Volume 7, Issue 12, December – 2022 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology

ISSN No:-2456-2165

QR-Attendance System
N.S.V.R.K Bharat*1 R. Drakshayani Sreya*2 Dr. Uttam Mande*3
1 2 3
* Student, Department of Computer * Student, Department of Computer * Professor, Department of
Science Engineering, Centurion Science Engineering, Centurion Computer Science Engineering,
University of Technology and University of Technology and Centurion University of Technology
Management, Vizianagaram, AP, Management, Vizianagaram, AP, and Management, Vizianagaram, AP,
India India India

Abstract:- Student attendance system end in reducing the II. LITERATURE REVIEW
trouble in taking the class attendance. The former systems
were time taking and high possibility in errors. The Ideal Several attendance managing ideas are bought up in the
propose and usage of this system, is grounded to digital history. They were included in setting up a device for
app. To ensure that the student attended to the classes, scanning the biometric details of students. For this we should
QR code is limited for a certain time and displayed at install internet and camera in a classroom. We plan for taking
speaker donation. The pupil only demanded to overlook attendance using QR-Code in the proposed paper. The lecture
the projected QR using his/ her digital device or should be registered with including date and time and
smartphone. The encrypted QR was also sent to the main class/subject strength, once the professor sets up with timer
server for storing attendance and continuing its process. the code can be projected in class, then students should scan
The proposed work was designed and executed using the code using their android devices, with in a limited time
unity game engine, Android Studio, Objective C, C#, C++ interval of the lecture. This creates the usage of two
applications. It is already being implemented in applications, an application is a webpage that's used for the
recognised universities or institutions. data storing at main server and continuous monitoring,
analysing attendance of the students. Another is an android
Keywords:- QR- CODE, Student Attendance System, Time app. The web Application is used by an educator to induce
Limited, Displayed, Server . and display the code. This android app is for students, where
two options for registration are given, college registration
I. INTRODUCTION number and along with college@eMail. These will be gate
keepers of the android application which will later on helps
Attendance is pivotal part of student academics. Taking the student to see their overall attendance.
or collecting daily attendance is being followed from Vedic
period. We are still following the old manual methods. In III. EXISTING SYSTEM
higher education, many institutions and universities are
rigged in terms of attendance. Student will be awarded grades There have been many attendance collecting ways
for attendance, if the individual has high-rate attendance. where organizations and universities follow majorly use
Lectures are paused for taking attendance of the class. It is not paper-based method. An educator had to manually mark
for one time but for all the classes of the day, we can’t make the status of the students and should log this data into
attendance just for once because it is can’t sure of attending multiple registers. Keeping these records for long time is
percentage, giving inconsistency monitoring. We aim to bring not an easy task and storing them physically is huge
the Attendance system for solving this problem. By using burden and the chances of damaging is also highly
Quick Responsive method, we can make a code, it can be possible. It is time-intensive and monotonous.
projected by an educator in lecture. A QR-code scanning
application will be available for students to scans QR-code of Biometric scanners are added alternative for
particular lecture. The record of data collected in cloud recording the correct data of attendance, bio metrics like
platform and attendance will be a Meta data of student. This iris or fingerprints can’ be possible best solution because
data can be used in many beneficial ways for an organization it requires again and again physical labour work by
or institution. Today’s technology has developed to deep students, which instead kills more time. This model
heights of human knowledge and everything is being to requires a separate device which is daily maintained. An
digital, and the old-fashioned practise in marking attendance installation and continuous maintenance will be expensive
should also be modernized. The proposed system comes with and the perpetration is complex, Exposure to personal data
idea of reducing the workload to the faculty with saving and security might be at risk.
numerous work time that could be utilized in further
productive tasks. This decreases the initial effort and time of
this process. Statistics and researches from top universities
and research centres gave reports that 91% of smart device
users are around the age of 16-28 years old. These age group
are usually college students or high schoolers, so this paper
addresses the problem with solution of using QR attending
system at the beginning or ending of lecture.

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Fig 1 Biometric scanners Fig 4 Attendance System

Face recognizing module is a machinery proficient of The proposed approach entails the creation of QR
analysing the similarity of a human face from a digitally codes as well as a system that integrates the web and
stored image. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to find and Android operating systems. Initially, the teacher should
identify face from previously collected data. The log in to the web app again at the start of the lecture by
upkeep of the system is expensive. The model uses high inputting the lecture details, producing the QR Code, and
resolution images so the occupancy of storage will be pressing the "Generate QR" button. Readers will be able
huge. Poor quality, imperfect images can limit the to see the code on a smartboard website. The code replies
accuracy and effectiveness of facial Recognition Module. will be kept in the database.

Students must now open the proper Android app on

their phones and scanning the QR code to begin the digital
smart location-based process. If they were first-time
users, they would need to check in to the app with their
credentials. After that, there will be certain primary
possibilities for making users interactive and information
relevant that are not Scanning. The camera starts when
users pick the "Scan QR" button. The "attendance" form
will include student information. The student will be
Fig 2 Face recognizing module informed whether or not the visit was successfully graded.
The problem here is that after a student has received a
Another alternative is using RFID for completing the photo of the QR code, it is easy for him or her to scan it
roll call . RFID system provides a wireless identification of outside of the classroom. As a result, a site test is
users, when they approach the radiofrequency range of the conducted to prevent students from marking those who
RFID attendance reader. To mark the attendance attended the session and those who did not. External
automatically, the students need to carry the RFID tag that equipment such as QR scanners or biometric scanners are
contains unique information about them. not required because the system leverages web apps. As a
result, maintenance and equipment expenditures are no
IV. PROPOSED SYSTEM longer an issue. The suggested method uses GPS (Global
Positioning System) to track a student's whereabouts,
even if the student is on campus, and to prevent fraudulent
student presence from conferring musketeers on the
student.

V. RESULTS

By implementing this initiative at colleges, digital

presence will become more digital and manageable. Time
will be saved by changing the numerous resources utilised
to record customary presence. Once the student has
confirmed the QR code, the student's information is saved
on a website that the teacher can access in real time. As a
result, teachers shouldn't be concerned about keeping
track of the number of guests or verifying if students have
logged any fraudulent visits to their pals. Teachers can
then use their time appropriately. One GPS drawback is
that, due to poor signal strength and accuracy, GPS does
Fig 3 Proposed System not deliver reliable readings in indoor situations.

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Fig 1 Flow Digram

A. What is QR-CODE? B. Mobile Application

A QR code, like a matrix barcode, is a quick-response We can use a mobile device to scan an encrypted QR
code. It is made by connecting a locator, an identifier, or code in a secure manner.
tracker to a website or application. To save data efficiently, it When scanning the code, the following information will be
employs four consistent encoding methods: numeric or an examined.
alpha-numeric, byte/binary, and kanji. 1. A check will be made to see if the student is registered in
the course.
A QR code is made up of gloomy cubes arranged in a 2. The QR code's validity is examined to see if it is live or
quadrangular network on a bleached background that can be expired.
scanned by a camera and processed using Reed–Solomon Only if the student's attendance falls within the defined range
error correction until the appearance can be comprehended. will it be marked.
The required information is then extracted from
configurations that exist in the spitting image's equally The distance between the university's coordinates and
straight and erect modules. Figure 3 shows a QR code design the student's coordinates is calculated for the location check.
that is frequently used in programs. It can be processed with The Haversine formula is used to calculate the distance. The
any imaging equipment that supports QR scanning, such as shortest distance can be calculated using the Haversine
cameras or smartphones, or by installing the required formula. Given the latitude and longitude of two places on a
application. Small data-filled squares are deleted, and the sphere
error is repaired once more. The process will be sped up by
using a QR code, which will cut the time spent on most typical
processes in half. It will do away with the necessity to keep
track of reports. As a result, the proposed system requires
very little maintenance.

Fig.7- Quick Response Code Fig 8 Mobile Application

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C. Website organized and efficient. The procedure/method is
The Quick-Responsive code can be generated using the straightforward, and anyone who has logged in can utilize it.
website. Because the session id is generated at random, it will Additional devices, such as biometric devices, ID card
differ from session to session. After the QR code has been scanners, specifically built ID cards (which raise prices), and
generated and the students have had a few minutes to scan it, so on, are not necessary in addition to a smartphone. As a
a popup will appear showing the number of pupils who have result, the proposed system is cost-effective. All of this is
scanned it. The faculty can also manually add attendees. The done via the internet and is saved in a secure database that
time ID is also used to generate reports on the website. Most students and teachers can access by providing their email and
reports can be created independently if there are many password.
sessions on the same day.
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AUTHORS

1 N.S.V.R.K BHARAT
Is currently in his third year in Computer Science and Engineering at Centurion University of Technology and Management
(CUTM), Vizianagaram, India. He is passionate about Game Development and Animations. At present he is pursuing AR/VR and
working on QR- code attendance system, game characters developing.

2 R.DRAKSHAYANI SREYA
Is studying her third year in Computer Science and Engineering at Centurion University of Technology and Management
(CUTM), Vizianagaram, India. She is pursuing Data science and machine learning concepts. At present, she is currently working
on a project QR based attendance system to reduce the proxy during the attendance and its advancement of the system.

3 UTTAM MANDE
Received the Bachelor of Computer Applications from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam and proceeded to do his Masters and
received PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from CSE department of JNTU, Kakinada.

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