International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)

ISSN: 2278-3075 (Online), Volume-9 Issue-6, April 2020

Smart Mirror using Raspberry Pi

Sruthi Gollapalli, Konatham JayaSree, Banavathu Kalyani, V.V.N.V.Phani Kumar

Abstract: As the world is running at a faster pace,an

individual finds it difficult to take time to get to know the vital II. RELATED WORK
information like news updates, weather forecasting ,reminders
in order to plan the day accordingly along with getting ready in Sun Yong, et. al.,[1] they have presented the Smart
the morning.Instead of allotting seperate time for the morning Mirror as a combination of a controller, a display module,a
updates,an individual can view the updates of required while wireless transceiver module, a clock module and auxillary
getting ready in the morning,which saves time. A Smart Mirror function module.The user can interact with the speech
is used to display news,time,weather updates and it is based on
Raspberry Pi 3B+ and part of home automation .In this we are module such as interacting with the mirror by asking the
displaying the content required by the user on monitor and a details like weather updates,news updates, time,the mirror
two way mirror attached to it,which is enclosed in a wooden can automatically obtain the related information through
frame. As part as now,people are usually preferring ‘Multi- broadcast and Network.N.Niroshima Raj, et. al.,[2], they
tasking’ as it became the usual habit for most of the people.The have bridged the Raspberry Pi to the mirror that can be
Smart Mirror aims to display the information to the user like accessed by the students of the university for perceiving
time,date,weather calendar,reminders and news-updates.
course registration and queries are stored in the database
Keywords: RaspberryPi-3B+, Multi-tasking, News, which can be only retrieved by the admin,the
Reminders News-updates ,Calendar ,Weather-updates. controller.Ayushman Johri et. al.,[3], they have coated
Smart Mirror as a thin fine sheet, that bridges as a pensive
I. INTRODUCTION mirror to the user, allowing the monitor at the back to
display content by the thin pensive sheet. Raspberry Pi
Everything in the world is tending towards a greater
module is connected to the monitor through an HDMI
development and everything is connected. Day by Day,
cable and it is connected with Arduino Ultrasonic sensor
everything in the world is being connected to one another.
which supports the outputs via the monitor.Kun Jin,et.
More number of devices are being connected to the
al.,[4] they provided the occupants with a series of
Internet. Individuals are tending towards smart devices
intelligent experiences such as home appliance control,
rather than conventional things. Everything is getting into
Information acquisition, Environmental monitoring,
“Smart”. Usually Mirrors are used for grooming purposes
entertainment and remote operation.Oihane Gomez-
in a man’s daily life. In this fast pace of life, man is
Carmona, et. al.,[5] they have presented the design
moving towards “Smart” devices.Internet plays a vital role
,implementation of an interactive system called SmiWork.
for getting connected and it plays a key role for being
It is devised to motivate physical habits in the workspace.
Smart.Smart Mirror is a device which displays various
Both qualitative data and quantative data were gathered
information like news, weather updates, reminders, time
during the process to test the suitability of the approach
and date. Man in his hectic life finds it difficult to find
towards using RFID as a mean to recognize users provided
time to read news-paper or to get some important updates.
an interaction method for accessing to personal
An individual while getting ready in the morning, he can
information.
check out the weather forecasting and can plan his day
accordingly.He/ She can also check out the reminders and
complete their tasks. ”Multi-tasking” has become a part of III. PROPOSED WORK
an individual’s life and these mirrors are very useful. A Smart Mirror is the latest advancement, where a mirror
Smart Mirror is a device which displays various becomes interactive by providing the user with required
information to the user while working as a “conventional” information displaying on the mirror. An individual in his/her
mirror. daily life finds it difficult to find time for news-updates or
any other information. Hence Smart Mirror makes it way for
making a conventional mirror to work “Smart”.

Revised Manuscript Received on April 30, 2020.

Architecture:
* Correspondence Author
Sruthi Gollapalli*, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College,Vijayawada,India.
Konatham JayaSree, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering,V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College,Vijayawada,India.
Banavathu Kalyani, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering,V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College,Vijayawada,India.
V.V.N.V.Phani Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering,Vijayawada,India.

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 Smart Mirror using Raspberry Pi

Figure 2. A two-way Mirror

Figure 4. Flow Chart Representation of Smart Mirror

Figure 4 depicts the flow chart representation of the Smart
Mirror. When the mirror is switched on, then the booting of
Raspberry-Pi 3B+ takes place. Once the Raspberry-Pi starts,
then the required information is displayed on the mirror and
updated timely.

IV. RESULTS
Figure3. Wooden case attached to the two-way mirror
Figure 1 depicts the architecture of Smart Mirror, where a
two-way mirror, LED monitor, Raspberry Pi 3B+ is used.
Raspberry-Pi 3B+ has built in wi-fi access such that the
information which is displayed on the monitor is accessed
via Wi-Fi. A two-way mirror with wooden frame is attached
to the LED monitor, such that the information displayed on
the mirror is appeared on the mirror.
Methodology: Figure 5. Current Weather and Weather forecasting is
The Smart mirror is a device which displays the displayed on the mirror.
information required by the user as well works as
conventional mirror. We have used an LED screen as an
interface between the user and mirror. The monitor is
connected to the Raspberry Pi-3B+, then the required
information by the user is retrieved through Wi-fi access.
The information which is to be displayed is pre-requisitely
set by the user.
The LED screen is used to display the required
information for the user. In this, time and date, weather-
Figure 6. Time and Date, Calendar in a monthly view is
updates, calendar, reminders and news-updates are
displayed on the mirror.
displayed on the mirror.
 Time and Date: Time and Date are displayed on the
mirror.
 News-Updates: News updates are retrieved from
Google News and displayed on the mirror.
 Weather Updates: Weather information is taken from
OpenWeatherMap. The current weather and forecasting is
displayed on the mirror.
 Reminders: The reminders are retrieved from Google Figure 7. News from Google News is displayed on the
Calendar and are displayed on the mirror. mirror.
 Calendar: A monthly calendar view is displayed

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 International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)
ISSN: 2278-3075 (Online), Volume-9 Issue-6, April 2020

5. Oihane Gomez-Carmona,Deigo Casado-Mansilla,”Smi-Work An

interactive Smart Mirror Platform for WorkHealth Place
Promotion”.IEEE 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on
Computer and Energy Science,2017.

AUTHORS PROFILE
Sruthi Gollapalli, is pursuing B.Tech final year in
Department of Computer Science and Engineering at
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering
College.Her areas of interest includes Python
Programming,Internet of Things and Data Mining.

Konatham JayaSree, is pursuing B.Tech final year in

Department of Computer Science and Engineering at
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering
College.Her areas of interest includes Java Programming
and Operating Systems.

Figure 8. Reminders retrieved from Google Calendar is

Kalyani Banavathu, is pursuing B.Tech final year in
displayed along with time. Department of Computer Science and Enigineering at
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering
College.Her areas of interest include Cyber Security and
Networks.

V.V.N.V. Phani Kumar, working as Assistant

Professor ,CSE department in Velagapudi Ramakrishna
Siddhartha Engineering College, having 11 years of
teaching experience. His research excellency in the area
of Cloud Computing, Internet of Things and Web
Technologies.

Figure 9. Smart Mirror

The Mirror displaying the required information, working
as ”Smart” as well as “conventional” mirror too.

II. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE

The main aim of the Smart Mirror is to provide a mirror
the functionality of being smart while acting as
conventional mirror. An individual while getting ready
can have the important updates in order to plan
accordingly. Instead of allotting separate time schedule for
the daily feeds like news, reminders, he/she can view the
updates instead of time consumption. We have displayed
time and date, current weather and weather forecasting,
news, reminders and calendar. The conventional mirror
became an interactive mirror by providing the required
information. Further, we can add other real time
application like Google Maps.

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DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.F4702.049620 Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering
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