Empowering Women's Safety with Leveraging Advanced IoT Technology for Comprehensive Protection and Security

Globally, women entail physical assault and harassment, which emphasizes the critical requirement for proactive and efficient safety measures. However, a lot of present technologies are inadequate and often lack comprehensive information protection, integration, and real-time responsiveness, which reduces user confidence and reliability. A complete integrated platform in the form of GUARDHER and GUARDIANSTEP has been designed to provide a safety system that serves women with precautionary measures. GUARDHER is a companion app, where the user has to register and create a secure wallet that contains their personal photo and other key information within a passkey protection. This application will be linked to GUARDIANSTEP, which consist of pair of shoes with the innovative feature of force sensor connected to a high-performance Microcontroller unit. Once the threshold pressure is applied by the user to the force sensor, it eventually results in transmission of the current location with their personal profile in the wallet to the control panel using Internet of Things (IoT) for immediate remedies. Within a delay time, the user has to deactivate/turn-off the emergency button via the application after entering the passkey of their respective wallet to prevent false alerts. The difference it holds from the current-day safety apps or devices, that it is a combination of personal profile protection, transfer of personal details along with their photo, real-time location tracking, and an advanced force sensor in footwear. It is a unique combo that offers user authentication, alerts in case of emergencies, delay time to turn it off and proactive safety measures that will build user confidence and responsive ability in extreme conditions. The “GUARDHER & GUARDIANSTEP” product offers a holistic solution by providing a secure platform and also ensures the integrating safety features in mobility, fostering a society where women can move freely with confidence and empowerment.