A study on the virtual machine-based anti-theft system running on IoT devices

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a next-generation innovation technology that integrates embedded sensors and communication functions into devices and connects them to the Internet. These IoT devices are used in various fields such as business, medicine, artificial intelligence, and the like. As the service and the market of the IoT devices are increased, the platform service based on the IoT devices is attracting attention. In this paper, we design and implement a theft prevention system that runs on the IoT devices. Theft protection system consists of an antitheft application and a virtual machine system to execute it. The application program consists of an image recognition module that receives camera image from inside the system, an object detection module that detects an object in the image, and a theft confirmation module that compares the past object with the current object to identify the stolen article. In addition, the virtual machine system, which is an execution environment, implements the OSMU (One Source Multi Use) by executing an application program developed in various languages without restriction of a platform or an operating system. Such a virtual machine system based antitheft system has the advantage of high portability and independence of operating system and platform because it can be executed when there are devices with the IoT devices.