Abstract
This paper introduces BabyBumper, a wearable device with a sensor system for pregnant women that can monitor rough external pushes, the kicks of an unborn baby, and the physical communication between a mother and a child. In crowded cities like Tokyo, pregnant women are confronted with many obstacles routinely; such as overly crowded trains or buses at rush hours, overtime working duties, loss of family support and communication, etc. All of these obstacles contribute to mothers' excessive stress in Japan. After several iterations of prototyping, we created a functional prototype called BabyBumper that has the potential to reduce stress and improve the overall quality of life for mothers and their unborn children during pregnancy. This paper describes the project's purpose, visual and interaction concept, system overview, and future work.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
| Pages | 173-176 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781450335751 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 Sep 7 |
| Event | ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Osaka, Japan Duration: 2015 Sep 7 → 2015 Sep 11 |
Other
| Other | ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp and ISWC 2015 |
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| Country | Japan |
| City | Osaka |
| Period | 15/9/7 → 15/9/11 |
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Keywords
- Fetus protector
- IoT
- Pregnancy journal
- Wearable airbag
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Hardware and Architecture
- Software
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BabyBumper : Protector/communication wearable device for pregnant women. / Hiyama, Risa; Hirose, Yuka; Saito, Mondo; Arisumi, Sho; Nakanishi, Yasuto.
UbiComp and ISWC 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2015. p. 173-176.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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