Real-Time Alert System for Home Surveillance

Nowadays, there is an increasing awareness towards efficient home
surveillance system. However, most of the home surveillance products in the
market are costly and do not offer flexible alert systems platform for user
customization. Real-time alert system is important for the user and as well as to
those residing home. This project aims to emulate real-time alert system by
implementing SMS technology and internet for e-mail and FTP storage. Users
would be notified by SMS and e-mail if happens to be potential danger
situation at home. The method for getting input data for triggering alert would
of visual devices, having the capability to detect motion, recognition and
tracking. A thorough research on the GSM technology, and programming
libraries such as OpenCV, MATLAB and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 is
necessary to the success of this project, as well as immaculate and extensive
study on the concepts behind module implementation to be translated into
codes. This project is divided into two major parts; the motion detection of
visual device and the automated alert system of SMS and e-mail. Here, home
computer or laptop acts as the interface and data processor, controlled by the
programming libraries. The project requires having hardware layouts, creating
module codes, and then integrating the system together to be tested for its
workability.