I-CORPS Team: Cocoon Cam, a Wearless Smart Baby Monitor

尽管有婴儿监视器，父母仍然定期检查他们的婴儿。传统的基于视频或音频的婴儿监视器不能检测生命体征或识别婴儿是否不适。父母喜欢现有的基于视频的监视器，以确认婴儿在清醒时是安全和健康的，但婴儿睡眠时缺乏身体运动会导致焦虑和反复检查婴儿。这个问题最近导致了可穿戴婴儿监视器的发展，可以检测生命体征。然而，由于射频效应和可能的皮肤过敏，可穿戴设备被认为对婴儿的健康有害。该团队开发的技术包括软件和硬件的集成，可以从一个设备上同时非接触地测量心率、呼吸率和体温，不分昼夜。该I-Corps团队将建造一个便携式非接触设备，用于检测生命体征，无需将硬件连接或非常靠近婴儿。提出的解决方案是Cocoon Cam，这是一种无磨损的网络连接系统，由硬件和软件传感器组成，并在仪表板上提供视频，音频和生命体征，以便在白天或晚上检查。家长可以在智能手机上查看仪表板，并为任何监控功能设置个性化警报。父母认为，一个可靠的设备，可以帮助监测生命体征是有益的，并给予安心，他们的婴儿是健康和舒适的。

Despite the availability of baby monitors, parents continue to check on their baby at regular intervals. Conventional video or audio based baby monitors are not able to detect vitals or identify if the baby is unwell. Parents like existing video based monitors to confirm that the baby is safe and well when awake, but the lack of body movement while the baby is sleeping leads to anxiety and repeated check on the baby. This problem recently led to the development of wearable baby monitors that can detect vitals. However, wearables are perceived detrimental to the baby's health due to radio frequency effects and possible skin allergies. The technology developed by this team involves integration of software and hardware enabling concurrent non-contact measurement of heart and respiratory rate, and temperature from a single device, day and night.This I-Corps team will build a portable non-contact device to detect vital signs and eliminate the need for hardware to be attached or in extremely close proximity to the baby. The proposed solution is Cocoon Cam, a wearless network-connected system that consists of hardware and software sensors and provides video, audio, and vitals on a dashboard to check on those at day or night. Parents can view the dashboard on a smartphone and set personalized alerts for any of the monitored features. Parents perceive that a dependable device that could help monitor vitals is beneficial and gives peace of mind that their babies are healthy and comfortable.