IOT in Home Security

Chhavi Khatri, Supriya Raj and Pankaj Gupta Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women
Delhi, India
chhavikhatri0502@gmail.com

Abstract—IOT is a system for connecting and monitoring Communications Commission (FCC). There is about more
the real world things remotely through Internet. Whenever the than 12 billion devices and as per the statistics and it will
same is applied at our home, it can be used for things making reach to 50 billion by the end of 2020 . It betters the way
smarter, safer and automated. The practical application of IOT
is connectivity of home appliances and devices with the physical of checking the processes taking place at our home .Home
world. LCD displays the status along with system data. The appliances connected with Blue-tooth and permitting the smart
system will keep the owner informed about any unauthorised phones to use Blue-tooth cannot be controlled from distant
entry or whenever the door opens through the notifications. The location. Any system which is connected to the internet and
IOT system will inform the owner whenever the entry gate opens. completely computer run is prone to be hacked. . The problem
With the rising need of security,IOT has came into use.IOT
project primarily connecting the home security system which faced by the current security systems regarding sending the
send alerts to the owner in case of unauthorised entries or alarm alerts to the user when any unusual disturbance occurs is
will blow. To observe the burglary action, a model has been made tried to overcome in this project Internet of Things (IOT)
that is video surveillance of system. But its disadvantage is that its is the most common use devices for example watch, mobile,
cost is high and not easy to maintain so it is not possible for some sensor, TV connected to Internet through Wireless. IOT makes
people to spend expenses. The focus is to involve technology to
lower the cost of these prices project have been conceptualized for them capable of sharing, communicating and data transfer via
building and maintaining a house smart enough for automated Internet whether reading data from a server or posting to a
applications. Instead of applying complicated methods a new server. Many devices are supported with IOT viz. Raspberry
method is proposed and designed which includes Camera, Sensor, Pi, Arduino etc and many micro electronic devices. IoT is
Buzzer , Wires , Arduino board, LED bulbs. Sensors is used to able to use the Internet and wireless technology produce an
detect any activity and a camera is fitted which automatically
moves to triggered zone. IOT is used help many poor people and environment of a remote. The problem faced by the current
disabled in critical situations. A smart home takes advantage of security systems regarding sending the alerts to the user when
its environment and allow seamless control from remote locations any unusual disturbance occurs [6]. [4].
also. The purpose of the system over the existing systems is
that user gets the alerts sent by the Arduino managed system A. Advantages
connected with wifi and the user receive a view on his phone no
matter whether his phone has connection with internet or not • The fridge can notify us if our yogurt gets spoiled in two
[8]. days.
[] • Low cost of Installation: The installation costs are very
Index Terms—Keywords: Camera, Sensor, Arduino ,Board much reduced due to zero cable costing. Wired solutions
,LED bulbs. need cabling as well as other material and expensive technical
engineers cost.
I. I NTRODUCTION • Easy Extension and System Scalability : Wireless network
Internet of things or IOT is a network for connecting outside is advantageous when extension of the network/users is essen-
objects that can share and exchange data among themselves tial. Under the traditional cabling network, it is very difficult to
without the need of human help. Any object in this outside extend the network. Therefore, the wireless installation saves
world that may be provided with an IP address enable to the investments.
transmit the data through a network can be made part of IOT • Aesthetical benefits: The wireless environment helps for
system through electronic hardware. IOT in home automation full aesthetical requirements also. For example, in old his-
and home security is popular nowadays as it is cost efficient, torical buildings or glass architecture buildings, digging the
easy to maintain and has great efficiency. In IOT, the important walls/floors for wiring /cabling would not be appropriate [3].
factor is to make remote home safety system which alerts the
owner by raising the alarm. In this system, it alerts the owner II. L ITERATURE R EVIEW
with the help of internet protocol addresses. There is absolute The Implementation and design of Security for Smart home
no control of the user. If the owner identifies his unexpected based on GSM Technology was initially conceptualised by
guest then the user can make arrangements accordingly. It Govinda et al. which stated 2 methods to implement home
is different from Internet as it surpass the connectivity by security using IOT. One method is using web cameras where
enabling everyday objects. IOT was conceptualised in 1985 each motion is captured by the camera. The Camera sounds
when Peter T Lewis spoke about the concept at Federal an alarm and sends mail to the owner. This method of finding
any intruder is very good but some costly due to the expensive to overcome this, a modification is done in the system for its
camera costs etc. The quality of the cameras must be good efficient use. Kamal Et (2017) elaborates in their paper how
enough so as to detect movement and good picture quality. this paper used Raspberry Pi as network gateway. He explained
Dome cameras can also be used for moving thing detection MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) protocol for
but the cost will further rise as compared to fixed cameras. sending and receiving the data. All the sensors used in this
A system using SMS proposed by Karri and Daniel suggest paper is been controlled by the web page implementation the
that internet services to be used for sending messages /alerts Access Control List (ACL) for encryption method for the safe
to the house-owner instead of old system of SMS. Jayashri transaction of the data [2].
and Arvind have developed a fingerprint based authentication
for the house owner. This system monitors other protection B. Comonents Required
features also such as gas leakages and fire accidents. But 1) Camera 2) Buzzer 3) LED bulbs 4) Wires 5) Arduino
the fingerprint sensors are costly, complex and cumbersome Board
for integration with the IOT setup. It is also suggested that
C. Implementation Setup
relying on a fingerprint sensor is not sufficient as it is relatively
easy to copy fingerprint and replicate them. Therefore, two In our proposed system Arduino to be connected with the
layer authentication systems where second layer of security is Wi-Fi and is to be controlled by smart phone. Enter the
available in the form of Pass code, PIN, Voice Recognition pin to activate the system. Motion detected and the camera
etc. Design and Implementation of Security provide methods automatically moves to triggered zone and starts recording
to implement home security using IOT. Few methods are: .Camera is activated when the system is triggered. We can
Whenever there is any motion detected by the camera, it see live view through IP camera via web the browser. If the
sounds an alarm and sends the email to the owner. This person entered the wrong pin the buzzer starts blowing and
method of detection is quite good, but bit expensive due to the LED lights starts blinking. Camera starts recording the
cost of cameras involved in the process. SMS based system triggered movement.
was proposed to use internet services to send messages or D. Figure
alert to the house owner. This system allow the people whose
fingerprints are authorised by the owner of the home. It also
watches who all have used the sensor to get into the house.
This feature is equipped with few more features like fire
accidents and gas leakage. This is good but is expensive and
complex to join with an IOT setup. Only relying on fingerprint
setup is not very efficient as fingerprints can be lifted easily.
An idea of robust IOT home security system where a fault in
one component in system does not affect the whole system
[1]. [5].
III. D ESCRIPTION
Fig. 1. Proposed System.
A. Existing System
In our home automation, the network enabled digital tech-
nology is increasingly taking place. The home automation IV. C ONCLUSION AND FUTURE SCOPE
technology introduces the chances of increase in connectivity IOT has become the most discussed topic in engineering
of various devices. A Home Indoor Positioning System (HIPS) world. With the increased number of smart devices, people
is a new system which provide location of mobile phones are looking towards more things that can be done using their
and GPS based other IOT applications. The system introduces smart phones, TV and other wireless devices in which Home
home indoor positioning indoor positioning system using Wi- Security System using IOT is a lot on demand. It was predicted
Fi. In proposed system an intelligent mobile robot constructs that the number of people using smart homes would increase
radio maps for the system on its own. Physical objects in by 2020 a lot. The sensors informs the home owner whenever
Internet of Thing, the embedded technology helping in match- the door opens. The user will get the notification even if the
ing to machine or communication. It also analyses a dynamic phone is locked. The main objective of the project is to notify
data sheet about the city environment parameters taken from the user even if he is absent from his home. This device can
the stand alone system. Chou et (2017) in their paper a also be used in offices where certain areas are restricted to
home automated system has remote controlled operation. This visit. This system will immediately inform the administrator
paper talks about issues on their installation and finding about the forced entry. The IOT may be named as Complex
available solutions through network technologies and optimize Adaptive System. This will keep on evolving over the coming
the use of these system. The Home Automation System (HAS) years hence will require new and innovative forms of software
require heterogeneous, an eternal and distributive computing engineering, systems engineering, project management, along
environment’s careful study to develop the suitable HAS. So with many other disciplines to develop and manage it the
future. There are many application areas of IOT which are
very diverse and serve different users with different needs. The
IOT technology serves 3 types of beneficiaries: the society
or communities, individuals and institutions. The IOT has a
huge capability to transform the world which has been done
to a huge extent and this has positively impacted millions
of lives worldwide. Also, different governments around the
world have shown interest in the IOT concept by providing
more funding in the field to carry out more researches like the
Chinese Government. Numerous research groups have been
formed from different parts of the world which follow only
IOT related works. With the new research studies, new visions
to technologies involved, the IOT has emerged a lot. But as
IOT is so expensive and affects our lives a lot, makes it a
necessary to research on it in different fields such as computer
science and information technology [7].
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