2012 International Conference on Radar, Communication and Computing (ICRCC), SKP Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, TN., India. 21 - 22 December, 2012. pp.307-311. 307 978-1-4673-2758-9/12/$31.00 ©2012 IEEE Enhanced Automated Crash Reporting System in Vehicles Based on SMS & MMS with Fish Eye CAM Camera R. Manoharan 1 , G. Balamurugan 2 and B. Rajmohan 3 Abstract— 1To be aware of one’s safety has become basic necessity. When a vehicle meets with an accident in a highway or in the outer part of the city, the possibility of immediate help of the medics is very low. So to overcome this issue, a system which can report automatically about the crash to the emergency help is implemented in vehicles so that the valuable lives are saved. The earlier approach is about implementing such a facility in vehicles with SOS support which had normal cameras, produced unclear view. The proposed system improves the efficiency of accident report with the help of fisheye lens camera which produces more detailed view inside the vehicle. Using fisheye lens camera, Sensors and SIM908-C the emergency helpers will get the detailed report about the accident immediately. Index Terms— Fish eye lens, Accident reporting, GPS tracking, Emergency helps, SMS, MMS. I. INTRODUCTION When a vehicle meets with an accident in high way road or outer part of the city the immediate help of the medics are very low. It will be even worse during the night time. Because of this many valuable lives are lost. New generation vehicles are improved in such a way that the numbers of accidents are decreased. In recent years, some alarm system and intelligent controlled apparatus have been designed and developed in order to increase the safety of automobiles. Accidents in which a vehicle rolls over account for more than half of all single-vehicle crash deaths. An emergency system for a vehicle would detect and analyze the life threatening event, and, in an automated fashion, notify the emergency medical helpers for immediate action. While there are few such systems available, most of them are costly, vehicle specific, requires human intervention, and do not provide information about the inner condition of the vehicle Security in travel is a primary concern for everyone.[2] Often in a rollover accident, the driver and passengers are unable to call for help, the researchers said. Unless the accident occurs on a 1,2,3 Department of Information Technology, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: leoudayan@gmail.com, gbm3091@gmail.com, rajmohanit@gmail.com busy road, rescue is unlikely to arrive quickly [3]. Prompt communication is crucial during life-threatening events such as fire, floods, explosions and traffic accidents, and is especially true for vehicle rollovers and crashes. Noting such situations can be even more dangerous for military personnel during training or maneuvers off road and in remote locations. [1] An effective alarm system that can monitor an automotive/ vehicle condition during travelling is being proposed in our system. The paper named “Enhanced Automated Crash Reporting System in Vehicles BASED on SMS & MMS with Fish Eye CAM” shows this proposed system is designed to inform about a crash that has occurred. This system uses inexpensive sensor technology, including a gyroscope to detect rollover and powerful microcontroller unit SIM908-C which comprises of GPS/GPRS/GSM and SOS modules to report about the emergency. Through advanced GPS emergency helpers can locate the exact accident location. II. RELATED WORK This section comprises our work on Enhanced crash reporting system with related work. Smartphones and their onboard sensors are used to report about the accident to the emergency helpers which use the camera available in the smart phone [4]. But camera in smart phone cannot give an entire view inside the vehicle and if the system is kept inside the vehicle, the possibility of device getting damage is more. Advantage of enhanced crash reporting system is that its core device is kept in the place where the probability of the damage is very low. Vehicle localization [5] and rapid data acquisition are important to an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), which utilize sensor networks to monitor traffic conditions and make adjustments to increase safety and reduce congestion on transportation networks [6]. These systems count cars to determine speed and congestion, as well as detect ice build-up and other hazards [7]. But these processes done in whole and the cost of the system design is very high. In enhanced crash reporting system each and every vehicle will be fixed with an inexpensive devise which monitors and report about the crash to the emergency helpers.