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Sitting at her desk at the office, Kim Min-sun, a working mom, can watch how her three-year-old daughter is doing at home several times a day. She has only to open an application on her smartphone. Last year she installed an IP camera at home and downloaded the app provided by the camera company. Kim can now view the interior of her home anytime, anywhere, and in real time. “I can even control the direction of the camera with the smartphone. I am really satisfied with this as I can be sure that my daughter is okay,” Kim said. She installed the camera after a couple of suspicious incidents involving her ex-babysitter. Kim found that she was taking the baby to her house during the day in order to do housework instead of doing what she was paid to do. “Moms often use MP3 players to record what is happening when they are not sure about their babysitters, but it doesn’t guarantee much since you can’t see what’s going on,” Kim said. She added that one of her friends installed a camera upon advice since the babysitter didn’t speak a single word for the entire day on the recording. “She found that the one-year-old baby was crawling around, eating food from off the floor, and sleeping on the floor all alone, all day, just like a puppy,” Kim said. Working moms are concerned whether their babies are being well cared for at home while they are busy at work, but installing CCTV and checking it was too complicated for most. Smartphones, however, have made it easy. It cost Kim less than 300,000 won to buy the IP camera, and there is no additional cost incurred. Even the app is free. LG Uplus, the country’s smallest mobile carrier, recently launched “Mom’s View,” a home monitoring service using a camera on a robot cleaner or IP cameras. Moms can monitor their children or pets at home using a smartphone or computer. They can also talk with their children. The service costs 3,000 won a month. “Conventional home CCTVs had trouble expanding due to the complicated installation process and expensive service fees. As ‘Mom’s View’ is offered at a cheaper price and easy to install, it will help spread the home monitoring service in the country,” said Nam Seung-han, in charge of convergence planning at LG Uplus. The mobile carrier said the outlook is bright for the market. There were 5.4 million double income households as of 2009, and the number of newborns stood at 470,000 last year. Nam pointed out that the growth of smartphones, tablets and IP cameras is pulling up demand for home monitoring services. While moms use smartphones and IP cameras to watch their babies, others can use the same devices for security purposes. On top of the camera, they can install sensors on the door. If the door opens, the application on the smartphone triggers an alarm. SK Telecom, the country’s largest mobile carrier, offers “Point Cam” where one can see their home or shop through CCTV and smartphones, also in real time. The service includes a heat sensor, which immediately notifies the subscriber with text messages when it senses a break in.
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