OBJECTIVE To provide high security by temporal coverage model to monitor the objects.

ABSTRACT
Surveillance systems are very important in our daily life. Video surveillance applications exist in airports, banks, offices and even our homes to keep us secure. Video surveillance systems currently are undergoing a transition where more and more traditional analog solutions are being replaced by digital ones. Compared with the traditional analog video surveillance system, a digital video surveillance offers much better flexibility in video content processing and transmission. Due to hardware design or cost consideration, sensors may possess sector-like sensing coverage. Furthermore, by stepper motors, sensors can rotate to cover the objects around them. This type of sensors is called rotatable and directional (R&D) sensors. Through rotation, R&D sensors provide temporal coverage to objects by periodically detecting their existence. We first develop an event-driven surveillance system by R&D sensors, where objects are monitored by the sensors equipped with infrared detectors and cameras. When an object is taken away, the sensor monitoring the object reports a warning message along with detailed snapshots from the surroundings.