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  • Vishnu Dev
  • October 13, 2021

AI-enabled Social Distancing Detection

Social distancing has been found to be an effective measure to curb the spread of COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a minimum distance of 6 ft should be maintained between two individuals to control spread of COVID-19. As parts of the world limp back to normal and people slowly return to their workplaces and schools, the need for automatic social distance monitoring is higher than ever before. Addressing this need, our AI-enabled platform ensures accurate detection of social distancing by analysing live video streams from cameras installed in public places or work premises.

This blog presents our model of implementing this Social Distancing Detection System. 

AI for Intelligent Social Distancing Monitoring

A high-level flow diagram of the AI-based Social Distancing Monitor that we implemented is illustrated below:

Fig. 1 – Flow diagram

Data Preparation/ Annotation

One of the datasets used for training the system is the publicly available VIRAT dataset. 

The Virat Dataset consists of a set of real-life video samples that are relevant for use in video surveillance applications. The dataset contains images that are collected from multiple sites from a variety of viewpoints and resolutions with actions performed by different people. This has become a benchmark dataset for the computer vision community. 

Labeling the images was done using Labelme, an open source graphical image annotation tool, which is widely used by the AI community for labelling images for detection, segmentation, and classification. It also supports annotating videos.

Calibration Module

As the video stream can be captured from any angle, we have a calibration module, which will do a one-time calibration process to compute the homography, which will transform the actual view to a top-down view. Once homography is calculated, we will retain the computed transformation matrix and this will be reused until the camera angle is changed.

Calibration Step:

Fig 2: Selecting 4 points for Calibration

Collect four points from the perspective view (Fig. 2). The process of calibration assumes that every person is standing on the same flat plane. These four points are then mapped to four corners of a rectangle in the top view. 

Pre-Processing Module

Since OpenCV uses BGR format, BGR to RGB conversion is done inside the pre-processing block. Next, a custom image resizing algorithm is implemented to resize the frame while maintaining aspect ratio.  Finally, the image array is converted to the float data type before the pixel values are normalized.

Detection Module

We have used YOLO V3 for detection. YOLO V3 makes predictions at three different scales. Detection is done applying 1×1 kernels on feature maps of three different sizes at three different places in the network. Detections in three different scales makes it better at detecting smaller objects.  The original paper can be found [Here].

Pedestrian detector which is trained on the Virat dataset is used to find bounding boxes around each and every person in the scene.

Fig. 3 YOLOV3 Architecture[Source https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Network-architecture-of-YOLOv3_fig1_339763978]

Tracker Module

For tracking an object we would start with all possible detections in a frame and will give them an ID. In subsequent frames, we will carry forward this object ID. ID will get dropped when the object disappears from frame. Here, Deep Sort Algorithm is used to track the pedestrians in the frame. Deep Sort uses features of every bounding box along with distance and velocity to track the objects of interest. 

Post-Processing

From the YOLO output, we process the bounding box of every pedestrian, and estimate their (X, Y) location in the top-bottom view. For estimating the exact location, we applied transformation to the bottom centre-point of every pair of people. During calibration, scale factor is also measured to get an idea of how many pixels corresponds to 6 ft in real life. Measured distance is scaled using the estimated scale factor.

Finally, people who violate social distance are marked as red, also distance in meters is shown on a 2D map on the right side for better understanding.

Fig. 4 Demo video based on samples from the public “VIRAT video dataset”

Conclusion

AI-enabled social distancing detection systems will see wide adoption as social distancing and masking continue to be promoted as necessary protocols by WHO, despite large sections of the population being vaccinated. As more people across the world return to their regular commutes, public places, offices and schools, all these premises will require such systems to ensure safety of people.

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      At Ignitarium, he was previously part of the sales and marketing team with a special focus on generating a sales pipeline for Vision Intelligence products and services, working with worldwide field sales & partner ecosystems in the U.S  Europe, and APAC.

      Prior to joining Ignitarium in 2017, Pradeep was Senior Solutions Architect at Open-Silicon, an ASIC design house. At Open-Silicon, where he spent a good five years, Pradeep was responsible for Front-end, FPGA, and embedded SW business development, marketing & technical sales and also drove the IoT R&D roadmap. Pradeep started his professional career in 2000 at Sasken, where he worked for 11 years, primarily as an embedded multimedia expert, and then went on to lead the Multimedia software IP team.

      Pradeep is a graduate in Electronics & Communication from RVCE, Bangalore.

       

      SUJEET SREENIVASAN Vice President – Embedded

      SUJEET SREENIVASAN

      Senior Vice President – Automotive Technology

       

      Sujeet is responsible for driving innovation in Automotive software, identifying Automotive technology trends and advancements, evaluating their potential impact, and development of solutions to meet the needs of our Automotive customers.

      At Ignitarium, he was previously responsible for the growth and P&L of the Embedded Business unit focusing on Multimedia, Automotive, and Platform software.

      Prior to joining Ignitarium in 2016, Sujeet has had a career spanning more than 16 years at Wipro. During this stint, he has played diverse roles from Solution Architect to Presales Lead covering various domains. His technical expertise lies in the areas of Telecom, Embedded Systems, Wireless, Networking, SoC modeling, and Automotive. He has been honored as a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Wipro and has multiple patents granted in the areas of Networking and IoT Security.

      Sujeet holds a degree in Computer Science from Government Engineering College, Thrissur.

       

      RAJIN RAVIMONY Distinguished Engineer

      RAJIN RAVIMONY

      Distinguished Engineer

       

      At Ignitarium, Rajin plays the role of Distinguished Engineer for complex SoCs and systems. He's an expert in ARM-based designs having architected more than a dozen SoCs and played hands-on design roles in several tens more. His core areas of specialization include security and functional safety architecture (IEC61508 and ISO26262) of automotive systems, RTL implementation of math intensive signal processing blocks as well as design of video processing and related multimedia blocks.

       

      Prior to Ignitarium, Rajin worked at Wipro Technologies for 14 years where he held roles of architect and consultant for several VLSI designs in the automotive and consumer domains.

       

      Rajin holds an MS in Micro-electronics from BITS Pilani.

       

      SIBY ABRAHAM Executive Vice President, Strategy

      SIBY ABRAHAM

      Executive Vice President, Strategy

       

      As EVP, of Strategy at Ignitarium, Siby anchors multiple functions spanning investor community relations, business growth, technology initiatives as well and operational excellence.

       

      Siby has over 31 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. In his last role at Wipro Technologies, he headed the Semiconductor Industry Practice Group where he was responsible for business growth and engineering delivery for all of Wipro’s semiconductor customers. Prior to that, he held a vast array of crucial roles at Wipro including Chief Technologist & Vice President, CTO Office, Global Delivery Head for Product Engineering Services, Business Head of Semiconductor & Consumer Electronics, and Head of Unified Competency Framework. He was instrumental in growing Wipro’s semiconductor business to over $100 million within 5 years and turning around its Consumer Electronics business in less than 2 years. In addition, he was the Engineering Manager for Enthink Inc., a semiconductor IP-focused subsidiary of Wipro. Prior to that, Siby was the Technical Lead for several of the most prestigious system engineering projects executed by Wipro R&D.

       

      Siby has held a host of deeply impactful positions, which included representing Wipro in various World Economic Forum working groups on Industrial IOT and as a member of IEEE’s IOT Steering Committee.

       

      He completed his MTech. in Electrical Engineering (Information and Control) from IIT, Kanpur and his BTech. from NIT, Calicut

       

      SUDIP NANDY

      Board Member

       

      An accomplished leader with over 40 years of experience, Sudip has helped build and grow companies in India, the US and the UK.

      He has held the post of Independent Director and Board Member for several organizations like Redington Limited, Excelra, Artison Agrotech, GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, Liquid Hub Inc. and ResultsCX.

      Most recently, Sudip was a Senior Advisor at ChrysCapital, a private equity firm where he has also been the Managing Director and Operating Partner for IT for the past 5 years. During his tenure, he has been Executive Chairman of California-headquartered Infogain Corporation and the non-Exec Chair on the board of a pioneering electric-2-wheeler company Ampere Vehicles, which is now a brand of Greaves Cotton Ltd.

      Earlier on in his career, Sudip has been the CEO and then Chairman India for Aricent. Prior to that, he had spent 25+ years in Wipro where he has been the Head of US business, Engineering R&D Services, and later the Head of EU Operations.

      Sudip is an active investor in several interesting startups in India and overseas, which mostly use technology for the social good, encompassing hyperlocal, healthcare, rural development, farmer support and e2W ecosystem. He also spends time as a coach and mentor for several CEOs in this role.

       

      SUJEETH JOSEPH Chief Product Officer

      SUJEETH JOSEPH

      Chief Technology Officer

       

      As CTO, Sujeeth is responsible for defining the technology roadmap, driving IP & solution development, and transitioning these technology components into practically deployable product engineering use cases.

       

      With a career spanning over 30+ years, Sujeeth Joseph is a semiconductor industry veteran in the SoC, System and Product architecture space. At SanDisk India, he was Director of Architecture for the USD $2B Removable Products Group. Simultaneously, he also headed the SanDisk India Patenting function, the Retail Competitive Analysis Group and drove academic research programs with premier Indian academic Institutes. Prior to SanDisk, he was Chief Architect of the Semiconductor & Systems BU (SnS) of Wipro Technologies. Over a 19-year career at Wipro, he has played hands-on and leadership roles across all phases of the ASIC and System design flow.

       

      He graduated in Electronics Engineering from Bombay University in 1991.

       

      SUJITH MATHEW IYPE Co-founder & CTO

      SUJITH MATHEW IYPE

      Co-founder & COO

       

      As Ignitarium's Co-founder and COO, Sujith is responsible for driving the operational efficiency and streamlining process across the organization. He is also responsible for the growth and P&L of the Semiconductor Business Unit.

       

      Apart from establishing a compelling story in VLSI, Sujith was responsible for Ignitarium's foray into nascent technology areas like AI, ML, Computer Vision, and IoT, nurturing them in our R&D Lab - "The Crucible".

       

      Prior to founding Ignitarium, Sujith played the role of a VLSI architect at Wipro Technologies for 13 years. In true hands-on mode, he has built ASICs and FPGAs for the Multimedia, Telecommunication, and Healthcare domains and has provided technical leadership for many flagship projects executed by Wipro.

       

      Sujith graduated from NIT - Calicut in the year 2000 in Electronics and Communications Engineering and thereafter he has successfully completed a one-year executive program in Business Management from IIM Calcutta.

       

      RAMESH SHANMUGHAM Co-founder & COO

      RAMESH SHANMUGHAM

      Co-founder & CRO

      As Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Ignitarium, Ramesh has been responsible for global business and marketing as well as building trusted customer relationships upholding the company's core values.

      Ramesh has over 25 years of experience in the Semiconductor Industry covering all aspects of IC design. Prior to Ignitarium, Ramesh was a key member of the senior management team of the semiconductor division at Wipro Technologies. Ramesh has played key roles in Semiconductor Delivery and Pre-sales at a global level.

      Ramesh graduated in Electronics Engineering from Model Engineering College, Cochin, and has a Postgraduate degree in Microelectronics from BITS Pilani.