Smart Patch: An IoT based Anti Child-Trafficking Solutio

Suraj Kumar Pandey, Sonia, Tushar Semwal, Shivashankar B. Nair

Abstract: Child trafficking has emerged as a worldwide concern owing to its clandestine and pervasive nature. The lack of means for a child, to respond or be tracked during such an incident increases the prevalence of such nefarious activities. Existing solutions either put the onus on the child to respond promptly, under such a situation, or are too intricate that they incur additional infrastructural costs and monitoring. Many of these solutions mandate the use of electronic detectors that are often exposed and thus discernible to a trafficker making the user vulnerable. In this paper, we propose a concealable and wearable embedded system based patch to significantly reduce the chances of such incidents. This wearable patch, which can be added to an apparel, leverages the Internet of Things (IoT) to constantly monitor the child's whereabouts and generate both voluntary and involuntary responses that notify a remotely located guardian in case of an emergency. The guardian is also empowered to remotely modify the area(s) where the child is permitted to be in. The paper describes how such a patch could be concealed and used in a shoe along with experiments and results that validate its effectiveness in preventing child trafficking or kidnapping.

External IDs:dblp:conf/iotais/Pandey0SN20