31-07-2012, 12:54 PM
FULLY AUTOMATED RATIONING FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
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Core components:
Intelligent ration cards, Microcontroller, PC, motor pump, pulsed motor, mechanical setup
Concept:
Completely automates ration shop
People have to carry intelligent ration cards, show it to PC and the rest is automatic
Everything from quantity allocation to weighing and pouring are done automatically.
A printout is automatically obtained at the end as a bill and it acts as confirmation for the customer.
There has to be only one person for all the operation such as amount collection, and monitoring etc.
We can have one solid and one liquid – a pump and mechanical setup with motor
Highlights:
It can help in large scale prevention of goods smuggling. As the goods arrived are entered in a computer and the goods distributed is done automatically there is no chance for false and fraudulent entry in registers.
This helps to prevent smuggling and the goods can be ensured that it reaches the needy persons.
The checking officers can any time check the available goods in a computer by just clicking. And the user will have the option of buying at any place apart from the designated ration shop as he can carry the valid card.
The weighing mechanisms are completely electronic and automatic, the quantity allocate is of high accuracy.
Abstract:
Public distribution system is one of the widely controversial offices that involves corruption and illegal smuggling of goods. All these happen because every job in the ration shop involves manual work and there are no specific hi-tech technologies to automate the job. One of the main concerns is the illegal entry in registers of the shop about the amount of products given to the consumers. The second concern is the weight of the products that are given to the people. Further there is always difficulty for the checking officials to go through the stocks available and the goods given in a register and find out irregularities.
The project proposes a way to automate all the above said manual jobs and as everything from data entry to weighing to pouring is done by machines and the people have no hand in that. This increases high reliability and there brings a sense of faithfulness to the people.
Further as all the data allocation is done by the computer it can keep track of all the data and the whole process of data maintenance is taken care of by the PC and hence no chance of mistakes and virtually no manual work.
The project houses an RFID reader - a unique tamper proof RFID card given to all the people along with the ration card which constitutes intelligent ration cards. The people have to show the card before the reader and the reader communicates with the microcontroller there by with the PC. The PC searches for all the data of the customer including their photo and address and details of family members. Further it finds out the amount of quantity allocated to the family and sends instruction to the microcontroller.
The microcontroller is attached with the stepper motor and a dedicated liquid handling pump for kerosene. The mechanical assemble along with the motor helps to pour the required quantity of rice for the person automatically and similarly the kerosene is pumped by the liquid pump and poured in the customer’s vessel. As every thing happens automatically there is no chance of irregularity.
Further any checking person can simple enter in and see the availability of the stock and other things by just giving a few clicks in the computer. Hence the whole process is completely error free and has a lot of advantages.