Ensuring social distancing using machine learning

Department of Computer Engineering, Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, India

Abstract

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has affected our daily life and is slackening the global economy. In this fight against the COVID-19, social-distancing is proving to be an effective measure to slow down the transmission of coronavirus. In order to control the spread of transmission of COVID-19, social distancing is the best measure which aims to avoid close contact of people. In order to control the spread of transmission of COVID-19, social distancing is the best measure which aims to avoid close contact of people. With the aim of ensuring social- distancing norms in workplace and public places, we can develop a social-distancing detection tool that monitors if people are staying at a safe distance from each other. This can be done by examining real-time video streams from the cameras. In order to provide an effective solution, we are developing a model which has mainly two phases - firstly object detection phase where people will be detected from the video streams. Secondly showing the statistical analysis in the form of dashboards and sending alerts to concerned authorities to take necessary actions.