Design and implementation of a Social Distance Vest for Covid19 prevention (SODIV-COP)

Abstract

According to research, it is discovered that amongst the Covid19 preventive measures, social distance is easily neglected especially in a public setting such as markets, trading centers, social and political gatherings. Furthermore, according to World Health Organization (WHO), not observing social distance is one the major ways that the corona virus is being transmitted. Hence, working on a vest that can help to remind individuals and alert them in cases where they are not observing social distance. The Social Distance Vest for Covid19 Prevention, is based on Arduino Uno microcontroller board, D6T-44L-06 thermal sensor which detects the presence of a person, HC-SR04 Ultrasonic sensor that calculates the distance from where the person is standing and an alert/warning system that is composed of a Light Emitting Diode and a buzzer. Finally, the whole system is mounted on a reflective vest. The prototype vest works perfectly, in that it is able to detect a person which was not possible in the previous covid 19 distance vests which had only messages, and it is able to calculate the distance from where humans are standing and finally, triggers an alarm in a case where the person is standing at a distance of less than 1 m. The varying temperature ranges were in an array form and from 35 to 38° Celsius it detected the obstacle to be a human and had some ranges of distance 0.334 m measured by the ultrasonic sensor. Key applications of the prototypes are in crowded places like stadiums hospitals and schools.