Development of GSM Based Farm Security System using Motion Sensors and IP Camera

Abstract

Attack on the farms is on the increase in Nigeria which leads to conflicts between the farmers and herdsmen. Hence there is need for farm security system to check the intrusion of both animals and human being to the farms. This work is based on surveillance and motion detector with an animal ward-off system employed in farm lands in order to prevent crop destruction by wild animals. Several PIR sensors are deployed on the perimeter of the farm to detect any motion and hence serve as a virtual fence compared to the real time fence which is very much expensive. This work proposes the use of PIR sensors as virtual fence interfaced with a micro-controller and a GSM module to detect the presence of intruders and send information to owners of such farmlands mobile phone. The information to be sent will allow the owner to know precisely when and where to deploy or intensify security activities around these farmlands. A standalone IP camera is used to capture image in the farmland. When such intrusions occur and image captured, a message is automatically generated and start recording the video for some time which was stored on the Memory card. This message is sent to farm owner through the cloud. Ultra sonic and whistling sound is used as an alarm to drive the cattle away from farmland because the preliminary study of this research has shown that cattle are allergic to whistling and ultra sonic sound.