Design and Development of a Smart Device to Combat COVID-19

Abstract

The novel Coronavirus spread has affected our normal lifestyles enormously. People are living with a daily fright of exposing themselves to this deadly virus. Even though vaccines are being given to the general public worldwide, precautions have to be taken to reduce the spread of the virus. Wearing masks, social distancing and regular hand sanitizing are some of the preventive measures that are recommended by the World Health Organization. At most of the public places, non-contact thermometers are being used to monitor the temperature of each person and then they are asked to sanitize or wash their hands at the entrance. Other than temperature screening and sanitization practices, wearing face masks plays significant role in reducing the virus spread. At the entrance of public places, an officer checks if everyone entering the building is wearing face masks. However, the officers who are working at the temperature screening points and sanitization stations have a high risk of COVID-19 exposure. Hence there is a need for a system which can check if everyone entering the building are wearing masks automatically at the entrance. The system should also have the ability to monitor the body temperature and give access to people with normal body temperature level to enter the building. KLENSE is a smart device which can monitor the body temperature, check for face masks and dispense a regulated amount of sanitizer liquid automatically. KLENSE primarily checks for face masks, then monitors the temperature and finally controls the barrier or automatic door connected to it, to give access to the people with normal body temperature.