COVID 19 has disrupted our lives and economy leaving us wondering if life will ever return to normal. People spaces like offices, houses of worship, stores, factories, schools, theaters, sports stadiums, and restaurants have all but shut down in order to maintain social distancing and limit the spread of the virus.
As businesses and institutions reopen to get our economy back on track, their first priority is to ensure the safety of employees and customers. Government reopening guidelines include screening people for elevated temperature. While many methods and technologies exist to take temperature readings there are few practical noncontact and noninvasive methods to screen people in public places. Screening for fever is not foolproof and not an indicator of infectious disease. Only a medical professional can make a diagnostic decision of disease.
Bioscan technologies offers noncontact elevated skin temperature scanning devices for use in access control security systems and public entry pre-scanning systems combining facial recognition and detection, card access entry, and skin temperature scanning to safeguard the health and wellbeing of employees, visitors, and patrons.
Disclaimer: Please note the thermal cameras and infrared devices listed here are for elevated skin temperature screening only. They do not detect COVID 19 or any pathogens nor can they identify virus carriers such as asymptotic people who do not exhibit any symptoms.
These devices are not clinical-grade, FDA approved thermometers. They are to be be used for initial fast screening of people for elevated skin temperatures, one person at a time.
Skin temperature measurement from these devices should not be solely or primarily relied upon to diagnose or exclude a diagnosis of disease.
Elevated skin temperature as detected by these devices must be confirmed with a secondary noncontact infrared thermometer (NCIT) or FDA approved clinical-grade contact thermometer.
Our BIOSCAN BIOS01 is a non-contact temperature scanning system designed to automatically and quickly scan the temperature of a person one at a time and alert you when the person has been detected to have an elevated body temperature.
The BIOS01 uses both an AI-based face detection technology to identify the face of a person and takes a IR thermal scan from the forehead region. to determine if the person has elevated skin temperature. The device then generates both audio and visual alerts that notify staff when the configured temperature threshold is exceeded. On detecting an alert, the system can also send an email notification to a designated mailbox or to a person.
The BIOS01 supports integrated temperature scan and access control capability. The device uses advanced facial recognition technology to identify a person based on the pre-loaded pictures of the person in its database. AI-based facial detection is used to position the user for scanning their temperature from the forehead and to identify the person as an employee, visitor or stranger. This feature is useful for workplaces where you want to identify your employees and take their temperature measurements. This information can also be recorded in a cloud-based or an internal server-based central management database system.
In addition to facial recognition the device also supports user identification via RFID cards. With the optional built-in 125KHz RFID card reader, the device can read HID Proximity cards that are commonly issued by most companies. In addition to the optional built-in reader, the device can integrate with any other card readers that support Weigand interface. When the temperature of a person is normal and the person is identified via either facial recognition or via the access card, the device can trigger a signal to the relay to to open the door and grant access.
The BIOS01 uses a German-made Heimann 32x32 thermopile sensor array that delivers accuracy temperature readings, +-0.5C / 0.9F, at a range of 1-3 feet and supports a temperature adjusting field to compensate for temperature variations.
The BIOS01 is available in two configurations depending on your specific use case and size of the organization.
i. The SMB (small medium business) model is ideal for small businesses that simply want to take temperature scans of anyone entering their facility. The unit is deployed stand alone without the need for any network connectivity. All management is done locally using the device management application that is on the device.
ii. The Enterprise model is designed for larger companies that have multiple devices deployed across thier organization. The devices are typically deployed in a networked configuration with a remote management software deployed on a PC desktop/server to manage the devices. Access to server is via a browsers like Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge. The Enterprise model supports several other optional features such as HID Proximity Card reader, Power over Ethernet (POE), integration with door access management system and flexible mounting options.
youtube video of MIPS Smart Pass software https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ieVQGkcIg and installation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ53rGMJESY
Device set-up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl7qeugLWoU
Standalone mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkIm5BMniyQ
Smart Pass User guide for BIOS01 Platform
Smart Pass User guide for BIOS01 Device
The unit is perfect for office buildings, factories, restaurants, schools and educational institutions, retirement homes and any place where traditional access control systems are used to provide access to facilities.
Key Features:
AI based facial recognition for user identification
The BIOS01 supports dual binocular high-resolution cameras that perform fast and accurate facial recognition. You can recognize employees, visitors and strangers and accordingly define policies that work for your institution. The system supports up to 30,000 faces on the tablet or unlimited faces on the central server.
RFID Card based user identification
The BIOS01 supports built-in 125KHz HID Proximity Card reader that allows you to use your HID Prox II cards for user identification. This optional capability allows you to use either facial recognition or your existing RFID cards for user identification and access control.
Built-in POE Support
The BIOS01 also supports optional built-in POE support. With this feature, you can power up the unit and also connect to the network using the CAT5 cable. This simplifies deployment and reduces installation costs.
IR Thermal Body Temperature scanner for accurate measurement
BIOS01 German-made Heimann sensor is accurate to accuracy of +/- 0.5C (0.9F) at a range of 1-3 feet. Using facial detection technology, the thermal sensor takes readings from the forehead area.
Attendance Management
The unit supports attendance management capability where employee and staff can log their clock in and clock out times. All the times are logged along with the temperature record in the backend database for reporting & analysis. Facial recognition or NFC card is used to identify the person.
Integration with door or turnstile gates for automated access
The device supports multiple interfaces such as Weigand, serial, USB and ethernet for integration and control of turnstile gates and doors.
Cloud based management
The device can be fully managed by both public or private cloud. The Remote Management System provides administration and monitoring capabilities for devices that are deployed in the facility. The Application can be deployed in a public cloud or on a server hosted on the local network.
Use cases
a) Standalone single person temperature scan.
In this case, a person can be directed to the unit to scan temperature only. A temperature alert is generated on the unit with an audible alarm when elevated body temperature is detected. There is no need to connect to the network for this use case unless an email is desired.
b) Standalone single person temperature scan with face recognition to identify employees/staff or visitors. In this case, facial recognition can identify the user as a registered employee or as a visitor. In addition, you can also record, and store temperature measurements taken for each person in the database for further analysis. Network connectivity to the back end Remote Management System is required.
c) Integration with turnstile or doors for automated access. You can deploy the unit so users with elevated skin temperatures are locked out from entry to facility. The device supports Integration with turnstile or doors via Weigand, RS485, ethernet interfaces.
Pricing for this device starts at $1,350 for SMB version, a standalone unit that situations where remote management and face recognition is not needed. Enterprise version at $1,450 supports face recognition and remote management including visitor management.
BIOS04 is a high performance temperature scanner designed for fast walk through screening of people in high traffic situations such as airports, government facilities, office buildings, schools, factories, sports stadiums, etc. Combined with its facial detection technology the unit automatically detects the face and takes the temperature reading from the forehead area. Along with the black body constant heat source consistant with FDA guidelines for maintaining constant caliberation, the unit delivers precise and accurate reading of temperatures.
Designed for manned stations, the BIOS04 generates audio alarms and displays the alarm on its screen when a person with elevated temperature passes by. This can alert the security staff to quickly intervene and take additional action such as directing the person to a screening room for further check.
The unit has magnetic mounts that allow it to easily be mounted to existing security gates. This allows existing facilities with metal security gates to quickly install the system and be operational.
The unit can also be installed on tripod stands with the tripod adapters. With this feature, the unit can also be installed in locations where security gates are not an option.
The unit can also be deployed in school buses or transit buses to scan passengers as they enter.
Demos of BIOS04
BIOS04 is easy to install, set-up, and use. It's a terrific choice for manned temperature screening stations.
BIOS04 at a few customer sites:
In operation at a Montessori school in Washington State
https://www.languagegardenllc.com/videos
In operation at a factory of an Agricultural Packer in North Carolina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xi_QnTiOKQ
Key Features
Uses FLIR System Inc. camera module for facial detection and taking accurate temperature reading (+-0.5C) at range of 3-4 feet.
Uses face detection technology to target the face for a more accurate temperature measurement than more expensive thermal cameras that create a thermal image of all objects in their field of view.
Uses black-body constant heat source for maintaining accurate temperature reading.
Standalone unit with an 8" display for alerting both visual and audio alerts.
Mounting attachments to security gates, school buses etc. Can also be mounted on a vesa floor stand or on wall.
Ideal for government installations as the unit is made in Taiwan.
Pricing
Starts at $3500 for the unit including the black body heat source.
The BIOS02 portable thermal body scanner is specifically designed to rapidly scan body temperature using infrared thermal sensing of multiple areas of the body. The unit is a repurposed industrial thermal scanner that has been specifically factory calibrated for measuring skin temperatures. The unit is typically deployed on a tripod connected to a PC with a large monitor for viewing the images in real-time. Audible alerts are generated whenever the device detects high temperature.
The unit can be operated as a handheld device or mounted on a tripod and connected to a PC. As people walk by the unit one at a time, the device can measure their body temperature at a distance of 3 feet and generate an alarm when it detects an elevated body temperature indicating possible fever or infection. This allows staff to quickly isolate the person to a security station or for more analysis.
The thermal scanner is perfect for screening people or staff in places such as:
Being portable, it can also be carried by security personnel to scan people in crowded areas or by bus drivers to scan students or passengers as they enter the bus.
Key Features
Long range body temperature scanning
The unit is calibrated to measure body/skin temperature at a distance of 3 feet.
Fast screening & alerting
Typical deployment is to screen one person at a time as they walk in front of the device. The device detects and sounds an alarm within a second enabling fast, accurate and efficient processing of people and preventing lines.
More accurate temperature measurements must be conducted as a follow up to truly ascertain that the person has fever by using medical FDA approved thermometers.
Handheld or tripod mounted
The unit is battery operated and can be operated as a handheld device for some use cases. However, the most common deployment is on a tripod attached to a monitor at entry ways or doorways to facilities.
Pricing
Pricing for this device starts at $1250 that includes the device, application software and tripod.
The BIOS03 is a powerful long-range IR thermal camera scanner with AI based facial detection technology that is designed to track and screen multiple people simultaneously. The device uses infrared radiation technology to measure body temperature and generate alerts when the temperature is at an elevated level. The BIOS03 is based on Infiray's FS256Pro automatic double-light screening system that can conduct non-stop batch capture of infrared temperature and visual image in densely-populated places. The BIOS03 adopts advanced AI face recognition technology and reliable infrared temperature measurement algorithm, and acquires the temperature through non-contact form at a distance of 4 meters (12-15 feet) at most. Once it finds over-temperature targets, it will alarm automatically and store the photo
The unit is deployed on a tripod and connected to a large display monitor for viewing images in real-time. The data analysis software supplied with the product allows you to perform more sophisticated analysis on the images by selecting the candidates and getting more focused measurements.
While the device can scan upto 30 people simultaneously with an accuracy of +-0.5C over a distance of 15feet, for best results it is recommended to be used to scan 5-6 people at a time as they are walking by.
The unit is designed for public places where large groups of users enter a facility such as schools, airports, hospitals, office entry ways, restaraunts, malls, grocery stores, schools and office buildings. With multiple people scanned simultanelously, you can scan upto 10 people a second.
Demos of BIOS03
Multi-person screening video with alerts
Key Features
Long range facial recognition based body temperature scanning
The unit is caliberated to measure body/skin temperature at a distance of 10-15 feet. The IR thermal body temperature scanner measures multiple data points to get a more accurate temperature reading preventing false negatives.
A key feature is that the thermal camera uses AI to locate and detect their faces and take temperature measurements from the facial area that provides a more accurate temperature reading.
Fast screening & alerting
The unit is designed to track upto 30 multiple people and take simultaneous measurements. However in practise during deployment, it is recommended to screen 5-6 people at a time. The device detects and sounds an alarm within a second enabling fast and effficient screening for elevated temperature levels.
More accurate temperature measurements must be conducted as a follow up to truly ascertain that the person has fever by using medical FDA approved thermomenters.
Easy installation & operation
The device is easliy installed with plug-n-play capabilty. You can connect the device to a Monitor via HDMI cable and be operational quickly.
Pricing
Pricing starts at $2499 for the thermal camera + tripod.
