The COVID 19 has disrupted our lives and economy leaving us wondering if life will ever return to normal. People spaces line offices, 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 begin to reopen to get our economy back on track, their first priority is to ensure the safety of their employees and customers. Government recommendations include a method of screening people for fever. While fever screening is not foolproof it is the only method we have to detect people infected with a contagious disease. Touchless based fever screening methods are the only practical ways to detect elevated skin temperature that indicates but doesn't confirm the presence of fever.
Bioscan technologies offers touchless elevated skin temperature scanning devices for use in access control security systems and public entry 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 NCIT or FDA approved clinical-grade contact thermometer.
The BIOS01 non-contact thermal body temperature scanner and access control device uses AI based facial recognition to identify an employee and use IR thermal scan around the forehead area to detect if the person has elevated body temperature. The device generates both audio and visual alerts that notify staff to take additional actions. The device can also automatically trigger policies such as denying entry access to the facility by controlling door access.
The device uses German-made Hiemann 32x32 thermopile sensor array that delivers a high degree of accuracy of +-0.3C / 0.54F at a range of 1-3 feet. The temperature reading is taken from the forehead area. Elevated skin temperature alerts are on the 8" display with a visual and audible alarm. Security staff at a remote monitoring station can also be alerted and can take appropriate action such as secondary screening with a clinical-grade thermometer.
AI-based facial recognition 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.
The unit is perfect for office buildings, factories, farms, 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 device 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 20000 faces on the unit or unlimited faces on the central server.
IR Thermal Body Temperature scanner for accurate measurement
For thermal sensing, the unit has an accurate infrared thermal sensor that can detect body temperature with an accuracy of +/- 0.3C (0.54F) at a range of 1-3 feet. Using facial detection technology, the thermal sensor takes readings from the forehead area for the most accurate reading.
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, the 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.
b) Standalone single person temperature scan with face recognition to identify employees/staff or visitors. In this case, facial recognition will identify the user as a registered employee or 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 $1350.
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.
BioScan Technologies’s 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 unit is deployed on a tripod and connected to a PC with 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 5 feet, for best results it is recommended to be used to scan one person 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 airports, office entry ways, restaraunts, malls, grocery stores, schools and office buildings.
Key Features
Long range facial recognition based body temperature scanning
The unit is caliberated to measure body/skin temperature at a distance of 5 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 multiple people and take simultaneous measurements. However in practise during deployment, it is recommended to screen one person at a time. The device detects and sounds an alarm within a second enabling fast and effficient screening for elevated temperature levels.
However, 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 PC via USB and be operational quickly.
Pricing
Pricing starts at $1899 for the thermal camera + tripod.
The BIOS04 is a high performance walk through temperature scanner designed for scanning people one-person at a time at security gates at airports, government facilities, office buildings and sports stadiums. The unit can also be deployed in school buses, transit buses to scan passengers as they enter.
The system generates audio alarms and displays the alarm on the 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.
Key Features
Uses FLIR camera module for facial detection and taking accurate temperature reading (+-0.5C) at range of 3-4 feet
Standalone unit with an 8" display for alerting both visual and audio
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 is Taiwan
Uses black body for accurate caliberation
Pricing
Starts at $3500 for the unit including the black body heat source.