Baby Monitoring System

VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Belagavi-590018

PROJECT PHASE – 1 REPORT ON

BABY MONITORING SYSTEM

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Submitted by
4MW17EC064 Shubhrath
4MW17EC068 Sriharsha S Bhat
4MW17EC070 Sudarshana K
4MW17EC080 Vinayak Anant Hegde

Under the guidance of

Mr. Arun Upadhyaya

Assistant Professor (Sr.)
Department of Electronics and Communication

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

SHRI MADHWA VADIRAJAINSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND
MANAGEMENT
Vishwothama Nagar, Bantakal – 574 115, Udupi District, Karnataka, INDIA

(December 2020)

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CONTENTS

Index Title Page. No

1. Chapter 1: Introduction 3

2. 1.1: Problem Statement and Objectives 3

3. 1.2: Issues and Challenges 3

4. 1.3: Relevance of the work 4

5. Chapter 2: Literature Review 5

6. Chapter 3: Materials and Methodology 7

7. 3.1: Hardware Details 7

8. 3.1.1: Raspberry Pi and Pi Camera 7

9. 3.1.2: Condenser Mic and Speaker 7

10. 3.2: Methodology 7

11. Chapter 4: Expected Outcome and Discussion 10

12. Chapter 5: Conclusion and Future work 10

13. Chapter 6: References 11

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Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

Nowadays, one of the most significant problems faced by many families is taking
care of their Babies. As both parents go to work and no proper care-takers are available,
more workload and stress are there in such families. Approximately 3,500 infants die
suddenly and unexpectedly each year in the United States. Sudden unexpected infant
death (SUID) include sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), accidental suffocation in a
sleeping environment, and other deaths from unknown causes. One of the main causes of
SIDS is Rebreathing stresses. When a baby is facedown, air movement around the mouth
may be impaired. This can cause the baby to re-breathe carbon dioxide that the baby has
just exhaled. Soft bedding and gas-trapping objects, such as blankets, comforters,
waterbeds, sofas, chairs, and soft mattresses, as well as stuffed or plush toys, are other
types of sleep surfaces that may impair normal air movement around the baby's mouth
and nose when positioned facedown. To solve this problem, a smart baby monitoring
system can be developed which would help the parents in monitoring the baby, so parents
can live more relaxed in relation to their babies and maybe also more protected in some
way. Machine learning techniques are used to detect and analyze the position of the baby
with the help of a Raspberry Pi. Also, the Internet of things is used in this system. An
application is created which provides real-time data regarding the baby.

1.1 Problem Statement and Objectives

Implement a smart system for baby monitoring to avoid the risk of SIDS and
reduce the anxiety of the parents.

• To check for the safe positioning of the baby to avoid the risk of Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome(SIDS).
• To detect the crying of a baby and automatically swing the cradle to comfort it.
• To develop an application that helps in monitoring the baby.

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1.2 Issues and Challenges

 Detection of Real-Time objects in the videos with keeping the eye on the time, cost,
and quality of the project.
 Maintaining the Accuracy when it comes to real infant or a baby.
 The camera is to be set up in such a way that it captures the baby and its bed properly.

1.3 Relevance of the Work

Baby monitoring is really a tough job for the parents where both are working. We
have come up with an idea to design an automatic system which can give solutions to the
parents to monitor their babies.
The main purpose of this system to create a smart and advanced baby monitoring
system with the Internet of Thing capabilities. To avoid the risk of SIDS in babies. For
monitoring the baby at the hospitals. To detect if the baby is positioned properly, if not,
the message will be generated in the form of a notification which will be having the snap
of the baby to notify the parents or guardian.

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Chapter 2

LITERATURE REVIEW
Various methods are available in the literature for baby monitoring. Symon et al [1]
presented a baby monitoring system based on Raspberry Pi. The system detects the
baby’s motion and sound. The video of the baby’s present position is also displayed on a
monitor in this system.

A new approach of an automatic monitoring system for baby’s care has been presented in
another paper [2] which is a microcontroller based project. The authors have designed a
low-cost baby monitoring system which can detect sound when a baby cries and is
attached to a cradle that swings automatically once the system detects a sound and the
cradle does not stop until the baby stops crying. A camera is also mounted on the top of
the cradle to get the video output of the surroundings of the baby.

The system proposed in [3] is designed using raspberry pi 3, camera, wet sensors, sound
sensor, PIR sensor, sound sensor, DC motor, and SMS module. This system encloses
different features like camera monitoring, the automatic swinging of cradle when baby
cries, sensing the wetness of baby’s bed, monitoring the presence of the baby in the
cradle. Message about baby’s cry, wetness in bed is sent to parent’s mobile number to
intimate them about their baby.

[4] The sudden death system uses real-time data collection from sensors to diagnose, in
advance, baby health problems and prevent those are take care for a baby. When an issue
is detected by this system (i.e., the sensors send abnormal data), it sends a warning to
those responsible for the baby. It allows the access to data from sensors and their analysis
in real-time. Signal processing algorithms are used in real-time to prevent a sudden death.
Mobile devices (such as, smartphones or tablets) are used to process the sensed data and
monitoring a baby performing alerts/warnings when an abnormal situation is detected.

Ziganshin et al [5] presented a system using a smart wearable device and an android
application. This wearable device monitors the baby’s pulse, temperature, and position
and generates an alert in case of an irregularity on the android app.

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Saranyaet [6] presented a child monitoring system based on android phones to detect the
safety zone of the baby by using GPS sensors, acceleration sensors, and mobile GIS
(Geographic Information System).

The system in [7] by Shreelat presented an advanced baby monitor system that monitors
baby movements, temperature, and humidity surrounding the baby. The system also gives
the log record of the baby’s activity and sleep cycles so that parents could monitor their
child remotely.

Savita P. Patil et al. [8] presented a baby monitoring system based on a GSM network.
This system monitor’s body’s health parameters like temperature, moisture, pulse rate,
and movement and delivers these measured parameters on the parent’s mobile using a
GSM network.

The system presented in [9] includes a reminder system as an important feature in baby
monitoring activity. It conveys measurements of various parameters to the parents with an
alarm triggering to initiate proper actions.

The framework proposed in [10] deals with developing a smart electronic cradle to
convoke all the data to assist the baby and to bridge the gap between the parents and the
infant. The main objective of the system is to create a bedtime ritual, lull the baby to
slumber, assist the baby, and to provide a healthy environment.

The prototype model presented in [11] is a configuration of a programmed cradle with the
assistance of a PIR sensor and an android app. PIR sensor detects the movement of the
infant. Cradle swings are controlled via voice command through the mobile app. The
cradle additionally incorporates a wet sensor which will caution the folks or the
Attendant/sitter for bunk wetting of the infant.

[12] Presents the design and implementation of a cradle system that swings the baby
cradle automatically when the baby cries. The system has an inbuilt alarm that indicates
two conditions –first when the mattress is wet, which is an important parameter to keep
the baby in a hygienic condition, second when the baby does not stop crying within a
stipulated time, which intimated that baby needs attention.

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Chapter 3

MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 Hardware Details

The following section gives the details of hardware and methodology used in our system

3.1.1 Raspberry Pi and Pi Camera

It is the main component of our project which will be used as the central
controlling unit. The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ is having a 64-bit quad-core processor
running at 1.4GHz, dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.2/BLE,
faster Ethernet.

The Raspberry Pi Camera plugs directly into the CSI connector on the Raspberry
Pi. It's able to deliver a crystal clear 5MP resolution image or 1080p HD video recording
at 30fps.

3.1.2 Condenser Mic and Speaker

Condenser MIC (EC0177) module is used to detect the baby’s sound. When baby
cries condenser MIC detects the sound and gives output to the controller. When the sound
level exceeds the set point, an LED on the module is illuminated and the output is sent
low.
A Speaker will be used to output the audio which will be used to comfort the baby
when it starts crying and it is also used as an alarm when the baby approaches the
boundary of the bed.

3.2 Methodology
Raspberry Pi will be used here as the central controlling unit. Condenser MIC will
be associated with this project to detect the baby crying and gives a signal about it to the
Raspberry Pi, cradle starts swinging if baby is crying. This system will also consist of a Pi
Camera which is used to figuring out the baby’s position on the bed by implementing
machine learning techniques through the Tensorflow library. The speaker in the system is
used to output the audio to comfort the baby. The Raspberry Pi module will send data
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about the baby’s well-being to the registered user application. Figure 3.1 shows the
proposed baby monitoring system.

Microphone User
Application

Raspberry Pi

Pi Camera Speaker
and Cradle

Fig 3.1 Block diagram of the proposed system

Python language is used for the programming of an entire code, which will begin
executing on its own as soon as the system is powered up. Pi Camera will be used to
figure-out the baby’s position on the bed by implementing machine learning techniques
through Tensorflow library.

The Raspberry Pi module will send the baby’s data as soon as the user requests it
or when the baby’s positioning in the bed is not proper (the alarm will be activated
through the speaker), through a notification to the registered user application, So that they
can take the necessary actions to prevent it from risk of harm. The complete flowchart of
the proposed system is shown in Fig 3.2.

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Start

Alarm

Yes Safe No
Baby Send the data with live
positioning
detected? video feed

Yes
No

Sound from Yes Check for Yes Start Speaker

Mic? crying and swing
cradle

User
Request

Fig 3.2 Flowchart of the proposed system

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Chapter 4

EXPECTED OUTCOME AND DISCUSSION

Expected outcome of this project is a smart monitoring system which helps the
user in monitoring the baby through application.

Chapter 5

CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK

As of now we are done with the literature review. We are working on the
detection of safe positioning of the baby.

In the upcoming phase we are expecting to build a system such that it detects the
real time movements of the baby and Interfacing the Raspberry Pi with the user
application.

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Chapter 6
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