Development of a Monitoring System to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 Through the Public Transport System
Transport Means 2021: Sustainability: Research and Solutions: Proceedings of the 25th International Scientific Conference. Part 1 2021
Antons Patļins, Otgon Dariimaa, N. Oyun-Erdene, Nadežda Kuņicina

Due to COVID-19 and its rapid spread all over the world, the daily life of people all around the world has an effect on many levels, and people are trying to get along with the pandemic situation and support sustainability of development in every field. Public transportation is a backbone of sustainable urban infrastructure development and has to be safe and reliable in this situation. In this research work, an IoT-based system that combines machine learning with electrical sensors for enrichments is proposed in order to prevent risks that can occur in the future. The proposed monitoring system targeted bus drivers during their work time due to their high risk of spread if they were infected. The system detects if a driver does restricted actions such as not wearing a mask, using it improperly, touching their faces, or shows some of the symptoms of COVID-19, the device equipped in front of them shows an alert and sends an action log to the centralized server. It prevents actions that can cause infection from the virus and collects data that can be used for many purposes, analysis, and other possible services as well. Machine learning based image recognition techniques were used to detect and monitor specified actions. In order to increase its functionality and efficiency, thermal sensors, cameras, and microphones were deployed as well. Therefore, IoT was used for collecting the data resulting from monitoring for future applications.


Atslēgas vārdi
monitoring, public transport, sustainability, covid-19, safety, health, public transport system, algorithm

Patļins, A., Dariimaa, O., Oyun-Erdene, N., Kuņicina, N. Development of a Monitoring System to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 Through the Public Transport System. No: Transport Means 2021: Sustainability: Research and Solutions: Proceedings of the 25th International Scientific Conference. Part 1, Lietuva, Kaunas, 6.-8. oktobris, 2021. Kaunas: Kaunas University of Technology, 2021, 443.-448.lpp. ISSN 1822-296X. e-ISSN 2351-7034.

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