Minimizing Heatstroke Incidents for Young Children Left inside Vehicle

International Engineering Research and Innovation Symposium

Mahdin, Hairulnizam^1 ; Omar, Abdul Halim^1 ; Yaacob, Siti Salwani^1 ; Kasim, Shahreen^1 ; Fudzee, Mohd Farhan Md^1

Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Johor, Batu Pahat

86400, Malaysia^1

关键词: Android apps;    Bluetooth device;    Young children;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/160/1/012094/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/160/1/012094

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The number of children dying because of heatstroke after being left in the car is worrying. From 1998, there are about 618 children have died in the United State of America (USA) because of heatstroke. It was the leading cause of fatalities in non-crash incident in USA. The same situation also arises in other countries. Life stress is being identified as among the factor that lead to this incident. In this paper, we proposed the used of Android Apps with an Estimote Beacon, a bluetooth device, to warn parents or guardians about their children being left in the car. An alarm will be raised after the parent leaves their children at prespecified range to avoid any risk of heatstroke from occurring.