GPS and GSM Based Self Defense System for Women Safety

Abstract

The world is becoming so much more unsafe for women. Social evils like molestations, dowry, crime against women, worst among all is rape is on the rise in many countries. Incidents of crime against women have been increasing at an alarming pace in Indian cities, most common incidents being rape, kidnapping, sexual harassment and eve teasing. Security for women is still a major issue as the number of crimes over women and girls is increasing day-by-day. In this age of technology, mobile phone is one gadget almost everyone uses to keep in touch with family and friends.. All they need is a device that can be carried around easily and worn whenever the woman feels unsafe. This proposal document describes a quick responding, cost protection system for an individual and especially for women using which a woman in distress can call for help just with the press of a button on this smart gadget. Self Defence System for women safety is like a Smart Watch for Women. It has the ability to help women with technologies that are embedded into a compact device. The women wearing this device as a watch or band, in case of any harassment or when she finds that someone is going to harass, she presses a switch that is located on the watch or band or when the women has fallen the information about the attack along with the body posture and location information is sent as SMS alert to a few predefined emergency numbers And soon help is on its way! The system will consist of embedded hardware and software co-designed for this dedicated application. The system allows for knowing exact location of the individual, as soon as the trigger key on the belt is pressed. By providing the instant location of the distressed victim to the police so that the incident could be prevented and the culprit apprehended. In case if the caretaker wants to know the present location of the lady, he/she can do so by sending a SMS to the SIM number of the lady which contains a secret password. Then this system responds to such request by sending back a SMS containing location information in terms of Latitude and Longitude. This would help reduce crime against women. It also contains a shock mechanism to produce non-lethal electric shock in emergency situations to deter the attacker.