In St. Petersburg, a set of Dahua thermal body temperature monitoring system was installed at the entrance of JSC Concern Okeanpribor to help the company with preliminary body temperature screening of employees and visitors during the pandemic. The equipment can quickly and accurately detect people with elevated body temperatures, one of the key symptoms of COVID-19, providing the organisation with an additional layer of protection for its employees.
JSC Concern Okeanpribor is a company engaged in the production of sonar systems and shipbuilding stations to meet the needs of the country’s naval force and national economy. It is also listed as one of the ‘backbone enterprises’ of the Russian Federation.
Temperature monitoring solution
To provide its employees with safe working conditions under COVID-19, JSC Concern Okeanpribor hopes to use the Dahua thermal body temperature monitoring system to assist their daily temperature screening work and minimise the chances of infection with the strictest measures possible, while not ignoring privacy and respect.
The Dahua thermal body temperature monitoring solution was installed at the checkpoint of JSC Concern Okeanpribor, consisting of:
Thermal body temperature monitoring camera DH-TPC-BF5421P-T
Calibration equipment (blackbody)
DSS software
Accessories (2 tripods, 2 adapters for a tripod)
Hand-held scanners
The Dahua thermal body temperature monitoring system is a part of the VideoNet security systems at the facility
The implementation of this solution was completed by Skyros Corporation, a gold partner of Dahua Technology in the Northwest Federal District, together with a well-known Russian software developer for security systems – VideoNet. The Dahua thermal body temperature monitoring system is a part of the VideoNet security systems at the facility.
The Dahua Thermal Body Temperature Monitoring Solution provides a non-invasive way to help organisations check body temperatures of a group of people at the same time, which is faster than hand-held scanners and can be done at a safer distance. That’s why this solution is accepted and adopted by JSC Concern Okeanpribor and other security experts during the pandemic and recovery. Moreover, the most important factor why it was chosen is its accuracy.
Reducing false alarms
With a blackbody, the solution uses a hybrid thermal imaging camera to achieve highly accurate temperature monitoring of ± 0.3 ℃, which is essential in detecting people with abnormal temperatures. At the same time, the camera’s built-in face detection enabled by advanced AI technology can improve the overall measurement accuracy with better positioning of the measuring point on the face.
This approach significantly reduces false alarms caused by a variety of hot objects that may accidentally or intentionally appear in the monitored zone. It can also detect the temperatures of people wearing medical masks.
This solution also includes a special version of Dahua DSS software, which can handle temperature alarms
This solution also includes a special version of Dahua DSS software, which can handle temperature alarms. If the set temperature threshold is exceeded, this could be an indication that the system has detected a person with fever and should be checked by a medical professional. In this case, the camera will send an alarm message to this software, allowing the operator to take appropriate measures.
Conduct preliminary detection
Featuring long distance, non-contact and fast detection speed, the Dahua Thermal Body Temperature Monitoring Solution allows JSC Concern Okeanpribor to conduct preliminary detection of people entering their building who are exhibiting fever, thus effectively limiting cross-infection caused by physical contact, saving manpower and material resources, enabling efficient passage of people at the entrance, as well as enhancing protection for the operation of the whole company.
The solution has been widely used in China and many parts of the world during the pandemic and corresponding recovery. Its effectiveness for mass scanning especially in public places such as shopping centers, office buildings, airports, train stations, subway, as well as in hospitals and educational institutions has been proven by its applications all over the world. In one transportation hub for instance, the system detected more than 100 passengers with abnormal temperature. After conducting medical tests, 60 of them were confirmed positive for COVID-19.
People who have the coronavirus but don’t display symptoms aren’t driving the spread of the pandemic, World Health Organization officials said Monday.
“From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said at a news briefing in Geneva, CNBC reported.
“It’s very rare.”
Health officials warned early on that asymptomatic carriers could be fueling the spread by stealth –but Van Kerkhove said that while asymptomatic spread can occur, it is not the main way the virus was being transmitted.
“We have a number of reports from countries who are doing very detailed contact tracing,” she said.
“They’re following asymptomatic cases. They’re following contacts. And they’re not finding secondary transmission onward. It’s very rare,” she said.
Governments should instead focus their efforts on detecting and isolating infected people with symptoms — then tracking anyone who might have come into contact with them, she said.
“What we really want to be focused on is following the symptomatic cases,” Van Kerkhove said.
She added that the agency is still trying to get “more information” from different countries to “truly answer” whether the virus can spread widely through asymptomatic carriers.
“If we actually followed all of the symptomatic cases, isolated those cases, followed the contacts and quarantined those contacts … it would be a drastic reduction in transmission,” she said.
…In response to the challenges facing the retail industry, Dahua Technology, a video-centric smart IoT solution and service provider, has launched a professional Retail Epidemic Safety Protection Solution to help retailers maintain safe operations and improve business efficiency during the pandemic, as well as providing upgraded plans to increase ROI after business resumption.
The White House’s Opening Up America Again guidelines ask employers to develop and implement appropriate policies before reopening their workplaces, including monitoring the workforce for symptoms of COVID-19. Temperature checks are among the recommendations, since measuring the body temperature of large groups of people can mitigate the spread of disease of which fever is a symptom.
Building upon existing video surveillance technology, a thermal imaging solution is an efficient way to get quick and accurate temperature readings. A built-in AI algorithm allows for temperature assessment of multiple people from a distance of up to twenty-three feet away. Because no human contact is required and because many people can be screened at once, the thermal solution is well-suited for crowded environments such as hospitals, airports, public transportation hubs, office buildings, and schools. It can be deployed at entrances, exits, and corridors to monitor, in real time, large groups of people as they pass through. It provides instant data to alert operators to high temperatures and determine which individuals need medical screening. In addition, it reduces manpower requirements, saves material resources, and allows for a seamless flow of people.
To reduce the risk to the key workers and patients of University Hospital Llandough from doing this manually, Oprema – the Cardiff-based multi-brand distributor of security equipment – and its partner, Dahua Technology – the world leading solution provider in the global video surveillance industry – have donated a thermal imaging solution which can automatically detect a person’s temperature in less than a second without the need for personal contact, providing the hospital with an accurate primary screening solution…
…Chris Wilson, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Trauma & Orthopaedics at University Hospital Llandough, comments: “We need to keep our clinic going during the current crisis, now for trauma patients and also later on for patients suffering with pain and disability waiting for urgent assessment. The donated thermal solution will be a huge help to our team in screening patients quickly and effectively, without putting those doing the measuring at unnecessary risk of infection themselves.
SYLVANIA, Ohio — Businesses are looking for new ways to be proactive when its comes to the safety of their customers and employees during the coronavirus pandemic. Some are purchasing new thermal camera systems that keeps social distancing in mind.
The Dahua Human Temperature Sensing Solutions’ thermal camera is equipped with facial recognition and can monitor up to 30 people’s temperature at a time. If someone’s temperature is elevated, a light or audible alarm will go off on the camera.
In short yes. Employers must review their procedures with legal counsel and ensure they are taken in a non discriminatory manner. If data is retained, it falls under an OSHA health record thus protection and retention rules apply.
