Design and development of a smart baby monitoring system based on Raspberry Pi and Pi camera

This project presents a baby monitoring system for busy parents so that they can ensure the proper care and safety of their babies. This system can detect the baby's motion and sound; especially crying and video output of baby's present position can be displayed on a display monitor so that the mother or another responsible person can watch the baby while away from him or her. This baby monitoring system is capable of detecting motion and crying condition of the baby automatically. The Raspberry Pi B+ module is used to make the total control system of the hardware, condenser MIC is used to detect baby's crying, PIR motion sensor is incorporated to detect baby's movement and Pi camera is used to capture the baby's motion. A display is used to have video output of sleeping baby. Finally, the developed hardware is tested to analysis the capability of detecting the motion and crying sound of baby as well as the video output. This proposed system can provide an easier and convenient way for busy parents in terms of taking care of their babies.