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Abstract
Recently, numerous daily activities force people to leave their home more often. This situation often
triggers crimes. Slow handling and lack of anticipation cause the number of crimes increases. Therefore, a
monitoring mechanism is needed to improve the security and as an anticipation to unexpected offenses. This
paper discusses the design of movement detecting system using webcam to monitor the presence of moving
objects with size of human body
Webcam Logitech QuickCamTM IM is used to capture the object movement at 30 fps. The actual image is
compared to the previous image. The comparison is done for every 5 frames. The software is written in Pascal
language. A buzzer type alarm is also included in the system. If the camera captures an image of an object with
size greater than or equal to a threshold value, the alarm will be activated and the system records the object
images. The system is capable in detecting the movement of objects at effective range of 3.5 m.
Key words: movement detection, webcam, monitoring