A Wearable Smart Face Shield

The fourth industrial revolution mostly revolves around new techniques and concepts such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), internet of things (IoT), etc. The recent spurt of corona virus has wreaked havoc across the globe and led to huge loss of human lives. An intelligent system with innovative technologies can be implemented to address the rapid spread of the deadly virus. In this paper, we present our patented [1] idea of Smart Face Shield (SMAFS) that can not only help to maintain appropriate social distancing in a crowded place but also to identify a person with preliminary symptoms of corona virus.SMAFS is designed as a technically improved face shield to maintain social distancing by appropriate use of proximity sensor and to measure temperature of the wearer by using contact temperature sensor. LED's and buzzer are placed strategically to alert people via visual and audio signals respectively. Such precautionary detection and proximity alert prototype can prove instrumental in early diagnosis and isolation aiding in crowd management and free movement in places of social gathering.