Intelligent IoT-Based Tracking System for Constant Supervision of Health Status and Daily Activities of Children

Abstract

At some point, kids start to grow and acquire more independence to explore the world independently. And while it is a natural stage of kids’ growth, parents usually feel restless during this stage, fearing that their children might face dangers in the absence of their supervision. This problem is the main motivation behind the system introduced in this paper. It is aimed to assist parents in maintaining the safety of their children by tracking the child’s relative location and monitoring the health status to ensure his/her wellbeing. It also follows up and supervises the daily activities and prevents any potential danger that can befall the child. The system consists of two main units. The first unit is implemented in form of a bracelet worn by the child, while a mobile application acts as the second unit on the parents’ side. In comparison to the prior introduced systems, this system is designed to be a comprehensive system that combines most of the features that exist in the introduced systems. It especially enhances the commercially introduced systems by inaugurating the feature of indoor tracking for people monitoring. The system is designed to boost performance by linking the children to their parents through the merit of IoT technologies. Results show that the system successfully detects falling as well as exceeding the safe distance and immediately notifies the parents upon occurrence. The medical parameters have been effectively, monitored with percentage errors ranging from 0.3% to 9%.