Airport automatic detection and disinfection channel
based on infrared temperature measurement
Fan Feng1, Yang Yang1, Yi Hu2,*, Wangdi Du1, Sihan Chen1
1.School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, China
2. School of Automotive Engineer, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei Province, China
E-mail: 68235238@qq.com
Abstract—With the return of passengers to return to work,
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the airport has a huge flow of people at the entrance and exit.
The existing airport detection and disinfection system is generally
not intelligent enough, and the development of passenger health
information registration is minimal, which often leads to
problems such as missing disinfection and temperature
measurement, time-consuming, low efficiency, and difficulty in
establishing passenger health information databases. In order to
solve such problems and make the airport detection and
disinfection system more suitable for the "strict prevention" and
"fine control" stages of epidemic prevention and control, this
paper designs and develops an airport automatic detection and
disinfection channel with the function of recording passengers'
health information. STM32 processor, MLX90614 non-contact
temperature measurement module, DY-SV5W intelligent voice
module, TFT LCD module, infrared switch module, information
registration module, camera module, etc. are mounted on the
existing ultrasonic atomization disinfection system. At the same
time, considering that the radiation from the background
environment will interfere with the measurement results and
cause certain errors, this paper selects a BP neural network
algorithm, which has high fault tolerance and strong
generalization ability to compensate the ambient temperature to
improve the accuracy of temperature measurement. Through the
combination of system software and hardware circuits, a series of
functions such as information registration, guiding passengers in
and out, infrared temperature measurement, and quarantine
disinfection can be realized. Passengers with suspected infection
due to abnormal body temperature can be separately identified
to ensure the health of people entering and leaving and ease the
manual inspection of airport quarantine personnel, disinfection,
registration pressure. The function of the system tends to be
more perfect, more intelligent and humanized.
Key words— Airport automation, Information registration,
Body temperature test, Disinfection channel
I. INTRODUCTION
Affected by the epidemic, the airport urgently needs to
improve the "strict prevention" and "fine control" passenger
health detection system. Due to the huge flow of people in and
out of the airport, its effective disinfection and detection are
particularly important in epidemic prevention and control. In
order to strictly control the entrance and exit of the airport and
block the airborne passage of the epidemic, we have designed
an airport automatic detection and disinfection channel to
implement a series of functions such as information
registration, guiding passengers in and out, infrared
temperature measurement, disinfection and killing.
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In the past, the disinfection of airport entrances and exits
has traditionally used artificial spray and artificial temperature
measurement [1], but due to human reasons, problems such as
spray disinfection and missing temperature measurements and
incomplete disinfection often occur. In the past, disinfection
required repeated operations by ground staff, and it was prone
to spray disinfection and omission of temperature measurement
in the case of insufficient physical energy. Low work
efficiency, long labor-consuming time, and manual registration
make it difficult for the airport to establish a passenger
information database, and there are a large number of human
negligence and errors in the implementation proce.We
designed an airport automatic detection and disinfection
channel, which is more convenient than manual disinfection
and temperature measurement, can make better use of
resources, and is consistent and repeatable. Automating
previously tedious tasks can improve accuracy and motivation
testing. Because disinfection and temperature measurement
tests are performed automatically, the consistency of results
and the content of each test can be guaranteed.
In the current environment, detection and disinfection
channels have been used in aviation systems and have achieved
good results. In comparison, the existing airport detection and
disinfection channels are expensive, can only achieve a single
function of spray disinfection or temperature measurement [2],
and can not achieve intelligent spraying of personnel in and
out, can no longer afford the aviation system "strict protection",
"Fine control" epidemic prevention and control tasks [3].
Therefore, this project intends to design an airport automated
detection and disinfection channel for epidemic disinfection
with temperature measurement function, which can record the
health information of passengers, cost-effective, fast
measurement, high reliability, and low power consumption.
Fig. 1. Concept diagram of disinfection channel
model
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 Infrared scanning equipment S1
Passenger disinfection
Infrared scanning equipment S2
that the system should have the function of temperature
equipment 3
compensation.
Entrance
door lock
Automated
sanitizing channels L Staff channel L1
Exit door lock K2
B. Functions implemented
K1
1) Portable and mobile. The whole equipment is mainly
Luggage channel L2
Identity collection and Baggage disinfection
temperature detection equipment 2
equipment1
Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of disinfection channel design
II. DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND FUNCTIONS IMPLEMENTION
A. Temperature measurement method
Surface temperature measurement methods are usually
divided into contact temperature measurement and non-contact
temperature measurement [4]-[7]. The former has a simple
structure and is easy to use, but the response speed is too slow
and easily affected by the ambient temperature. For non-
contact temperature measurement, although its structure is
more complicated, its disadvantages are fast response speed,
high temperature resolution, wide temperature measurement
range, and good stability, which make up for the shortcomings
of complex structure. Because it does not destroy the
temperature field of the measured object, it is of great
significance for occasions with rapid temperature changes. In
recent years, infrared temperature measurement technology has
been used in medical, industrial and other fields, and has been
widely used in aviation, automation, automotive electronics,
military and other fields. Therefore, this paper chooses a non-
contact temperature measurement method to realize the design
of human body infrared temperature measurement.
It can be known from [8] that the temperature measurement
error is related to the ambient temperature and the surface
temperature of the measured object. Ambient temperature may
cause errors in the actual body temperature of the final
measurement. A 2 °C change in ambient temperature will
cause a 0.5 °C change in forehead temperature [9]. There is a
certain relationship between the temperature of the human skin
surface and the change in ambient temperature. Because the
blood circulation on the forehead surface is relatively abundant,
when the ambient temperature changes little, the temperature
change on the forehead surface is small. When the ambient
temperature is below 16 °C, the skin will reduce blood flow
due to vasoconstriction, which will cause the temperature of
the forehead to decrease, and the difference between the
temperature of the armpit and the forehead will increase. When
the ambient temperature is greater than 30 °C, the forehead
temperature of the skin will increase due to increased blood
flow, and the temperature difference between the armpits and
forehead will decrease [10]. Therefore, if the temperature is
measured in places where the ambient temperature is too high
or too low, there will be some errors. There are certain
loopholes in traditional temperature measurement methods. In
order to eliminate measurement errors and improve
temperature measurement accuracy, it is necessary to consider
divided into two parts, the access control system and
the intelligent disinfection system, both of which can
be removed and connected at the same time. The
separate transportation of the equipment saves space
and also saves transportation costs. After arriving at the
destination, it can be quickly assembled. The operation
is very simple and requires no professional operations.
2) One person intelligent control at a time. The device is
equipped with infrared detection equipment, which can
intelligently control the speed of pedestrian flow, and
only one person is allowed to carry luggage at a time.
After one person enters the disinfection channel, the
access control system can be automatically closed to
prevent problems such as cross infection or incomplete
disinfection. After the disinfection is over, the access
control system will automatically release and allow the
next passenger to enter.
3) Centralized processing of information. The device will
aggregate the information of the passengers, and count
them into a database, and will collect the temperature
of each passenger and the information of whether the
disinfection is completed. The whole process is
completed automatically without manual registration
of personnel. It also supports data retrieval and
screening.
4) Intelligent voice prompt. The access control system
and the full voice prompts of the disinfection channel
allow passengers to easily understand and follow the
prompts to complete a complete disinfection. The
access control system will perform a series of voice
prompts for temperature measurement and information
registration, and the access control system will perform
a series of voice prompts for disinfection process and
disinfection time.
5) Baggage can also be disinfected. The intelligent
disinfection channel not only provides the disinfection
of passengers themselves, but also the disinfection of
passenger luggage. The disinfection channel contains
different areas, and separates for more effective
disinfection according to the different shapes and
characteristics of people and luggage.
6) Efficient. The access control system uses an ID card
information reading module and uses RFID technology
to read information very quickly. Body temperature
monitoring equipment adopts infrared temperature
detection module, and the detection speed is fast. The
disinfection system uses a full range of disinfection,
which is faster.

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 III. HARDWARE DESIGN
A. Overall program
The airport automatic detection and disinfection channel is
composed of a microcontroller, a temperature measurement
module, a display module, a voice module, an information
registration module, and a camera module. The information
registration module obtains the passenger information and uses
the camera module to make the passenger face the infrared
thermometer, and then obtains the body temperature through
the infrared thermometer and displays it on the LCD screen.
The motor module controls the disinfection and the entrance,
and the voice module guides the passenger in and out. The
overall structure of the airport automatic detection and
disinfection channel is shown in Fig 3.
Power
Disinfection
module
circuit
Motor
module
Sensor
Access STM32F103
module
control
Voice
module
Display
module
Fig. 3. Overall structure of airport automatic detection and disinfection
channel
B. Selection of infrared temperature measurement module
It is pointed out in reference that MLX90614 contactless
temperature measurement module is a high precision
temperature measurement chip produced by Melexls, which
integrates the company's infrared thermopile sensor
MLX81101 and special integrated chip MLX90302 for
processing infrared sensor signals. The temperature
measurement with precision is realized by its internal low
noise amplifier and 17-bit analog-to-digital converter. The
device is packaged by TO-39, which is compact and easy to
use. It has been used in the measurement of agriculture,
medical and other fields.
In this design, the digital temperature sensor DS18B20 is
used as the ambient temperature sensor. DS18B20 is a digital
temperature measurement IC chip produced by DALLAS
Company in the United States. It has the advantages of small
size, high precision, low cost and power consumption, strong
anti-interference ability and so on.
C. Information registration module selection
In order to record the health information of each
passenger, the ID card information reading module is selected
for passenger identity verification and registration. The ID
card information reader can effectively identify the
authenticity of the ID card. It uses the international advanced
TypeB contactless IC card reading technology, and passes the
wireless transmission security authentication of the special
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RFID chip in the second generation resident ID card. After
that, the personal information in the chip is read, and then the
information is uploaded to M-CU through the computer
communication interface.
D. Voice module selection
The voice module selects the DY-SV5W intelligent voice
module. The module has integrated IO segment trigger, UART
serial port can be controlled, ONE_line 1-wire data serial port
through control, standard MP3 and other seven working
management modes, simple DIP switch system settings;
support MP3,WAV decoding format, up to 32G TF card
storage, can be connected to the computer through USB data
line to update TF card storage audio files, is an ideal, feature-
rich low-cost voice module.
E. Display module selection
The display module chooses the 7-inch capacitive touch
Information screen TFT LCD module of the punctual atom. The module
registration
has a clear display, a resolution of 800mm 480, fast response,
its own driver, easy connection, on-board backlight circuit,
Camera
module
rich colors, and only needs 3.3V/5V power supply. Can meet
the needs of the project display, is a cost-effective display
module.
Infrared
switch
F. Information registration module selection
Temperature
In order to record the health information of each
measurement passenger, the ID card information reading module is selected
for passenger identity verification and registration. The ID
card information reader can effectively identify the
authenticity of the ID card. It uses the international advanced
TypeB contactless IC card reading technology, and passes the
wireless transmission security authentication of the special
RFID chip in the second generation resident ID card After
that, the personal information in the chip is read, and then the
information is uploaded to M-CU through the computer
communication interface.
IV. FUNCTION REALIZATION AND ALGORITHM DESIGN
A. Overall program
The entire airport automated detection and disinfection
channel is built using STM32 as the platform. It is mainly
programmed in C. The code is easy to read and easy to modify.
After the personnel puts in the ID card information registration
module for information registration, infrared temperature
measurement is performed on it and the personnel information
and personnel temperature are displayed through the display
module. After the information is registered successfully, the
sensor signal is received through the single chip GPIO
interface and the motor is controlled to open and close the gate,
and the disinfection module is controlled to delay the
disinfection of the personnel and voice prompts to ensure that
the disinfection is effective. Its structural block diagram is
shown as in Fig. 4.
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 Infrared C. Infrared temperature measurement
temperature With the outbreak, the airport needs to record the
measurement
Airport temperature information of each passenger who enters and
automated
detection and
Information exits the airport. The fast-reading and efficient temperature
disinfection
registration measurement device is particularly important. We have
channel designed a digital infrared temperature sensor based on
MLX90614 to meet the needs of aviation systems. Infrared
Automatic temperature measurement is based on the infrared radiation
disinfection energy of the measured object to determine the temperature of
the object without contacting the measured object, so that it
does not affect the temperature field distribution of the
Fig. 4. Structural block diagram of airport automatic detection and
disinfection channel
measured object. It has fast response speed, wide temperature
measurement range, good stability, and can measure tiny
target temperatures, and has a wide range of applications.
B. Information registration 1) hardware design. This system is a modern medical
The information registration link is mainly divided into two equipment that combines single-chip control
parts: ID information entry and temperature disinfection technology, sensor detection technology,
information entry. The two will transfer the information communication technology, display technology and
obtained each time to the MCU for summary, and register the voice technology. The hardware circuit is mainly
temperature and disinfection information of each passenger composed of STM32 single-chip microcomputer
under the identity information of the passenger, which is main control system, MLX90614 infrared
convenient for subsequent calls and searches [11]-[12] temperature sensor detection module [13], OLED
temperature display module and power driver module.
1) Entry of ID information. The equipment mainly used for The units coordinate with each other and ensure the
ID card information input is ID card reader. When the normal operation of the system.
reader detects the approach of the ID card, it will 2) software design. The system software design mainly
trigger the reading function of the reader. After reading includes the driving of components and the
each piece of information, it will be transmitted to the processing of measuring body temperature. The
MCU to trigger subsequent infrared temperature
entire system is based on the serial communication of
measurement and other functions. The schematic
diagram of the workflow of the reader is shown in Fig. the STM32 microcontroller to achieve task
5. scheduling and coordinated processing between
various modules. First, the system waits for the
button that triggered the measurement. When the
Reader Credit card
Start
detects Have ID
Y Read ID
informa-
information button is pressed, the main control unit is triggered to
proximity of
ID card
near
tion
into the
database transmit a signal to the infrared temperature
N measurement module. The temperature measurement
Reader
module starts temperature measurement, processes
detects the measured data, and then transmits the measured
proximity of
ID card temperature data to the main control unit, and finally
to the output unit, and displays the measured
Fig. 5. ID card information input flow chart temperature data on the OLED display module.
3) Temperature compensation technology. BP neural
2) Body temperature disinfection information entry. After network is a multilayer feedforward network that can
the MCU reads the data of the infrared temperature
be propagated backwards based on errors. It is the
measurement module and the data of the disinfection
basic model of most neural networks and one of the
time, it is counted under the information of the current
passenger. Process and program design shown in Fig. most commonly used neural networks [14]. BP
6. neural network has its own advantages. BP neural
network can approximate any non-linear system, can
Temperature
measure- Disinfection minimize the deviation, and can learn information
ment data
autonomously. BP neural network algorithm (called
data entry
N entry
Perform a

BP algorithm) has excellent effects in multi-

ID card Y temperature Perform
Start information measure- disinfection
entry ment procedures
program dimensional function mapping and complex pattern
classification [15]. The algorithm is characterized by
forward signal and backward propagation errors. The
Fig. 6. Body temperature disinfection information input flowchart
process of BP neural network continuous training is
the process of continuously reducing the error along
the gradient direction, and its topology is shown in
the figure.

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  It can be known from [16] that after the BP algorithm is
Input laye r Hidden layer
x1  wij 
 within 3%, and the relative error of the uncompensated
Output laye r
x2 
xn 
Fig. 7. Topological structure of three-layer BP neural network
In the figure, x1 , x 2 are the input parameters of the
network; wij , θ , i and fx are the weights,
thresholds, and activation functions of the input layer
of the hidden layer; wjk , θ j and, gx respectively,
are the weight and threshold of the output layer of the
hidden layer. y is an output parameter.
The infrared temperature based on BP neural network
can measure the ambient temperature. The
compensation algorithm is generally divided into
three steps, namely the construction of BP neural
network, training and test data. In the process of
constructing the BP neural network, the system
modeling is performed first, and then a suitable
network structure is constructed. Before entering the
BP neural network training, the network is initialized
first, and a randomly generated method is used to
initialize the threshold a of the hidden layer and the
threshold b of the output layer, the weights of each
layer, and the excitation function of the neuron. And
its learning rate. After initialization, BP neural
network training is performed, including calculating
the output of the hidden layer, the output calculation
of the output layer, the calculation error, updating the
weights and updating the threshold. Until the end of
training, verification and determination of the BP
compensation model is achieved by importing test
data.
Establish a
Initialization
System suitable
of BP neural
modeling BP network
network
structure
Data Parameter
Data test
prediction determination
Fig. 8. flow chart of BP compensation model establishment
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optimized and compensated, the error between the
predicted temperature and the actual test temperature is
optimized measurement value is generally above 7%. In
y1  terms of infrared temperature measurement, BP
algorithm has obvious advantages over conventional
temperature measurement.
ym  D. Automatic disinfection
In the face of severe epidemics, effective disinfection is
particularly important in airports and other densely populated
places. The automatic disinfection process is the core of
airport automated detection and disinfection channels. To
effectively disinfect personnel, we must choose the
disinfection method that is most suitable for the airport
environment.
At present, the commonly used disinfection methods are:
thermal disinfection, ultraviolet disinfection, spray
disinfection and so on. The spray disinfection method refers to
a method of spraying a disinfectant with a sprayer, and using
various chemical disinfection methods to disinfect air and the
surface of an object with an aerosol formed in the air. Faced
with the needs of the epidemic, the spray disinfection method
will not cause discomfort and harm to the human body, and
can effectively disinfect, which meets the needs of the current
epidemic. Considering that passengers at the airport carry
luggage, it is also required that the disinfection time be as
short as possible. The high-pressure mist droplets after spray
sterilization can completely surround the object to be sterilized
in three dimensions, thereby achieving complete three-
dimensional sterilization without dead corners, thereby
completely completing epidemic disinfection operations.
The sterilization process designed in this article consists of
three parts: (1) After the body temperature test is completed,
the entrance gate is opened, and the entrance gate is closed
after the personnel and luggage pass. (2) After the gate is
closed, open the automatic disinfection sprayer for
disinfection for 5-10s, and at the same time, the voice prompts
the disinfection duration. (3) After the disinfection is finished,
give a voice prompt, open the exit gate, and close the exit gate
after the personnel leave.
Voice
broadcast
BP neural
network Entrance Personnel Exit Personnel
training open entry open leave
Automatic
N disinfection
Is the
Y training
Fig. 9. Design drawing of automatic disinfection process
over?
V. CONCLUSION
This paper designs and develops an airport automatic
detection and disinfection channel with the function of
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recording passengers' health information. This channel
combines infrared sensing technology with TypeB non-contact
IC card reading technology, display technology, and voice
technology. At the same time, considering that the background
radiation will interfere with the measurement results and cause
certain errors, this paper chooses a BP neural network
algorithm, which has high fault tolerance and strong
generalization ability to carry out ambient temperature
compensation to improve temperature measurement accuracy.
Through the combination of system software and hardware
circuits, it can realize a series of functions such as information
registration, guide passengers in and out, infrared temperature
measurement, quarantine and disinfection, etc., which can
distinguish normal temperature people from suspected
infected people with abnormal body temperature, ensure the
health of people entering and leaving [17], and ease airport
quarantine Manual detection, disinfection, and registration
pressure. The design is applied in the airport quarantine
process, and meets the needs of automatic temperature
measurement, disinfection and information registration
developed by modern science and technology. System
functions are becoming more complete, smarter and more
user-friendly, which can help airports better respond to public
health emergencies and do epidemic prevention and control
tasks.
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