Kutluhan Aktar
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WhatsApp Surveillance Video Camera with IR Proximity Sensor

Get notified via WhatsApp with a video (mp4) and a captured first-look thumbnail image as intrusion alert when the IR sensor detects motion.

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WhatsApp Surveillance Video Camera with IR Proximity Sensor

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
×1
Camera Module
Raspberry Pi Camera Module
×1
Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
×1
DigitSpace Sharp IR Proximity Sensor
×1
LDR, 5 Mohm
LDR, 5 Mohm
×1
5 mm LED: Red
5 mm LED: Red
×1
5 mm LED: Green
5 mm LED: Green
×1
Breadboard (generic)
Breadboard (generic)
×1
Resistor 1k ohm
Resistor 1k ohm
×1
Resistor 221 ohm
Resistor 221 ohm
×4
Male/Female Jumper Wires
Male/Female Jumper Wires
×1
Male/Male Jumper Wires
×1

Software apps and online services

Thonny Python IDE
Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE
Notepad++

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Hot glue gun (generic)
Hot glue gun (generic)

Story

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Custom parts and enclosures

Fritzing

Schematics

Schematic

Code

file_pathway (webhook)

PHP
<?php
// Implement Twilio's API to send data to WhatsApp.
require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/path/to/vendor/autoload.php'; 
 
use Twilio\Rest\Client; 

if(!empty($_FILES["rasp_video"]["name"]) && !empty($_FILES["rasp_capture"]["name"])){
	// Get the brightness value from Raspberry Pi.
	$brightness = (isset($_POST['brightness'])) ? $_POST['brightness'] : "Not Detected!";
	
	// Get properties of the uploaded files.
	// Video File:
	$video_properties = array(
	    "name" => $_FILES["rasp_video"]["name"],
	    "tmp_name" => $_FILES["rasp_video"]["tmp_name"],
		"size" => $_FILES["rasp_video"]["size"],
		"extension" => pathinfo($_FILES["rasp_video"]["name"], PATHINFO_EXTENSION)
	);
	// Image File:
	$capture_properties = array(
	    "name" => $_FILES["rasp_capture"]["name"],
	    "tmp_name" => $_FILES["rasp_capture"]["tmp_name"],
		"size" => $_FILES["rasp_capture"]["size"],
		"extension" => pathinfo($_FILES["rasp_capture"]["name"], PATHINFO_EXTENSION)
	);
	// Check whether the uploaded file extensions are in allowed formats.
	$allowed_formats = array('jpg', 'png', 'mp4');
	if(!in_array($video_properties["extension"], $allowed_formats) || !in_array($capture_properties["extension"], $allowed_formats)){
		echo 'SERVER RESPONSE:\r\nFILE => File Format Not Allowed!';
	}else{
		// Check whether the uploaded file sizes exceed the data limit - 5MB.
		if($video_properties["size"] > 5000000 || $capture_properties["size"] > 5000000){
			echo 'SERVER RESPONSE:\r\nFILE => File size cannot exceed 5MB.';
		}else{
		    $video_root = $video_properties["name"];
		    $capture_root = $capture_properties["name"];
			$media = "[_URL_]".$capture_properties["name"]; // e.g., https://www.theamplituhedron.com/dashboard/WhatsApp-Surveillance-Camera/
			$video = "[_URL_]".$video_properties["name"];   // e.g., https://www.theamplituhedron.com/dashboard/WhatsApp-Surveillance-Camera/
			
			// Upload files - video and capture image.
		    move_uploaded_file($video_properties["tmp_name"], $video_root);
		    move_uploaded_file($capture_properties["tmp_name"], $capture_root);
			
		    // Send the information of the uploaded files, including temp names, to Raspberry Pi as the response message.
		    echo "SERVER RESPONSE:\r\nFILE => Files Uploaded Successfully!\r\nTMP_VIDEO => ".$video_properties["tmp_name"]."\r\nVIDEO_SIZE => ".$video_properties["size"]."\r\nTMP_CAPTURE => ".$capture_properties["tmp_name"]."\r\nCAPTURE_SIZE => ".$capture_properties["size"]."\r\nDATA => Received: ".$brightness;
			
			// Send the recently uploaded files to WhatsApp - video and capture image.
			// Define the required properties by Twilio's API:
            // SID, AUTH_TOKEN, FROM_PHONE_NUMBER, TO_PHONE_NUMBER, MESSAGE BODY, and MEDIA FILE PATH(CAPTURE).
			// Note: Refrain from adding '+' at the beginning of the phone numbers when entering them as send_data_to_WhatsApp() function parameters.
			send_data_to_WhatsApp("[_SID_]", "[_AUTH_TOKEN_]", "[_FROM_PHONE_NUMBER_]", "[_TO_PHONE_NUMBER_]", "Intrusion Detected by Raspberry Pi  \n\nBrightness => ".$brightness."\n\nVideo =>\n".$video, $media);
			echo "\r\nAPI => Files Send to WhatsApp!";
		}
	}

}else{
	echo "SERVER RESPONSE:\r\nFILE => No File Detected!";
}

function send_data_to_WhatsApp($sid, $token, $from, $to, $body, $media){
	$twilio = new Client($sid, $token);
    $message = $twilio->messages->create("whatsapp:+".$to, array("from" => "whatsapp:+".$from, "body" => $body, "mediaUrl" => array($media)));
}

?>

whatsapp_surveillance.py

Python
# WhatsApp Surveillance Video Camera with Infrared Proximity Sensor
#
# Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
#
# By Kutluhan Aktar
#
# Get notified via WhatsApp with a video and a captured first-look thumbnail as intrusion alert
# when the proximity sensor detects motion.
#
# For more information and explanation, visit the link below:
# https://www.theamplituhedron.com/projects/WhatsApp-Surveillance-Video-Camera-with-Infrared-Proximity-Sensor/
#
# If you need a host server for this project or a web application by which you can manage the uploaded files easily,
# check out this application on TheAmplituhedron:
# https://www.theamplituhedron.com/dashboard/WhatsApp-Surveillance-Camera/

from picamera import PiCamera
from time import sleep
import datetime
from subprocess import call 
import requests
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO

# Set up BCM GPIO numbering
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)
# Set up input pins
IR_INPUT = 22
PR_INPUT = 23
GPIO.setup(IR_INPUT, GPIO.IN)
GPIO.setup(PR_INPUT, GPIO.IN)

# Define functions:

# Initiate the camera module with pre-defined setttings.
camera = PiCamera()
camera.resolution = (640, 480)
camera.framerate = 15

def record_trespassing(file_h264, file_mp4, file_capture, text):
    # Add date as timestamp on the generated files.
    camera.annotate_text = text
    # Capture an image as the thumbnail.
    sleep(2)
    camera.capture(file_capture)
    print("\r\nImage Captured! \r\n")
    # Record a 15 seconds video.
    camera.start_recording(file_h264)
    sleep(20)
    camera.stop_recording()
    print("Rasp_Pi => Video Recorded! \r\n")
    # Convert the h224 format to the mp4 format.
    command = "MP4Box -add " + file_h264 + " " + file_mp4
    call([command], shell=True)
    print("\r\nRasp_Pi => Video Converted! \r\n")
    
def send_video_to_server(file_mp4, file_capture, brightness):
    # Define the file path to send the currently recorded video to the server.  
    url = 'https://www.theamplituhedron.com/dashboard/WhatsApp-Surveillance-Camera/file_pathway.php'
    files = {'rasp_video': open(file_mp4, 'rb'), 'rasp_capture': open(file_capture, 'rb')}
    data = {'brightness': brightness}
    # Make an HTTP Post Request to the server.
    request = requests.post(url, files=files, data=data)
    # Print the response from the server.
    print ("Rasp_Pi => Files Transferred! \r\n")
    print(request.text + "\r\n")

# Initiate the loop.
while True:
    print("Waiting...")
    
    if GPIO.input(IR_INPUT):
        brightness = "LOW" if GPIO.input(PR_INPUT) else "OPTIMUM"
        # Get the current date as the timestamp to generate unique file names.
        date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%m-%d-%Y_%H.%M.%S')
        capture_img = '/home/pi/Surveillance/intrusion_' + date + '.jpg'
        video_h264 = '/home/pi/Surveillance/intrusion_' + date + '.h264'
        video_mp4 = '/home/pi/Surveillance/intrusion_' + date + '.mp4'
        # Create and send files:
        record_trespassing(video_h264, video_mp4, capture_img, date)
        send_video_to_server(video_mp4, capture_img, brightness)
        
    sleep(1)

WhatsApp Surveillance Video Camera.ino

Arduino
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////  
        //      WhatsApp Surveillance Video Camera        //
       //        with Infrared Proximity Sensor          //
      //           -------------------------            //
     //                 Arduino Nano                   //           
    //               by Kutluhan Aktar                // 
   //                                                //
  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Get notified via WhatsApp with a video and a captured first-look thumbnail as intrusion alert when the proximity sensor detects motion.
//
// This code is only for reading analog inputs in order to pass the values to Raspberry Pi.
//
// For more information, visit the project page:
// https://www.theamplituhedron.com/projects/WhatsApp-Surveillance-Video-Camera-with-Infrared-Proximity-Sensor/
//
// If you need a host server for this project or a web application by which you can manage the uploaded files easily, check out this application on TheAmplituhedron:
// https://www.theamplituhedron.com/dashboard/WhatsApp-Surveillance-Camera/
//
// Connections
// Arduino Nano :           
//                                Sharp-GP2Y0A02YK0F IR Sensor
// GND --------------------------- GND
// 5V  --------------------------- +
// A0  --------------------------- Signal
//
//                                Photoresistor
// A1  --------------------------- 
//                                IR_OUTPUT_LED
// D3  --------------------------- 
//                                PR_OUTPUT_LED
// D4  --------------------------- 


// Define sensor pins.
#define IR_PIN A0
#define PR_PIN A1
#define IR_OUTPUT 3
#define PR_OUTPUT 4

// Define data holders.
int distance, brightness;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);

  pinMode(IR_OUTPUT, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(PR_OUTPUT, OUTPUT);
  
}

void loop() {
  // Get brightness.
  brightness = map(analogRead(PR_PIN), 0, 1023, 0, 100);
  
  // Get distance from Sharp-GP2Y0A02YK0F IR Sensor.
  float volts = analogRead(IR_PIN) * 0.0048828125; // Sensor Value: (5 / 1024)
  distance = 13 * pow(volts, -1); //from datasheet graph
  delay(100);

  Serial.println("Brightness: " + String(brightness) + "%\n\n");
  Serial.println("Distance: " + String(distance) + "cm");

  // Send signal to Raspberry Pi.
  if(distance < 9){ digitalWrite(IR_OUTPUT, HIGH); }else{ digitalWrite(IR_OUTPUT, LOW); }

  if(brightness < 10){digitalWrite(PR_OUTPUT, HIGH); }else{ digitalWrite(PR_OUTPUT, LOW); }
}

Credits

Kutluhan Aktar

Kutluhan Aktar

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AI & Full-Stack Developer | @EdgeImpulse | @Particle | Maker | Independent Researcher

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