Using Privacy Respecting Sound Analysis to Improve Bluetooth Based Proximity Detection for COVID-19 Exposure Tracing and Social Distancing

We propose to use ambient sound as a privacy-aware source of information for COVID-19-related social distance monitoring and contact tracing. The aim is to complement currently dominant Bluetooth Low Energy Received Signal Strength Indicator (BLE RSSI) approaches. These often struggle with the compl...

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Main Authors: Gernot Bahle, Vitor Fortes Rey, Sizhen Bian, Hymalai Bello, Paul Lukowicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/16/5604