Child Location Tracker with Virtual Fence

¹ Informatics, National Institute of Technology, Raya Karanglo Km.2 Malang 65153, East Java, Indonesia
² Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Raya Karanglo Km.2 Malang 65153, East Java, 65153 Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: joseph@lecturer.itn.ac.id

Abstract

With widespread news of child abductions circulating in the media, child abduction is one of the anxieties felt by parents, especially those who have small children. Many ways have been tried to overcome this risk, ranging from restricting children from leaving the home alone to schools building fences around the school so students cannot leave the school grounds and not giving people the opportunity to enter a school without a clear purpose. With the development of information technology and the increasing availability of communication devices, such as the smartphones that are owned by so many children, these devices can be used to track the whereabouts of children so they can be easily monitored by their parents wherever they may be. By adding an application to the device, a boundary area can be made within which a child can safely be active, such as the school grounds. After children enter the school area in possession of this application, a message will automatically be sent to parents and teachers if the child and the device unexpectedly leave the school area so immediate action can be taken.