City firm brings out AI-enabled social distancing detector

Coimbatore: A city-based company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) enabled social distancing detection system.
Social Distancing Alert Device (SDAD), developed by Enthu Technology Solutions India Private Limited, can measure distance between people at public places, founder director of the company Moorthi Kanagaraj said. “We have incorporated AI in image processing technology to automatically identify social distance violations when people stand in queues. The device should be installed eight to 10 feet high to cover the entire crowd. It will capture the picture of the crowd once in three minutes and analyse whether there is 1.5 metre distance between each person. If the distance is not ensured, it will highlight the violator on the monitor and issue a warning,” he said.
The device will be useful at ticket counters, entrance of factories, banks and companies, Kanagaraj said. “It will also issue a warning if a room gets crowded. It will send information like how many people had gathered at a particular time and how many people had violated the norms, to the back-end. Apart from ensuring compliance without human interference, it will help authorities to learn about movement of people at a particular place and their behaviour.”
The firm is also developing a solution to identify those without masks and to detect their body temperature, Kanagaraj added.