Wearable Textil for Accident Prevention for Babies in Crawl Phase
I. J. Chico-Morales, Sandra Narvaez-Pupiales, Ana C. Umaquinga-Criollo, Paúl D. Rosero-Montalvo · 2017
In the present investigation an electronic safety system is developed for babies in the stage of crawling, in order to alert a possible accident to the people who are in charge of their care in areas considered risky. The intelligent textile is integrated in a garment type harness that is connected to a crawling knee pads containing Magnetic Reed sensors, these are responsible for detecting the magnetic tapes previously placed in sites considered dangerous. These areas are chosen by quantifying the distance of the baby relative to its crawling speed; if the infant is in a possible accident zone, the system sends alert messages via an IoT platform. As a result of the system there is an average reaction time of 7.6 seconds with an average current consumption of 90 mA every approximately 12 seconds.