattern recognition then the thumbprint device to recognize the thumbprint identification. The devices will send the gathered information to the software for identification purpose. After that, the develop software will analyze the data received either it match or unmatched with the data in the storage.Data storage have been store some of the user’s thumbprint pattern. The time entry will be save in the data storage after the user’s entry. In case the information matched with the data, it will give the authorize people to access the system.Otherwise, if the information is incorrect, the alarm will trigger and the security guard will be notice to take some action.

Week 7: Methodology Of The Project

Figure 4.1 Block Diagram Of The System

In the block diagram above, it show the description or device that to be use in this project. Basically, only the thumbprint scanner is hardware. The rest is a software that will be develop on the Matlab. The input will be the password pattern and fingerprint scanner and on the output will declare whether the access grant or deny. The real access time also will be record and save. The data storage contain a memory of authorized fingerprint pattern and time access data.Most  important part which is the main control will be program by using Matlab software.

Week 6: Literature Review

Security system is the system that provides a degree of protection against danger, damages, loss and crimes. It is a structure and process that gives or improves security as a condition. This system has to be compared to related concepts that are safety, continuity and reliability.

From the research that have been done on system that using biometric, there are several previous system can be references to this project

• Vigilance readerTA880E

It is a electronic lock using number pin and fingerprint recognition system which set of IN-OUT fingerprint reader using fingerprint identification and designed for door access and time attendance system simultaneously. The readers can be installed in a standalone and networked environment, depending on the need of a client. It possesses features that are beneficial to an institution which include fast verification method, easy enrollment, identification, multiple fingers enrollment and flexible finger placement.

This existed project is best example as reference for the Development of Fingerprint Image Processing Recognition because both system flowcharts have several similarities such as using fingerprint pattern including password as verification and access with time attendance system process. but both also have the differences shown in table below

Vigilance Reader TA880E	Development Of Fingerprint Image Processing Recognition
Develop in C++ language (using Linux operating system)	Develop in Matlab programming software
Build for a commercial market	Build for study propose
The installation of the hardware can be anywhere near entrance	No installation of hardware because almost all of the system using software

FIGURE 2.1 Sample of current project in market.

• DSP Using Voice Recognition

This project describes the methods used to create a voice recognition system. The methods used were divided into two parts, which are feature extraction and feature matching. In the feature extraction, MFCC method hasbeen applied to identify the characteristics of the voice signal. While in the feature matching, the output resulting from the MFCC will be used by DTW to compare and to minimize the distance of MFCC at each point. K-NNclassification method has been used to determine which one gives the most highest and maximum score for the word said by the speaker. Finally, GUI has been designed as a unit system for voice recognition.

Figure 3.3 GUI for voice recognition 

Week 5: Objectives Of The Project

The research study of this project is to provide the opportunity for student to apply and integrate the theoretical knowledge and principles taught in the course in solving technical problem. The main purposes of the research and will demonstrate the improvement of identification access with the objective of this project are:

·         To develop a thumbprint image processing identification access system is reliability estimation techniques by considering the type of access system.

·        To build and develop protective new stage of access system using MATLAB software and GUI display.

·        To propose reliability methods to improve the type of access for security system and attendance system. 

Week 4: Problem Statement

On the research that i had done, there are several problem or disadvantages that exist in access system in Malaysia. One of typical Malaysia access system is by using punch card or smart card. The disadvantages is listed below.

Careless Worker

-Sometimes, forget or lost our things is a common in daily activities, same goes to smart card. But if the system using a fingerprint as a access card, the excuse cannot be acceptable unless you accidentally cut your own finger. 

 Lack Of Discipline

-It is usually happen in access system that use a punch card. Due of the weakness of this system, some irresponsible Malaysian people typical now a day, they like to cover each other for being late to office.

 Security Access

-One of the highlight problem in security system that always we face.The increase of burglaries and sabotage in Malaysia nowadays worried even small company.

Therefore, the Development Of Fingerprint Image Processing Recognition introduce a better level of time attendance and access security system in Malaysia. Fingerprint is one of bio metrics type that offers the opportunity of achieving a clear reduction in costs without loss in security. It is believed with strong evidences that each fingerprint is unique. Each person has his own fingerprints with the permanent uniqueness.  The fingerprint pattern in access system and time attendance system will give solution on the problem discuss above.

Week 3: Project Introduction

A fingerprint is the feature pattern of human finger which composed of many friction ridges and furrows. It is highly believed with strong evidences that each of human fingerprint is unique. Each person has his own fingerprints with the permanent uniqueness. The main purpose of a Development Of Fingerprint Image Processing Recognition is to provide a better time attendance and also security service in which only fingerprint image that had been stored can access. The probability of this system to broke or being hacked is low due to the pattern of every human fingerprint is different. Using a  Matlab software, the develop program is planning to be code.

Week 2: Abstract Of The Project

A fingerprint is the feature pattern of human finger which composed of many friction ridges and furrows. It is highly believed with strong evidences that each of human fingerprint is unique. Each person has his own fingerprints with the permanent uniqueness. The main purpose of a Development Of Fingerprint Image Processing Recognition is to provide a better time attendance and also security service in which only fingerprint image that had been stored can access. The probability of this system to broke or being hacked is low due to the pattern of every human fingerprint is different.

There are several existing system in the market now days can be references to this project such as Gateman digital locks, Vigilance reader and Cytron attendance system with fingerprint reader.These type of product have one huge similarity which is by using finger print function.At the beginning stage of this project, a fingerprint device will scan a thumbprint pattern. Then a developed Matlab software will verify the authenticity of the finger pattern and compare to the data in the data base. If the data match it will give the person to access but whenever the data is not match the person will not get the permission to access.This system is to produce a better level of security level that can be store the history for accessing the system. Hence, every time the workers wish for passing the security system, the worker is needed to do the recognition. At the same time, by using time attendance system, it will record the time entry every time the worker enter.

The expected result for this project is to achieve overall objective and in the same time to give an advantages for the company that use this system in term of time attendance management and securing the workplace from outsider or prevent trespassers. Overall, this project’s proposal is deemed as a success although the programming of the project is quite challenging but it is still reasonable to be developed in time.

Week 1: Finding Project And Supervisor

Students must have a one suitable project adviser for their own project. The supervisor of the project is importance due to help and supervise the student's project along the advise on the project progress. Therefore, i have decide to do my project with Madam Noor Hidayah Binti Mohd Yunus. The title for my project is a Development of Fingerprint Image Processing Recognition using Matlab software.

Introduction

Final Year Project is compulsory for all undergraduate programmes in UniKL BMI. The aim of FYP is to provide the opportunity for students to apply and integrate theoretical knowledge and principles. It also provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate independence and originality, as well as to plan and organize a project over a period certain of time.