Assessing the Risk of Spreading COVID-19 in the Room Utilizing Low-Cost Monitoring System
High hygiene standards were established during the COVID-19 epidemic, and their adherence was closely monitored. They included the need to regularly wash one’s hands and the requirement to cover person’s upper airways or keep at least a two-meter space between individuals. The ITS (Information Techn...
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| description | High hygiene standards were established during the COVID-19 epidemic, and their adherence was closely monitored. They included the need to regularly wash one’s hands and the requirement to cover person’s upper airways or keep at least a two-meter space between individuals. The ITS (Information Technology Systems) community made a big contribution to this by developing methods and applications for the ongoing observation of people and the environment. Our major objective was to create a low-cost, straightforward system for tracking and assessing the danger of spreading COVID-19 in a space.The proposed system collects data from various low-cost environmental sensors such as temperature, humidity, CO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, the number of people, the dynamics of speech, and the cleanliness of the environment with a significant connection to elements of wearable electronics and then evaluate the level of contamination and possible risks and, in the event of a high level of risk, alerts the person to take actions that can reduce or eliminate favourable conditions for the spread of the virus. The system was created at the Laboratory of industrial control systems of the University of Žilina, Slovakia. The experiment demonstrates the ability and feasibility to control the number of people in a space depending on particular symptoms like fever, coughing, and hand hygiene. On the other hand, the laboratory’s temperature, humidity, and air quality should be controlled to reduce the spread of illness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6da87d49ae5b4e989b3c9d4a31192b212023-11-17T18:16:06ZengMDPI AGApplied System Innovation2571-55772023-03-01624010.3390/asi6020040Assessing the Risk of Spreading COVID-19 in the Room Utilizing Low-Cost Monitoring SystemMarek Bujňák0Rastislav Pirník1Pavol Kuchár2Karol Rástočný3Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, 010 26 Zilina, SlovakiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, 010 26 Zilina, SlovakiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, 010 26 Zilina, SlovakiaFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Zilina, 010 26 Zilina, SlovakiaHigh hygiene standards were established during the COVID-19 epidemic, and their adherence was closely monitored. They included the need to regularly wash one’s hands and the requirement to cover person’s upper airways or keep at least a two-meter space between individuals. The ITS (Information Technology Systems) community made a big contribution to this by developing methods and applications for the ongoing observation of people and the environment. Our major objective was to create a low-cost, straightforward system for tracking and assessing the danger of spreading COVID-19 in a space.The proposed system collects data from various low-cost environmental sensors such as temperature, humidity, CO<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mrow></mrow><mn>2</mn></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula>, the number of people, the dynamics of speech, and the cleanliness of the environment with a significant connection to elements of wearable electronics and then evaluate the level of contamination and possible risks and, in the event of a high level of risk, alerts the person to take actions that can reduce or eliminate favourable conditions for the spread of the virus. The system was created at the Laboratory of industrial control systems of the University of Žilina, Slovakia. The experiment demonstrates the ability and feasibility to control the number of people in a space depending on particular symptoms like fever, coughing, and hand hygiene. On the other hand, the laboratory’s temperature, humidity, and air quality should be controlled to reduce the spread of illness.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-5577/6/2/40monitoringCOVID-19sensorssmart systems |
| spellingShingle | Marek Bujňák Rastislav Pirník Pavol Kuchár Karol Rástočný Assessing the Risk of Spreading COVID-19 in the Room Utilizing Low-Cost Monitoring System Applied System Innovation monitoring COVID-19 sensors smart systems |
| title | Assessing the Risk of Spreading COVID-19 in the Room Utilizing Low-Cost Monitoring System |
| title_full | Assessing the Risk of Spreading COVID-19 in the Room Utilizing Low-Cost Monitoring System |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the Risk of Spreading COVID-19 in the Room Utilizing Low-Cost Monitoring System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Risk of Spreading COVID-19 in the Room Utilizing Low-Cost Monitoring System |
| title_short | Assessing the Risk of Spreading COVID-19 in the Room Utilizing Low-Cost Monitoring System |
| title_sort | assessing the risk of spreading covid 19 in the room utilizing low cost monitoring system |
| topic | monitoring COVID-19 sensors smart systems |
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