Touchless Hand Wash Timer

P ro j e c t G u id e : P ro f. S h i lp a Ru d raw ar

Name Roll No. PRN

Abhijeet Kadoo  163 0120190139
Aayushi Deshmukh  326 0120190089
Vanshika Sonekar   329 0120190029
Contents

 Introduction

 Motivation  

 How to h and ru b

 Circuit diagram

 Components

 Methodology  

 Results

 Conclusion s

 Future w orks

 References
Introduction

• Whi l e ha nd-wash in g h as always been an im por ta n t arsen al in disea se-

pr eventi on an d overall h ealth, it has taken a new promin enc e as a
pr eventa tive m eas ure t o cu rb the sprea d of th e COVID-19 pan demic.

• Th e CDC gu idelin es for good h and wa shin g states tha t on e m ust

i dea l ly s cru b their h ands for 20 secon ds.

• Th is si mple tim er ma de us in g au rdin o sits next to you r ha nd soa p

di sp enser. It ha s a sensor on top tha t detec ts when you take you r
h an d in fron t of s oa p dispens er. Then it sta r ts c ou nting down 20
seconds, ligh ting u p on e LED af ter an oth er.
Motivation

• H a n d s a r e t h e m o s t c o m m o n v e h i c l e o f t ra n s m i s s i o n o f i n f e c t i o u s d i s e a s e . H a n d
hy g i e n e h a s b e e n r e c o g n i z e d a s t h e s i n g l e m o s t i m p o r t a n t w ay t o p r e v e n t t h e
transmission.

• According to the WHO guidelines, people need to wash their hands with soap
a n d w a t e r a t l e a s t f o r 2 0 s e c o n d s t o g e t r i d o f a n y v i r u s . A l t h o u g h yo u h ave a
stopwatch on phones, wristwatches and other electronic devices, it is not
c o nv e n i e n t t o u s e t h e m .

• Also, some people do not want to use their expensive phones near washbasins.
S o , i t b e c o m e s d i ffi c u l t t o ke e p a c h e c k o n t i m e f o r t h e h a n d w a s h i n g
p r o c e d u r e . T h a t ’s w hy w e c r e a t e d t h i s t i m e r t o ke e p t a c k o n h a n d wa s h i n g .
How to Hand rub

To eff ectively reduce the

growth of germs on
hands, hand rubbing
must be per formed by
following all of the
illustrated steps.

This takes onl y 20-30

seconds.
Circuit diagram
Components

• Arduino Nano /Uno

• HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Distance Sensor

• 1 Red LED

• 1 Green LED

• 4 Blue LED

• Enclosure

• Breadboard and jumper wires

 Methodology

• T h e m a i n b ra i n o f t h i s c o un t d o w n t i m e r i s a n A r d u i n o.

• S o t h e A r d u i n o i s c o n n e c t e d t o a n u l t ra s o n i c d i s t a n c e s e n s o r, a n d 6 L E D s . T h e
A r d u i n o i s s e n d i n g ul t ra s o n i c s o u n d w av e s w i t h t h e d i s t a n c e s e n s o r a n d c h e c k i n g
t h e t i me i t t a ke s f o r t h e s o u n d w av e s t o b e r e fl e c t e d b a c k t o t h e s e n s o r.

• U s i n g t h e t i m e i t m e a s u r e s t h e di s t a n c e o f a ny t h i n g r i g h t i n f r o n t o f i t . S o t h e
A r d u i n o i s a l way s r e a di n g t h e s e n s o r, w a i t i n g f o r y o u r h a n d t o a p p e a r w i t h i n 3 0
c e n t i m e t e r s , t h e A r d u i n o t u r n s o n t h e r e d L ED a n d w a i t s f o r 4 s e c o n d f o r y o u t o
t a k e s o m e wa t e r a n d s o a p o n y o ur h a n d s .

• T h e n i t s t a r t s t h e 2 0 s e c o n d s c o u n t d o w n . E ve n t u a l l y t h e 5 b l u e L E D s l i g h t u p,
o n e b y o n e , ov e r t h e p e r i o d o f 2 0 s e c o n d s . O n c e t h e g r e e n L E D t u r n s u p, yo u
h a ve w a s h e d yo u r s h a n d s f o r l o n g e n o u g h a n d y o u c a n r i n s e o ff t h e s o a p.
Results

• Once we have successfully uploaded the code, it’s time to

check if the timer works correctly or not.

• Normally all the LEDs should be off. When we take our hand in
front of the sensor, the red LED should turn on. Eventually all
the LED should turn on with 4 seconds interval, fi nally lighting
up the green LED.

• In test we found that we actually used to wash our hands for a

much shorter time before we used this timer.
Simulation Results
Conclusion

• The main goal of this project is to use current advanced

technologies to develop a monitoring tool to improve hand hygiene.

• This also encourages kids to wash their hands more of ten as it is

fun to watch this timer countdown.

• We wanted to reduce the spread of the current COVID-19

pandemic. Hand washing is one of the most widely recommended
actions that ever yone can take to help reduce the spread of the
virus, so we designed a device to help hand washing.
Future works

• The proposed system design and the prototype system has a

lot of opportunity to be improved in future works.

• A Passive Infrared Sensor(PIR) could be added into the system

to save energy. It can measure how much time the person
spends in front of the sink. This data is sent over a wireless
Internet of Things(IoT) network to a database. This data base
can then displayed on a nearby screen so that we can keep
track up our hand wash habits.
References

• htt ps://patents.google.com/patent/US7819136B1/en

• htt ps://create.arduino.cc/projecthub

• htt ps://www.thingsquare.com/blog /arti cles

• htt ps://www.researchgate.net/publicati on/225118117_A_vision-based_sy

stem_for_automati c_hand_washing_quality_assessment
Thanks!!