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IoT based sensor operated automatic potion (SOAP) dispenser

Garimella, Raghu Chandra ; Madeti, Siva Rama Krishna ; Neetoori, Radhakrishna ; Gandreti, Pavani and Kumar, Krishna LU orcid (2023) p.185-202
Abstract

Previously, there were physically operated hand dispensers that needed to be contacted every time we needed to apply the sanitizer. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, the importance of alcohol-based sanitizers has come up. As there are chances of spreading the viruses through contact surfaces, foot-operated dispensers have been developed to avoid contact between hands and hand dispensers. For the virus-infected people, their body temperatures may be high. Therefore, many organizations have been using infrared guns to record their body temperatures before they start working. To record their temperature, a manual presence is required. To replace these manual operations, an automated hand dispenser can be used. An IoT-based automated... (More)

Previously, there were physically operated hand dispensers that needed to be contacted every time we needed to apply the sanitizer. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, the importance of alcohol-based sanitizers has come up. As there are chances of spreading the viruses through contact surfaces, foot-operated dispensers have been developed to avoid contact between hands and hand dispensers. For the virus-infected people, their body temperatures may be high. Therefore, many organizations have been using infrared guns to record their body temperatures before they start working. To record their temperature, a manual presence is required. To replace these manual operations, an automated hand dispenser can be used. An IoT-based automated machine is designed to sanitize the hands with alcohol-based liquid without any contact with the prefilled sanitizer bottle. In connection to that, a temperature sensor is also employed within the dispenser machine to indicate the temperature of the person before they want to sanitize their hands. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most organizations were allowing their clients to work only after checking their body temperature and sanitizing themselves physically. Therefore, to avoid physical contact between the dispenser and people, a device that provides contactless operation has been developed, and further, it does not require any manual presence. While this device uses an ultrasonic sensor along with a temperature sensor to identify the existence of a hand and note the temperature of that hand, a microcontroller is also employed to control the operations. Subsequently, an LCD display is used to indicate the recorded temperature and to pump the alcohol-based sanitizer. A submersible DC motor pump is used, which is operated using a relay from the microcontroller (Granted Patent Ref.: AU 2020102940).

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Alcohol-based sanitizer, COVID-19 pandemic, SOAP dispenser, Submersible DC motor pump, Temperature sensor
host publication
Recent Advancement of IoT Devices in Pollution Control and Health Applications
editor
Roy, Swapnila ; Anh Tran, Tien and Natarajan, Karthikeyan
pages
18 pages
publisher
ScienceDirect, Elsevier
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  • scopus:85158965190
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9780323958769
9780323958776
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-323-95876-9.00001-X
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English
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Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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  author       = {{Garimella, Raghu Chandra and Madeti, Siva Rama Krishna and Neetoori, Radhakrishna and Gandreti, Pavani and Kumar, Krishna}},
  booktitle    = {{Recent Advancement of IoT Devices in Pollution Control and Health Applications}},
  editor       = {{Roy, Swapnila and Anh Tran, Tien and Natarajan, Karthikeyan}},
  isbn         = {{9780323958769}},
  keywords     = {{Alcohol-based sanitizer; COVID-19 pandemic; SOAP dispenser; Submersible DC motor pump; Temperature sensor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{01}},
  pages        = {{185--202}},
  publisher    = {{ScienceDirect, Elsevier}},
  title        = {{IoT based sensor operated automatic potion (SOAP) dispenser}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95876-9.00001-X}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/B978-0-323-95876-9.00001-X}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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