New Electronics & Telecom Project Idea: GPS Tracking For Old People

@thebigk • Oct 25, 2024

Oct 25, 2024

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This idea might be very effective in Indian context where it's easier for old people to get lost or forget their way to home.

What I propose is, a small GPS module fitted into old man's stick. The module will keep on transmitting the location of the person to select mobile devices or show the position to other family members on map.

One variation of this could be, the module talking to the old man through earphones or a small speaker about the shortest way to home or destination.

Think about it. If you like it, I welcome your ideas to elaborate on this idea.

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medeepak

@medeepak-zZfLKg • Oct 4, 2010

i was thinking about something similar for a Analog Devices competition
i was thinking about making a wheel chair
which has a GPS module attached to a mobile so we could the find the shortest way using google maps
also in it are proximity sensors which find the nearby obstacles and avoids them
but due to lack of help i could submit the abstract

any way yours is a good idea
start working on it ASAP

Cheers
deepak
sam_from_hell

@sam-from-hell-8gE2gC • Oct 4, 2010

Isn't it easier to just give the person a cellphone??
Or to integrate a GPS transmitter into it?( I think this already exists :?: )
But this idea would work great for pets!
--Cheers
Sam
Harshad Italiya

@harshad-ukH5ww • Oct 5, 2010

Really nice idea Biggie, Interfacing GPS,Controller and Windows CE based system can work.
Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Oct 5, 2010

sam_from_hell
Isn't it easier to just give the person a cellphone??
Or to integrate a GPS transmitter into it?( I think this already exists :?: )
But this idea would work great for pets!
--Cheers
Sam
Well, yes it's easy. But old people find it VERY difficult to use the Cell Phones. We can't expect a lost old man to take out a cell phone, find out the right number and dial it. Instead, this system should be automatic. Say, if the old man goes out of defined radius, an alert is sent to all prefixed mobile devices.
sam_from_hell

@sam-from-hell-8gE2gC • Oct 5, 2010

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankle_monitor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ankle Monitor</a> link shows that its already in use in developed countries (read USA). (Hope it helps)
A great idea for a project!
Cheers
--Sam
Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Oct 5, 2010

I think whether to carry it or not is going to be personal question. I'd rather want a technical discussion on this than whether this is ethical or not.
shreyasm89

@shreyasm89-jGobVm • Oct 5, 2010

@biggie- Are you game for using A-GPS(uses GSM n/w) than GPS? We will have to automate the phone to activate the A-GPS when it crosses a certain area. Also GPS won't work accurately under cloud cover that's i advocate A-GPS. In A-GPS it relays information to a LOCATION server which will pinpoint the position of the GPS receiver. Now this location server can be clubbed with the Customer Service base of the service provider, wherein call-centre executives can call up that person and inform him/her about the location & direct accordingly. This will ensure that the geographical information need not be relayed everytime to a remote location but can be stored at the server itself. I suggested this since we already have included spekers in our idea. We won't need a separate speaker but a normal cell-phone.
Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Oct 5, 2010

@shreyasm: I'm not a communications guy and have very limited knowledge of A-GPS (yes, I'm aware of what it is). I just have an idea - how to implement it in the best possible way needs to be fixed by all of us contributing to this thread here. I'm game for everything that might be useful.