Framework for JARAK: A Monitoring and Notifier System for Social Distancing

Abstract

The deadly coronavirus, or better known as COVID-19, has affected people worldwide and resulted many sectors to shut down including the economic, education, tourism, and many other social sectors. Due to the shutdown of these sectors, many people have become jobless and even worst, the virus has stolen many lives. For people to continue living in this pandemic, these sectors need to be operated. Thus, it is an urge for everyone to comply with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). Recently, as the number of COVID-19 cases is showing a declining trend, many sectors have started to operate with strict SOP compliance. Nevertheless, to maintain the social distancing among people in business premises is quite challenging. As people move and mobile in the premise, it is very challenging for the premise authority to monitor and maintain social distancing among people. In addition, the increasing number of visitors may lead to contact tracing process to become more complicated. Thus, an automated approach in monitoring social distancing among people is needed. Therefore, this study proposes a system to monitor social distancing using the You Only Look Once (YOLO) algorithm. This study implements Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as the methodology. The developed social distance monitoring and notifying system will benefit the public and the government to comply with the SOP.