Human Detecting Sensors and End-To-End Security Model for Design and Manufacturing of IoT-Based Disinfectant Sanitizer Tunnel: An Innovation Against Covid-19

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 pandemic affected many people world-wide. It has become a global issue. The major priority of the scientific community is to control this pandemic. The infection can spread through various ways, mainly by touching a contaminated or infected surface or person-to-person contact (droplets from the oral and nasal passage from an infected person). Increase in the rate of infection can by caused by inadequate hygiene practices and cleanliness. The virus is active up to few hours on various surfaces and time may vary according to the nature of the surface. The virus can continue to spread rapidly by contact surfaces and air. Prevention of further viral spread can be attained by effective disinfection of surface and air. It is suggested that sanitizers (0.1% sodium hypochlorite) can effectively arrest COVID-19 virus within a minute. This paper describes a strong IoT-based disinfectant tunnel which is used to disinfect external surface of objects, clothes, or even human skin to provide protection against COVID-19 in social or public places such as malls, schools, hospitals, airports, and offices. Primarily focusing on the significance, structural design, and functioning of the tunnel. To make the tunnel cost-effective and sustainable, solar panels and steel rods have been used. The disinfectant tunnel is highly efficient as it offers no contact disinfection or sanitization. This sensitization tunnel must detect human to sanitize, this paper illustrates a novel approach of using sensors for human detection, and since this project is based on IoT as backbone, so security model must be there to guard against malicious user. This paper also illustrates end-to-end security model. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.