Surveillance System using Internet of Things

Abstract

Security is a major concern of every individual today, be it of their assets, people, institute or workplace. A major part of security involves surveillance. Surveillance systems have been implemented almost everywhere now-a-days like in and around houses, shopping malls, hotels, air ports, railway stations and so on. This is due to its efficiency at capturing actual scenes involving crimes or giving opportunities to look at one’s course of action all over again easily. Still surveillance systems available today consume lot of energy and man power, continuous surveillance in front of monitors is a tedious job and also not always possible. These issues of the current system can be resolved using Internet of Things (IoT) technology. Surveillance using cameras interfaced to motion sensors like Passive Infrared (PIR) sensor can help reduce power wastage due to continuous surveillance. Thus recording takes place only when required thus less man power required in monitoring surroundings. Our paper discusses these solutions in detail, highlighting IoT technology and its application in surveillance systems.