IoT-BBMS: Internet of Things-Based Baby Monitoring System for Smart Cradle

Abstract

The current number of working mothers has greatly increased. Subsequently, baby care has become a daily challenge for many families. Thus, most parents send their babies to their grandparents' house or to baby care houses. However, the parents cannot continuously monitor their babies' conditions either in normal or abnormal situations. Therefore, an Internet of Things-based Baby Monitoring System (IoT-BBMS) is proposed as an efficient and low-cost IoT-based system for monitoring in real time. We also proposed a new algorithm for our system that plays a key role in providing better baby care while parents are away. In the designed system, Node Micro-Controller Unit (NodeMCU) Controller Board is exploited to gather the data read by the sensors and uploaded via Wi-Fi to the AdaFruit MQTT server. The proposed system exploits sensors to monitor the baby's vital parameters, such as ambient temperature, moisture, and crying. A prototype of the proposed baby cradle has been designed using Nx Siemens software, and a red meranti wood is used as the material for the cradle. The system architecture consists of a baby cradle that will automatically swing using a motor when the baby cries. Parents can also monitor their babies' condition through an external web camera and switch on the lullaby toy located on the baby cradle remotely via the MQTT server to entertain the baby. The proposed system prototype is fabricated and tested to prove its effectiveness in terms of cost and simplicity and to ensure safe operation to enable the baby-parenting anywhere and anytime through the network. Finally, the baby monitoring system is proven to work effectively in monitoring the baby's situation and surrounding conditions according to the prototype.

A review of infant cry analysis and classification

“…The detection algorithm needs to be able to detect the cry sound despite the background sounds happening in the environment. Researchers also propose different methods to build smart cradles, which can detect infant cries and alert the parents while they are away [99][100][101][102]. The proposed methods not only target to higher detection accuracy but also consider the price of the baby monitoring system to make it affordable for low income families.…”

Client-Centric Access Device Selection for Heterogeneous QoS Requirements in Beyond 5G IoT Networks

“…The devices also tend to transmit the raw sensing data to its manufacturer for detailed data mining inside the remote data center [26]. Some other use cases entail explicit requirement of transmitting sensor data over the communication network, such as [27] for baby monitoring empowering smart cradle, and [28] for a pedestrian crossing control system. Assistance required from communication networks for few applications has hard QoS bounds to ensure the infrastructure's safety and security, such as mentioned in [29] for smart grids.…”

Real Time Implementation and Comparison of ESP8266 vs. MSP430F2618 QoS Characteristics for Embedded and IoT Applications

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