arduino-touchless-projects/touchless_power_switch/touchless_power_switch.ino

const int US_sensorPin = 7;
const int relayPin = 10;
const int range = 8;   //Range of detection from the sensor in cm
int valRelay = 0;      // variable to store the read value
long relayAction;
bool newAction;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin (9600); //Allows serial output to serial monitor
  pinMode(relayPin, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(relayPin, HIGH); // Default relay should be OFF!
}

void loop() {
  long duration, cm;
  pinMode(US_sensorPin, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(US_sensorPin, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(2);
  digitalWrite(US_sensorPin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(5);
  digitalWrite(US_sensorPin, LOW);
  pinMode(US_sensorPin, INPUT);
  duration = pulseIn(US_sensorPin, HIGH);

  cm = microsecondsToCentimeters(duration);

  if (cm < range && cm > 1) {

    if (newAction) {
      valRelay = digitalRead(relayPin);   // read the status of input pin
      if (valRelay) {
        relayAction = LOW;
      } else {
        relayAction = HIGH;
      }

      digitalWrite(relayPin, relayAction);   // Switch Ralay ON or OFF
      newAction = false;
    }
    delay(1000); // Miliseconds which it waits before does any action again
    
  } else {
    newAction = true;
  }
}

long microsecondsToCentimeters(long microseconds) {
  return microseconds / 29 / 2;
}