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IoT Based Smart Cradle Using PI

KANNAN P a,1, ALLWİN DEVARAJ a, B.PRADHEEP T RAJAN a, SWATHİRA P K b,
SUBHİKSHAA JAYARANİ M b, SHEBNA V b
Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College,
a

Tirunelveli, TN, India

bUG Student, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli, TN, India

Abstract. In this modern era, parents are busy building their lifestyle, carrier etc.
As we know it has now become hard because parents have to take care of their
children simultaneously, which paves a lot of work pressure and family pressure
especially for women. Health of the child is affected and better care has also
reduced. So, in order to handle such situation, we use temperature, Humidity,
ultra-sonic Sensor. The conditions of the external atmosphere help to detect
increased body temperature, babies voice while crying and their movements while
they are continuously moving and also indicates the time for the diaper to be
changed. If there are any abnormal activities are observed in baby’s atmosphere.
An alert message is sent to the parents. In this system a video camera is attached
and operated under the microcontroller’s instruction and it records a video when
the motion sensor detects any continuous movements. The recorded video is
broadcasted in a display to the parents which helps them to monitor baby in live.
And in addition, this system detects and displays the status of the infant and alert
the respective guardian by collecting values from sensor like temperature sensor,
ultrasonic sensor, and also the location value from raspberry pi.
Keywords. Temperature, Weight Detection, Ultrasonic, Location Value, Sensor,
Raspberry Pi

1. Introduction

In common, to soothe and make the baby sleep cradle is being used. But even guardian
must have a close monitoring until the baby falls asleep. The conventional cradle which
is not equipped with battery or adapter that automates the cradle automatically [1].
Rural and non-developed area use conventional cradle because of their economic cost.
Manpower is required continuously to take care of their child which serves as its major
disadvantage and such conventional cradle may also cause discomfort to the baby. So,
we are in need for an automated cradle which can take care of the child with a battery
or electrical power source. Besides, this automated cradle carries extra features or
function which is beneficial for parents [2]. Ample time is not given to take care of our
children in this industrious world because in professional life people are not getting
enough time for taking care of their children. It is also much expensive and
uncomfortable to hire an baby sitter, who can take care of the child [3]. This may also
increase the expenses more than a monthly income. Moreover, in this modern life it’s
even hard for house wives (mummy) for pampering their children when they are not
feeling comfortable.
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Kannan P, Assistant professor, Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli, TN, India; Email:
[email protected].
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Nurses in maternity units in the hospitals find it very useful automated [4]. The Main
objectives of this project is to design and implement a baby care cradle, which
monitors baby’s movements when detected and wet condition of the baby as well as its
body temperature.
 To design a comfortable cradle for baby with the help of PIR sensor which
monitor’s the baby’s movements and its wet condition especially when away from
the unhygienic environment.
 To provide an innovative and flexible cradle, this is economical in the market.
 User friendly- simple and with easy understandable user manual.

2. Automatic baby cradle

Metropolitan cities use more cradles. The benefits of this cradle include:
a) It serves as a user friendly; it also reduces the manpower. The cradle can be
adjusted in custom as per the user’s requirement and need.
b) User can set a particular time for cradle movement and while the user can
complete their chores.
c) The most beneficial use of the product is, it uses neonatal and maternity units in
hospital as bio-medical product. As this dwindles the labor of the nurses for taking
care of infant and pamper them whenever they need.
The development of internet and mobile phones increased the popularity of
IOT [5]. Working parents can watch their children sitting in live with the help of their
mobile phones which serves as another important concept. The project Smart Cradle is
enhanced with video monitoring. Also, it alerts by buzzing a buzzer on phone on
following occurrence, first if baby cries beyond the noted time for example when the
cradle does not handle the baby and it requires some personal care and also if the cloth
of the cradle becomes wet [6]. Automated rotated toy is fixed in the cradle for
entertaining the baby lively.
For those parents who are out of reach from the baby can still monitor their
infant using a mobile phone. The smart cradle is enhanced with live video streaming
feature that helps the parent to monitor their infants [7]. Even when the parent is in the
next room, they can still monitor baby’s movement so that the parent has an eye on
their infant closely. This live video monitoring can also be set to stream automatically
when the baby cries exceed beyond the set time with an alert notification. The most
important and notable feature of the smart cradle is, it checks on the health condition of
the baby [8]. The temperature sensor in the cradle senses for temperature change in the
infant. Any abnormal heat change in infant body is alerted by the system using a alert
notification. The temperature senses have a close monitoring of the temperature change
in baby. It also indicates cradle temperature that helps parents to save them from heat
in the cradle.
This is a project representing a baby monitoring system which helps busy
parents to take care of their children safely. This system also notes the baby’s motion
and sound; especially crying and video output of baby’s present position which can be
displayed on a display monitor so that the mother or another responsible person can
watch the baby while away from him or her [9]. Raspberry Pi B+ module controls the
hardware of the system and baby’s movement is monitored by incorporated ultrasonic
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sensor and baby’s motion is captured using USB camera. The video which has
recorded the sleeping baby is displayed in the display monitor [10]. At last the final
output which is the developed hardware is used for detecting the crying sound and the
video of the baby. Busy parents can find it convenient and easier for taking care of
their baby [11].

3. Proposed System

Figure 1, shows the representation of a system, which is organized and supports the
reasoning and behaviour of the system is the architecture description which is also
known as formal description. The system consists of temperature sensor, humidity
sensor, sound sensor and the camera. All these are connected to the raspberry pi. The
message is forwarded to the parent using GSM and the L298N motor driver is used to
move the dummy shaft using the dc motor. In this proposed system the high accuracy
about the children condition is recorded in the resulted data because it uses both
sensors and forecasting clouds, also camera surveillance of the children is managed
with the help of Wide Area Network (WAN) and the result can be seen from anywhere
from the remote area in the web application.

Figure 1. Represents the Architectural Design

4. Result and discussion

The system is based on raspberry pi in which any one of the saved values differs, it
alerts the parents. This raspberry pi also gives instruction to the video camera attached
with the system and the video will be recorded when the baby’s movements is
monitored continuously. The monitoring video will be displayed live on the monitor.
At present, females have started working in industrialized sectors which in turn affects
the child care in the families. Since nowadays managing the cost of living has become
difficult, females started working which has affected their children’s care.
This baby monitoring system is used to solve this problem. Video output is
setup to monitor the sleeping baby. Finally, the output is analysed and the capability is
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tested for detecting the motion and the sound of the crying baby is also displayed in the
output. This proposed system helps in offering an easier and convenient way for the
parents to take care of their children. A baby monitoring system which includes the
video camera and microphone without any limitations of coverage is used for sending
the data immediately and also to inform parents when there is any emergency. This
helps in minimizing the time needed for handling the situation. Babies usually cry
when they need food, tired, unwell or their diaper needs to be changed.
The circuit connection is properly completed, that is the ultrasonic sensor,
buzzer, temperature sensor, motor driver and 12v dc motor. All these components are
connected to the raspberry pi. The code is allowed to run in PC and hence the output is
verified on the monitor. The value of ultrasonic sensor increases and decreases in
accordance with echo and trigger so in order to monitor this, the buzzer alert is given.
The video camera which is attached to the system is connected to the raspberry pi and
is working under its instructions and is used for capturing the video when the baby’s
movements is detected continuously. The power supply is connected and the live video
is monitored on PC. The website is created and the result is displayed in laptop. The
person who has the IP address can watch the live video streaming.

Figure 2. Cradle setup

Thus, the final cradle setup as per Figure 2, is done and numerous sensors connected to
this smart cradle will help in acquiring the accurate value.

5. Conclusion

This system which we have proposed aims at monitoring the vital signs of the
baby which includes heartbeats and body temperature with the help of wireless
technology and textile sensors that made it comfortable to wear and this is accurate and
precise than other sensors. The information which can be transmitted over the internet
which provides the remote access has been increased. The camera module which is
attached to the cradle helps in finite monitoring of the baby in the finite area and their
movements are monitored continuously. The drawbacks of the previous system which
includes less user friendly, clumsy, and other factors are overcame in this system.

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