Take a Pic Security Bag (TAPS Bag)

Abstract

Stealing is rampant everywhere. This made the researcher to create an innovation that would intimidate the act of stealing. The researcher used cellular phone and LDR to capture pictures of the culprit. The T.A.P.S. Bag operates when the culprit opens the bag, and the light hits the LDR (Light Dependent Resistor), the LDR activates the Relay and triggers the Bluetooth Shutter to shut the camera shutter of the cellphone, which is set on multiple shots to take many picture of the culprit at different angles and different parts of his face. The cellphone then immediately captures the pictures of the culprit. The cellular phone is synchronised to the Google photos account of the owner for a quick transfer of culprit’s images when connected to data or Wi-Fi. The researcher conducted a survey to test the functionality, technicality and safety of the lifesaver bag when in use. The researcher asked thirty randomly selected respondents to wear the bag while in a pool or a large water body. Floating determines whether the lifesaver bag works properly. Results showed that the TAPS Bag has Met the Standards and are Acceptable with the mean score of 4.35 (±0.30) for functionality, 4.37 (±0.31) for technicality, 4.29 (±0.14) for safety, with an overall evaluation of 4.34 (±0.05). The researcher concludes that TAPS Bag effectively and reliably intimidates the action of stealing personal items such as money, phones, laptops and other important things from bags thus providing good security in keeping one’s belongings safe.