Design of a Dual Camera Children Monitoring System based on Motion Tracking Technology

Children safety has always been a critical issue. The casualties of children may increase dramatically when parents or guardians are absent. Therefore, the image/video based household monitoring/alarming system becomes a commendable supplement to the children care. In this paper, a dual camera based monitoring system has been presented, which employs motion tracking technology and production system principle. The system can monitor and track the children's state, evaluate the danger level of the children and make proper reaction to the dangers, i.e. by triggering the alarm and launching something necessary to avoid the bad consequence. The OpenCV library is employed for image and video processing and obtain the information on the motion, location and situation of the children. Experimental results show that this monitoring system can recognize the basic motions of the children and make proper actions according by the rule base. Due to its advantages of low-cost in hardware and fast response, the monitoring system can be employed as a supplementary in children care.