Design and construction of low cost smart image surveillance system.

Abstract

A low cost surveillance system comprises of a passive infrade sensor which is activated after some delay of two minutes when authentication card is not swiped at the door to allow access and this catters for those who intend to break the door when unknown card is swiped, the system captures images and sends to the email account as a notification to alert home personnel, however if a known card is swiped authentication is granted and no images are captured. A camera is placed in a position to view want happens at the door and produces static images. A video camera is mounted to the camera mount and electric motors are mounted for panning and tilting the mount and camera. The raspberry pi and control circuit is mounted to the position accessed by every member of the family and coupled to actuate the electric motors to open the door based on the command sent from the control circuit and to actuate the camera zoom and focus as well as to enhance the camera’s image with descriptive word captions. The computer is programmed for automatic or manual operation of the system. This system can help to monitor security at home at home with real time images delived on email so that reaction is taken by the administrator.