A vehicular surveillance and sensing system for car security and tracking applications

In this paper, we propose a Vehicular Surveillance and Sensing System (VS³), which targets at car security and tracking applications. VS³ can be triggered by events detected inside or outside a car, such as abnormal air quality, potential burglary, and identification of some target vehicles (such as stolen cars). Via a 3G module, a user can interact with VS³ via multimedia communications. For security applications, we show how VS³ detects an abnormal CO₂ level or potential car burglary, notifies the vehicle owner, and then interacts with the owner. For tracking applications, we show how VS³ identifies potential stolen vehicles, transmits reports to the police department, and get neighboring cars involved to cooperatively track suspicious vehicles. This paper demonstrates our current prototype.