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Kid’s Friendly Wearable Device for Children’s Daily Safety

Authors:
SeungHee Lee

Keywords: wearable device: kid’s friendly design; information sharing; children’s safety

Abstract:
This study introduces the development of a practical product based on Kansei simulation of children’s behavior and physiological reaction against anxiety. It started in 2006 with children under 6-years-old who had few experiences of accidents or events, and less linguistic communication skills with their parents. The reliability of heart rates to detect fear and anxiety was tested to know if it could be one of the functions on this device. The heart rates and behaviors of children while watching simulated movies showing dangerous situations was analyzed. With the support of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, a device named “Onigiri Machine” was developed to keep children safe while their parents work during daytime. It was highly evaluated by scientists worldwide through conferences papers, newspapers, and magazines. Now, keeping track of children and elderly in shopping malls or in hospitals became an issue in Tsukuba, Japan. For this reason, the device was refined to update the functions and qualities for practical uses in public services. Finally, this study shows how the device can be used to keep children and elders safe in public spaces, and how it delivers personal based data in an easy interface for their companions.

Pages: 29 to 32

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: March 19, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-540-1

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from March 19, 2017 to March 23, 2017