Development of a Smart Infant Monitoring System for Working Mothers

Infants must be monitored around the clock because they are at risk for various health issues (breathing difficulties and feeding problems) and cannot communicate their needs properly. This becomes more essential for mothers working outside, keeping their child or infants at home or a daycare center. Though several infant monitoring systems exist to monitor infants, most of these do not have all possible intelligent features like detecting infant cries, which is the primary form of infant communication. Therefore, this research offers a machine learning-based smart infant monitoring system for working mothers. The proposed system can provide the infant's pulse rate, temperature, location, and alerts for crying and abnormal health condition. The system was also evaluated with 15 working mothers, and found that the proposed system could provide an easier and more convenient way to monitor their infants.