In their final project, the two created a system that would meet an essential need in the hot summer days and alert when a toddler is left in the car
Just this week we received a reminder of the need to address the problem of children dying as a result of being left in vehicles in the heat the liver Two graduates from the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Jerusalem Academic College of Engineering, Roi David and Yosef Barel, presented their final project in which they built a system that would warn of babies and toddlers left behind in vehicles.
The idea of the college graduates stemmed, according to them, from a real need to find a solution to the dangerous phenomenon of the prevalence of babies and toddlers inside the car, especially on hot days when the temperature rises to dangerous heights.
As part of the solution, a number of sensors will be integrated into the proposed system which will be distributed in the vehicle and will detect the temperature level and the presence of a driver in the vehicle. Additional sensors will check whether the vehicle is in motion, driving or stopping, and of course whether there is a toddler on the seat. When the system detects a dangerous situation, it will alert the vehicle owner with a buzzer that will be connected to the vehicle's key fob. If the danger situation does not pass and the forgotten toddler is not rescued, an alert will be sent to a number of pre-defined people via a text message to the mobile device (SMS).
The target audience of the project is wide and diverse and includes transportation companies, children's buses, car manufacturers as well as private individuals. "I think it is necessary to promote legislation on the subject that will require the use of a system of this kind in order to prevent such disasters, as long as possible," said David, "we intend to cooperate with commercial and public entities that will help integrate the system as soon as possible."
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I was also thinking about developing a similar but different system...
After all, this is a life-saving system!!!
A system that will be operated in any city or in any concentrations of nearby cities
with a 24-hour telephone line
With a satellite tracking and viewing system that will identify online at any given moment a car in which a baby has been left
and will alert the car owners online via mobile...
An array that has patrol mobility
and repairs if necessary (if there is no communication with the vehicle owner)
A system that is connected to the vehicle's computer and, if necessary, will open windows, start and turn on the air conditioner.
After all, from the manufacturer's point of view, this is a system for the purpose of a financial business
But from the point of view of the consumer who will pay fixed monthly subscription fees for it, the system removes the responsibility from him and takes care of his peace of mind - for that he pays money
And if the manufacturer succeeds in reaching an agreement with the insurance companies that will require each pair of parents of a child to install the system
And let's assume that up to now the manufacturer has managed to build a large and serious system like I mentioned...
There is still one unanswered question (in my opinion anyway)
What happens??? when a baby is left in the car!!! And the system did not recognize?!?!?! And the baby died!!!
what's going on...so???
And here it is already a moral issue!!!
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It is not economical at all to install a system of this type, Idan Nachmani has long since presented a solution to this phenomenon and the price of the system is said to be about 150-200 NIS, a simple solution that is cheap and easy to install, systems of this type mentioned in the article the more cumbersome they are, the more expensive they will be and will not catch on among the public, and we have seen Lots of examples in the past.
These days the Baby Beep company is about to release the first system to the market which will be installed in several children's transports, the system will soon be presented to the Minister of Transport and Member of Knesset Reuven Rivlin,
"Baby Bip" Idan Nachmani Clip Edit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RAihh48RGE
I was also thinking about developing such a product, with slightly different sensors than described here. But checking on Google Patents it turns out that a patent has already been registered in the US for exactly this, (as Michael pointed out) including opening windows. So producing and bringing in investors and lobbying a regulator will be problematic when You have to face a patent infringement claim. Or pay for it. In any case, good luck to the entrepreneurs.
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For Emanuel, this solution is definitely relevant and is better than a bracelet, the reason is simple, the less it depends on the people, the fewer mistakes there are. bracelets the chance that he forgot to bring a child is much higher.
And in my opinion, regarding this project, if it is indeed registered as a patent, I would suggest that the car manufacturers contact the system integration and settle with you on a percentage
Regarding the old cars, in my opinion a law should be enacted that any vehicle that transports children will be required to install such a system
And regarding your claim that it happens in a very low percentage, so, first of all you say it from your head, it seems that you have not checked the data and the existing data also do not indicate the full truth, because not everyone reports when there is no disaster
Good luck to the owners of the project, it is essential and very important
Opening windows automatically is indeed a good direction in case the system detects a toddler in the locked vehicle.
And supervising shuttle drivers to make sure they scan the vehicle is a matter of a small camera on the back of the vehicle.
Emmanuel:
Economic is a matter of supply and demand.
And so I would suggest you check your assumption.
Children are a non-financial matter and yet I see
A lot of them.
and regarding the parents' investment in their children;
It is huge and several tens of shekels for the path
to take care of their child's safety
will make the matter very economic.
I am with Felda - until someone reads the SMS to a forgotten toddler, it will cause very serious damage. Opening electric windows and/or turning on the air conditioner in combination with some kind of alarm is a solution that warns of the problem, but more importantly it also works to solve it.
Instead of sending a stupid SMS - isn't it easier to honk at the peak of madness, flash and open (electric) windows?!
interesting.
For several years now I have been trying to interest members of the Knesset in enacting a law that would require the installation of this type of system in vehicles intended for transporting children and to recommend and perhaps even subsidize their installation in family vehicles.
The necessary technology has existed for years (when I first thought about it I wanted to register some patents on the matter but it turned out to me that everything had already been invented, see, for example, US patents 6,104,293 and 5,949,340).
A year ago I finally managed to meet with Binyamin Ben Eliezer and at the end of May I also interested Moshe Motz Matlon on the subject and soon I have a meeting planned with Zehava Galon.
When it comes to human lives - and especially children's lives - there is no doubt that the investment is justified, even though it is not a big investment at all.
In the same context, I told the members of the Knesset I spoke to that clearer legislation or increased enforcement of existing procedural laws could improve the situation immeasurably.
After all, it is clear that if the kindergarteners, the camp directors, the teachers, etc., are required to read names to check the presence of the children at the beginning of the day, and are not allowed to move to the agenda for absences (their lists should also include the phone numbers of the driver and the parents), a high percentage of disasters will be avoided.
Ammonal,
Non-economic is a matter relative to the value of life. The statistics may be low but they are definitely growing in a country where people are under increasing stress day by day. It is a fact that the number of times children are left in the car is increasing.
I am sure that adding the required sensors will not exceed a few dollars in cost and a few tenths of a second in the assembly process. I assume that the matrix they built there can be integrated at the algorithm level in the car's computer.
The system does not interfere with the driver's control of the vehicle at any stage, so it is likely that it will be given appropriate permits and quite quickly. Also, the addition of the sensors will increase the overall safety rating of the vehicle.
On the other hand, adding such a feature to an existing vehicle, which requires the owner to purchase and assemble it, will probably pay off less.
Regardless of,
I would love to know which sensors the students are using and what the certainty rate of the system is.
Emanuel,
If he forgets the child in the car, what are the chances that he will remember to give him a bracelet?
Beautiful but not economical
The amount of cases of the incidence of a child in a car is about 0,0000001 percent
It is true that every such case ends in disaster, but in my opinion such a solution would not be commercial
A much cheaper solution is to attach a plastic bracelet to each child that will be returned to the driver when he gets off the vehicle
If the driver closes the car and all the bracelets are not in his bag when he gets out of the car, an alarm will be activated
Another cheap solution is to simply enforce the law
A driver who does not scan a vehicle before closing it will lose his driver's license