M.Olamiyi Olayemi - Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
Jibril A Bala - Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
Shefiu Olusegum Ganiyu - Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, Nigeria
Parise Emmanuel Wisdom - Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, Nigeria

Surveillance is an important component of secure infrastructure. People need to ensure that their properties, homes, friends, families, and valuables are protected from intruders. In this article, we developed an enhanced background subtraction algorithm for smart surveillance of homes under changes in illumination. An adaptive Gaussian Mixture technique was applied to improve the conventional background subtraction technique for smart surveillance system by reducing false positives and improving the system performance in motion detection. The developed smart surveillance system has the ability to send notifications containing intruder’s image to registered email account and short message system to registered phone number whenever motion is detected. The performance evaluation of developed algorithm showed a sensitivity of ۸۰%, specificity of ۹۲% and an accuracy of ۹۵.۵۶%. This system works in conditions of illumination changes and can be adopted in motion detection for home surveillance..

Background Subtraction, Motion detection, Receiver Operating Characteristics, Short Message Service, Specificity, Sensitivity, Surveillance, Smart