Authors:
Mihai Buf
1
;
Marco Manso
2
and
Barbara Guerra
2
Affiliations:
1
Orange Romania, Romania
;
2
Rinicom, United Kingdom
Keyword(s):
Internet of Things, Smart Devices, Prototype, Telematics, Text-to-Speech, Emergencies, Emergency Services.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Connectivity and Communication
;
Data Communication Networking
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Internet of Things
;
Sensor Networks
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Telecommunications
Abstract:
The Internet-of-Things (IoT) promises to transform our society into smart environments, incorporating smart objects that cooperate to fulfil specific goals. Amongst its many applications, emergencies can also benefit from IoT principles and use of automation for a better emergency response and reducing the number of fatalities. Smart devices can be used to detect emergency events (e.g., fire, presence of hazardous gases). In this paper, we present a prototype applying the IoT paradigm to the concept of automated calls. The prototype is capable to measure environmental parameters - such as smoke, temperature and gas - to determine the occurrence of a serious incident (e.g., fire in room) and automatically initiate an emergency call. To make our approach interoperable with most platforms and operational practices (including emergency services that mostly rely on voice calls), the system generates an audio call using preformatted messages and a text-to-speech engine. Our approach brings
the benefits of automated calls without requiring significant investments to existing infrastructures (including those used by emergency services).
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