Accurate Infants Remote Temperature Monitoring System based on Contactless Temperature Sensor and GSM Network

This study offers an accurate Infants’ remote temperature monitoring (IRTM) system for the infant's temperature to stay far from hospitals. A GSM modem was connected with an Arduino microcontroller (ATmega 328p) to alerts physicians in real-time by short message service (SMS) in emergency status when the infant's temperature rises. The measurement accuracy of the IRTM has confirmed compare to the benchmark (IR wireless thermometer) rely on arithmetical analyses such as error, mean absolute error (MAE), Bland-Altman, and cumulative distribution function (CDF). Experimental results show that the proposed IRTM achieves MAE of 0.275 oC and measurement accuracy of 99.8%. The suggested system monitors the infants in real-time, high measurement accuracy, applicable, low cost, and efficient in terms of transmitting data because it employs the advantages of the infrastructure of the GSM network. Moreover, the IRTM can be used in many applications and for other parameters rather than temperature with simple amendment (e.g., respiratory rate, heart rate, and electrocardiography for monitoring health care, rehabilitation for monitoring gait, and muscle activity and patient fall detection).