A Mobile and Web-Based Security Guard Patrolling, Monitoring and Reporting System to Maintain Safe and Secure Environment at Premises

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https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v17i11.35483

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guard patrolling, smartphones, Near Field Communication (NFC), Global Posi-tioning System (GPS), Internet-of-Things (IoT)

Abstract


The guard tour system helps companies and organizations to monitor their security activities such as protecting people, buildings, assets, or equipment. According to the existing system, the patrolling at each checkpoint is being executed by using RFID-based digital data loggers that records and save all patrolling entries internally. The data will be transferred manually by the guard once the patrolling is completed. In some cases, when there is a problem with the device, the system unable to retrieve the patrolling data that has been already stored in the device. In addition, the current system also not be able to track the guard’s movement, patrolling information, and incidents in real-time basis. The developed Security Guard Patrolling, Monitoring and Reporting (eSmartGuard) system is able incorporates many unique and intelligent technologies such as NFC, GPS and IoT to records and save the patrolling data automatically on the cloud/server in real-time basis. An important value-added feature of the system is real-time incidents notification that able to notify any risk of the guards instantly to the in-charged security officer. Furthermore, through the eSmartGuard, the patrolling information such as time, date, GPS coordinate, guard ID can be monitored and retrieved remotely via proposed Mobile Apps and Web at a convenient time. The eSmartGuard patrolling system is proposed to improve the safety of the people and assets by assisting the security guards to perform their patrolling duty efficiently.

Author Biographies

Vigneswara Rao Gannapathy, FTKEE, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

Vigneswara Rao Gannapathy C.Eng., MIET currently serving as a Senior Lecturer at Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology (FTKEE), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia. In 2002, he received his certificate in Electronics Engineering (Telecommunication) from Politeknik Shah Alam. Vignes pursued BEng in Electronics Engineering (Telecommunication) from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia in 2007 and he then pursued and graduated a MSc in Electronics Engineering from the same institution in the year of 2011. He has 13 years’ experience in research, teaching and consultancy in the field of Electronics and Wireless Networking. His research direction has focused on 5G technology which emerged as a key technology for next-generation Mobile Communication. He is an active Member of various technical societies such as IET (UK), BEM (Malaysia) and IEEE. Vigneswara Rao has headed more than 10 projects on research and development, written several research papers and won innovation awards in national and international innovation competitions.

Vigneswaran Narayanamurthy , FTKEE, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

Dr. Vigneswaran Narayanamurthy C.Eng., MIE., Senior Lecturer at Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology, Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia. Has 9+ years of experience in research, teaching, and consultancy in the field of Electronics and Biomedical Engineering. He has published 40 indexed international journals and hold two patents. He is a Life Member of various technical societies such as IET (UK), IEI (India), IEEE, IAEng. Products developed through his past research includes passive lab on chip applications, expert systems, and agriculture technologies. His research interests include MEMS/NEMS, biosensors, medical devices, precision farming, biomedical engineering, signal and image processing, single cell analysis, lab on chip and soft lithography.

Siva Kumar Subramaniam, FKEKK, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

Dr Siva Kumar Subramaniam has been a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka since 2012. He also co-founded a spin-off company from UTeM, IIOTSME Sdn. Bhd in 2021, a private limited company that drives customised IoT-based engineering innovation and solutions, where he is appointed as the Technical and Project Manager. In 2002, he received his Diploma in Electronics Engineering from Politeknik Ungku Omar. Siva earned a B.Eng in Electronics Engineering (Industrial Electronics) from Kolej Universiti Teknikal Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2006 and a M.Sc in Electronics Engineering from the same institution, which is now known as Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), in 2009. In 2017, he received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Electronic Research from Brunel University London, United Kingdom. Dr Siva has spearheaded more than ten projects involving research and development of innovative products, written more than 70 technical papers, more than 15 innovative products and 25 intellectual property rights. He has also won 60 research awards in national and international innovation competitions. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, particularly on IEEE 802.11 and IEEE 802.15.4 standards. He specialises in wireless sensor networks, IoT systems, system integration, and consumer electronics system and has a successful track record of industrial collaboration in the last 15 years.

Ahamed Fayeez Bin Tuani Ibrahim , FKEKK, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

Ahamed Fayeez Tuani Ibrahim is a senior lecturer at Electronics & Computer Engineering Faculty, Technical University of Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). He received a Diploma in Electronics Eng from UTeM (formerly known as Kolej Universiti Teknikal Kebangsaan Malaysia) in 2005 followed by a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Eng (Computer Eng) in 2008 from the same university. Having worked as software test engineer upon graduation, he joined UTeM as a tutor in 2009 before graduating in M.Eng (Electronics & Telecommunication) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in 2012 and continued to serve UTeM until 2015. He then pursued and graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from University of Exeter, UK in the field of Swarm Intelligence specifically Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). His research interest includes but not limited to: ACO, Swarm Intelligence, Bio-inspired optimization, wireless sensor network, internet of things (IoT) to name a few. He has authored several research papers and also won research awards for his outstanding research in the field mentioned above.

Ida Syafiza Md Isa, FTKEE, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

IDA SYAFIZA BINTI MD ISA received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Leeds, U.K., in 2020, worked on energy efficient access networks design for healthcare applications. She is currently a Senior Lecturer with Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia. She has published several articles in this area. Her research interests include network architecture design, energy efficiency, network optimization, mixed integer linear programming, and pt healthcare systems.

Sujatha Rajkumar, Associate Professor Senior, Department of Embedded Technology, School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.

Dr. Sujatha Rajkumar is a Senior Associate Professor in the Department of Embedded Technology, School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, India. Received her Ph.D. in the field of information security. Having 23 years of teaching and research experience in reputed Institutions. Her research interests include Industrial Internet of Things, Data Engineering in cloud and Information security in cloud platform. Received speaker award at the UK Cloud Asia Summit-2019, Cambridge University, UK. Published research articles in peer-reviewed national, international journals and conferences. Received DST SERB grant for IoT-LoRa enabled detection and prediction of pollutants in ground water in an open dumping yard. Received Seed Grant for LoRa enabled water pipeline monitoring and green house management. Dr. Sujatha is an AWS certified cloud computing practitioner and trainer. She has completed a consultancy project in “Audio Captioning” for Samsung Bangalore, India with a Certificate of Excellence and “Industry automation through cloud-based environmental factor monitoring” for Transcend Solar Systems, India. Dr. Sujatha is the In-charge and active member of “Intelligent Industrial IoT and computing lab” at the School of Electronics Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, India

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2023-06-07

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Gannapathy, V. R., Narayanamurthy , V., Subramaniam, S. K. ., Bin Tuani Ibrahim , A. F. ., Md Isa, I. S. ., & Rajkumar, S. (2023). A Mobile and Web-Based Security Guard Patrolling, Monitoring and Reporting System to Maintain Safe and Secure Environment at Premises. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 17(11), pp. 4–14. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v17i11.35483

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