Development of Customized Diving Computer Based on Wearable Sensor for Marine Safety

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to develop a customized diving computer that is interlocked with a textile type sensor attached to a suit to enhance the safety factor of a diver and a monitoring system to help diver safety management. The development of this diving computer is largely divided into three stages. The first is to develop a function to check the status of the diver in conjunction with the textile type wearable sensor attached to the suit. Second, the development of a diving computer is based on Android OS based on the existing closed OS. The third is the development of actual diving computer hardware focusing on waterproof function. This course aims to focus on safety factors of the diver, to collect biometric information through a wearable sensor attached to the diver suit, to analyze it in the diving computer, and to provide a customized diving guide. The performance evaluation of the result was conducted through the usability evaluation of the diving computer, and the safety and efficiency were verified through the overall satisfaction and the functional evaluation of 92.7%. Future research will focus on the safety factors to ensure differentiation from the existing products, and we will carry out ongoing research.

Keywords

• Marine safety
• diving computer
• textile sensor
• diving decompression
• usage evaluation