Child Monitoring System

Final Year Project Proposal

Bachelor of Computer Sciences (BSCS)

By

S# Name Registration No. Roll No. Mobile No. E-mail

Section
1. Saifullah Fall-2019-BSCS-348-H 03082232558 saif.uner.4536@gmail.com

Supervised by:
Ms. Arfa Hassan
(Signature)

Department of Computer Science

Lahore Garrison University
Lahore
Abstract:
Everything in today's world is based on technology and we should be able to combat any problem with
appropriate IT solutions in context. This project proposes a smart IoT Based device that can help reduce
parents' insecurity with regards to their children’s whereabouts in real-time. The project aims to create a
system that allows parents to keep a track of their children when they are out of their sight. This is done
using a concealed WFPS-enabled device worn by the child which is connected to the parent's
smartphone using a mobile network. This Child Monitoring system helps monitor or track the child and
their activities from anywhere in the world. This system plays an important role. It tracks whether the
children are safe. Some prominent features of this system are Geo-fencing, Discrete Panic buttons, long
battery life, and Real-Time Tracking.

Introduction:
It is observed that more families are now spending time on work and social duties, resulting in a lack of
interaction with their children. This causes increased concerns about their safety and whereabouts which
has made keeping a track of their activities quite challenging. Also, crimes against children are
increasing rapidly around the world. According to a study, roughly 60,000 children go missing in
Pakistan every year. There is an assumption that every 10 minutes, a child goes missing. Cities like
Lahore and Karachi have the highest rate when compared to other metro cities. With the lack of
availability of affordable child monitoring systems, it is hard to monitor the whereabouts of children.
The safety of children is very critical since they cannot protect themselves. A momentary lack of
parental supervision should be combated with an appropriate IT solution in context. Therefore, the
proposed system must alert the parents when the child walks too far away and/or outside the “circle of
safety” in their absence.

Problem statement:
More families are now spending time on work and social duties, hence away from their children. This
causes increased concerns about their safety and whereabouts and has made keeping a track of their
activities quite challenging. Crimes against children are increasing Year after Year. According to a
study, roughly 60,000 children go missing in Pakistan every year. There is an assumption that every 10
minutes, a child goes missing. Lahore and Karachi have the highest rate when compared to other metro
cities. With the lack of availability of affordable child monitoring systems, it is hard to monitor the
whereabouts of Children. The safety of children is very critical since children cannot protect themselves.
A momentary lack of parental supervision should be combated with an appropriate IT solution in
context. Therefore, it is necessary for the proposed system to alert the parents when the child walks too
far away and/or outside the “circle of safety” when they are away. In case of an emergency, or in a
situation of panic, the child must be able to communicate with their parents. This can be done via live
transmission of audio from the device with the child, to the parent’s device.

Literature review:
A Self-Configurable New Generation Children Tracking System

Hiroshima City Children Tracking System is a safety support system for children based on ad hoc
network technologies. Field experiments have been conducted in cooperation with an. elementary school
in Hiroshima. In this paper, we propose a new generation child. Tracking system which is based on
experiences and findings of the field experiments for the Hiroshima City Children Tracking System. Our
proposed system consists of Android terminals that have Wireless LAN devices and Bluetooth devices
with ad hoc communication functions. Our system manages groups of Android terminals using the
Autonomous Clustering technique. Challenges with gathering data techniques using mobile and
unexpected environments (mobile context), as well as the privacy issues on gathering personal
information from third-party applications.

Security Level in a Monitoring System

In critical security and safety monitoring systems, the information security level of the monitoring
system might change rapidly because of hostile attacks targeted at it. A self-measurement mechanism
can be used for the preservation and improvement of the information security level during the whole
mission of a monitoring network. We propose our initial ideas for composing an integrated security
metrics framework for a dynamic self-organized monitoring system based on mobile ad hoc networks
structured according to currently known security challenges. The aim is to predict, as well as to monitor,
the security level, concentrating on the principal effects contributing to it.

Project scope:
This project is developed for parents to keep track of their child's whereabouts. Nowadays, children are
easily influenced by their friends, and might even get cheated or kidnapped by any stranger. With this
system, it is comparatively easier to keep a track of a child's current location [3]. The Web application
will deal with the Android platform and is utilized for GPS following between the device and the
parents’ phone. The Web application is mindful to keep track of the location of the device.

The edit access for the child profile is given to the parents themselves, along with their account. The
Web application will include the route history trace where the parent tracks the route their child
traversed during a particular period. The Web application in the device will update the location of the
child at an interval of 30 min, 1 hour, and 2 hours. Parents can select the interval time to view the current
location of the child. They also can make calls from the Web application to the school if any
inconvenience happens when the location is not found or tracked. Nowadays, crime rates are increasing
day by day, especially in kidnapping children. Moreover, it is not possible for parents to always stay
beside them due to the rising culture of working parents. In such a case, the proposed system can reduce
the number of child missing cases. This system provides a tracking solution for the parent to keep
tracking their child's location outdoors by using GPS as it allows them to determine the exact location of
the child. It, therefore, helps to minimize this tragedy's recurrence.
Functional Requirements:
There are the following functional requirements:

o The user will be able to add the profile of children based on name, age, father’s name, date of
birth,
height, weight, profile picture, etc.
o For each child, the user will add the record of the medical history of a child-like was an illness
like flu, fever, chest infection, etc. and what medicine was recommended by Dr. like Panadol,
Rigix, etc. along with Dr. name and contact).
o The user will be able to add the vaccination record of each child.
o It will give Pop up messages when there is a need to update the profile of a childlike weight and
height every 1, 2, 3, or 6 months or a year (Interval can be set by parents).
o It will give an alert message if the vaccination date is near or has passed.
 o There should be a facility to upload the images of prescriptions against illness records.

IMPLEMENTATION:

Parent:
Access to this module is only for parents. They can easily access the activities of their children's mobile
devices.
Register:
Parents need to register themselves by filling up basic registration details and by creating valid login
credentials.
Login:
After successful registration, parents need to log in using their valid login credentials. If parents want to
authorize the authentication for accessing their child's mobile activities.
Add/ View Child Details:
Once the parent is logged into the application, he/she can add their children's details. Parent can also
view their added children's activities without their knowledge.
View:
Once the child's details are added, a parent can view various details from the child’s Smartphone as
follows:
Call Logs:
Displays all the recent call logs from the child’s Smartphone.
Messages:
Displays all the messages from the child’s Smartphone. We can view their recent messages with the
details of the sender.
Location:
Displays the location of the child’s Smartphone. Using the GPS in a Mobile we can trace the child's
location.
Contacts:
Displays all the contact from the child’s Smartphone. We can see their contact book without their choice.

Child:

Login:

Registered children need to log in using valid login credentials.

Use Calculator:

After successful login, a fully functional calculator will be displayed which can be used by the child
itself. They can be aware of parent monitoring.

Software Requirements:
o Windows XP, Windows 7(ultimate, enterprise)
 o Android Studio
o Visual Studio

Hardware Components:
 Processor – i3

 Hard Disk – 5 GB

 Memory – 1GB RAM

 Android Phone with KitKat and higher.

CONCLUSION:

Through this device, the parent can track and monitor their child with just a simple app and one
hardware device will be with the child. It is impossible to always stay beside children as most parents
must go to work. With this project, parents can track the location of their children and get alerts
whenever the child is in danger. It becomes easy for parents to look after their children while working.
This device is efficient to use. Thus, by keeping in mind the advantages and applications we are
developing a child monitoring device. To avoid kidnapping cases, a child monitoring system is needed.