Intruder Detection Through WebCam Monitor

Abstract

Today, the world has become a busy place and living is expensive. Every family member has to leave their homes to go for work. The money greedy society does not hesitate to rob. Today the intruder threats are on the increase and there have been threats to personal lives as well. Therefore personal security methods play a major role in our lives today. Every one has realized the urgent necessity of some security relief to prevent this. So large companies take this advantage and introduce various security systems using modern technology. These systems are very expensive since they have advanced equipment and functions. But a third world country like Sri Lanka, cannot effort such an expensive security system as we are financially unsound. So our country requires a security system which a majority can afford. Importance of a low cost and reliable security system becomes necessary. Intruder Detection through Web-Cam Monitoring System is one of the best solution. This Intruder Detection through Web-Cam Monitoring System captures the video from the Web-Camera. Web Cams are low cost and tiny compared to other digital cameras, they can be easily hidden as a spy camera. This system get video stream from the web cam, then grab the images from the video input stream and monitor the changes of the image. When detects any motion, the system uses various reliable announcement methods to notify it, such as Alarm, Email, Auto dial pre set telephone numbers. This system enriched with various important features. From security zone feature it is possible to add several security zones in the view of a single camera. User can select different zones with different levels of sensitivities. Video recording in mpeg format is another important feature. From this, intermittent video recording is possible for given time period in specific time intervals. All these functions and features make very reliable, accurate and guaranteed intruder surveillance system. This system can provide unprecedented personal and property security for both commercial institutions as well as private places. So Intruder Detection through Web-Cam Monitoring System is a good solution for burning security problems in our society.