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IoT-Based Women Safety Gadgets (WSG): Vision, Architecture, and Design Trends

by Sharad Saxena¹, Shailendra Mishra^2,*, Mohammed Baljon^2,*, Shamiksha Mishra³, Sunil Kumar Sharma², Prakhar Goel¹, Shubham Gupta¹, Vinay Kishore¹

1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, 147001, India
2 Department of Computer Engineering, College of Computer & Information Science, Majmaah University, Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, 831001, India

* Corresponding Authors: Shailendra Mishra. Email: ; Mohammed Baljon. Email:

Computers, Materials & Continua 2023, 76(1), 1027-1045. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2023.039677

Received 10 February 2023; Accepted 12 April 2023; Issue published 08 June 2023

Abstract

In recent years, the growth of female employees in the commercial market and industries has increased. As a result, some people think travelling to distant and isolated locations during odd hours generates new threats to women’s safety. The exponential increase in assaults and attacks on women, on the other hand, is posing a threat to women’s growth, development, and security. At the time of the attack, it appears the women were immobilized and needed immediate support. Only self-defense isn’t sufficient against abuse; a new technological solution is desired and can be used as quickly as hitting a switch or button. The proposed Women Safety Gadget (WSG) aims to design a wearable safety device model based on Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Cloud Technology. It is designed in three layers, namely layer-1, having an android app; layer-2, with messaging and location tracking system; and layer-3, which updates information in the cloud database. WSG can detect an unsafe condition by the pressure sensor of the finger on the artificial nail, consequently diffuses a pepper spray, and automatically notifies the saved closest contacts and police station through messaging and location settings. WSG has a response time of 1000 ms once the nail is pressed; the average time for pulse rate measure is 0.475 s, and diffusing the pepper spray is 0.2–0.5 s. The average activation time is 2.079 s.

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