Automatic prevention of drowning by inflatable wrist band system

Autor: M. Gunasekaran, J. Geetha Ramani, J. Gayathri, R. Aswanth
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: 2019 5th International Conference on Advanced Computing & Communication Systems (ICACCS).
DOI: 10.1109/icaccs.2019.8728368
Popis: At present, death rate due to drowning has been increased since there is no ailment and precautions for saving lives. According to a survey by NCRB, about 80 people drown every day, or more than 29,000 every year. The report of World Health Organization reveals that about 1008 people leads to injury and death due to drowning where most of them are men and children. Most of the children ages from 9-14, who doesn’t know to swim at the time of emergency becomes the prey for this natural calamities. Drowning can happen quickly and quietly anywhere there is water, and even in the presence of lifeguards. In order to overcome this, a device that can save the life of a person can be brought up. An automatic opening of airbag system in the hand by the detection of the motion of the person’s body by the sensor is sent to trigger the inflator system of the airbag. This automatic opening of the airbag in the hand of the person who is drowning helps him to get help from the neighbour. The opening of airbag also happens in microseconds and it is similar to the principle use in the car airbag opening system.
Databáze: OpenAIRE