Service: Ik houd van jou Monitor - Monitor which automatically calculates the distance between people

Responsible organisation: Amsterdam (Local Government)

The city of Amsterdam has taken various measures to combat the further spread of COVID-19 and to spread awareness on the importance of keeping 1.5 meters distance from one another. To that end, the city has implemented the 1.5 meter monitor. A camera takes a picture of a public scene, and the system automatically calculates the distance between people. Passers-by can see this picture, on which faces have been replaced with smileys, on a screen. This tells them whether they are keeping their distance: a green smiley for more than 1.8 meters distance, an orange smiley for 1.5 to 1.8 meters distance, and a red smiley for less than 1.5 meters distance. Pedestrians are also warned with audio signals. The system does not save the photographs it takes, so images are used only for a direct warning to pedestrians. However, the total amount of pedestrians within range of the camera is recorded, so that it is possible to monitor whether a certain area is too busy. The 1.5 meter monitor is temporarily employed because of emergency ordinance COVID-19 and the necessity of keeping 1.5 meters distance. The system is being test in a number of public spaces in the Amsterdam—Amstelland region.

Additional information

Source Open Innovation Regione Lombardia
Web site https://algoritmeregister.amsterdam.nl/anderhalve-meter-monitor/
Start/end date 2016 -
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