Ness's Chief Innovation Officer, Kuruvilla Mathew puts spotlight on how Internet of Things can be employed to improve the safety of unattended cars

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Improving Safety Inside the
Unattended Car
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What is this session about?
Applying IoT to improving safety
inside an unattended car (or vehicle)
when there are restrained unattended
occupants on a hot summer day.
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The potential danger with unattended vehicles
A quick run into the grocery store, to the bank for a quick
transaction, or to pickup food can turn dangerous with
restrained unattended occupants – a child or a pet – in
the car.
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Even when the car is in the driveway of a home
… a child could slip into a vehicle
unnoticed.
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The tipping point
The IoT solution for this use
case was inspired by and
dedicated to the children and
pets left unattended in
vehicles, where temperatures
reached highs that were fatal
or caused irreversible harm.
Source: http://www.cityoflagunaniguel.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/527
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The Solution
Enable an array of sensors to detect distressed sound, frantic
movement, high temperatures and low humidity to trigger an
alarm-based on a threshold
… even when it is unarmed, thus
ensuring unattended children and
pets are monitored.
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The Sensor Tube
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Humidity
Sensor
Temperature
Sensor
Temperature
Sensor
Real Time
Clock
Left
Microphone
Right
Microphone
Motion
Sensor
Microcontroller
Integrator
Alarm
ZigBee
CommunicationThe assembly in the vehicle has a number of sensors that are
collecting data and sending to the integrator unit. The integrator
is constantly computing to sense the event threshold.
Additionally, alternate sensors help rule out false positives.
harness
housing

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Integrating to the Connected Car
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The sensor array that has a collector is localizing the data
and determining if the event that is looking has occurred.
The solution would be integrated with the vehicle's CAN
bus, external Z-Wave/ZigBee hubs and/or GPRS to send
links to external systems.
Unattended Occupants
In a Vehicle
Caregivers
Law
Enforcement
Connected
Home
Monitoring

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Quick View
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Over 40 hours of testing in vehicle.
Cylindrical assembly to protect against damage and heat.
Assembly of all sensors along with the command module.
ZigBee communication module on the command module.

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Quick View
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Some of the testing done that was 114 degrees Fahrenheit
Test command canter that captured the data over ZigBee.
While outside temperatures were 101 degrees Fahrenheit.
The data is sent over a simple JSON format.

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For more information, contact:
Kuruvilla Mathew
Chief Innovation Officer
Ness SES
kuruvilla.mathew@ness.com
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