Research Article
Cheeka: A mobile application for personal safety
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2013.254079, author={Ananda Kanagaraj S and Arjun G and Shahina A}, title={Cheeka: A mobile application for personal safety}, proceedings={9th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM}, year={2013}, month={11}, keywords={cheeka gps tracker facebook friends tracker family safety speed monitor personal safety location aware ubiquitous computing pervasive computing mobile computing travel bodyguard smartphone android windows phone blackberry}, doi={10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2013.254079} }- Ananda Kanagaraj S
Arjun G
Shahina A
Year: 2013
Cheeka: A mobile application for personal safety
COLLABORATECOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2013.254079
Abstract
The number of users having smartphones equipped with GPS have increased rapidly. Hence, it can be used efficiently for personal security or various other protection purposes. This paper presents Cheeka, a multipurpose personal safety application developed for smartphones belonging to various platforms like Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry. It enables the user to track their Facebook friends with the timestamp of the position. If the user feels he is in danger, the application reports the location to the user's trusted contacts for every few minutes unless the user feels he is safe. Thus, it works like a security guard following behind till the person reaches a safe place. It consists of several other key features like speed monitor, panic alerts and unauthorized power offs. Cheeka also has the functionality of displaying the user’s friends who are nearby through Augmented Reality. The ubiquitous nature of Cheeka leads to the cross platform application development across desktop and mobile.