AMCO - my family company - have been trialling the use of thermal imaging cameras for a while, mainly for use security systems for extreme / scaled outdoor environments like solar farms.
As a large percentage of our everyday work dried up with the arrival of the Corona lock-downs, we looked to divert thermal detection expertise to the space of COVID-19 screening.
The basic theory was this:
One the main symptoms of having the Coronavirus is having a high temperature
Thermal cameras have the ability to identify presence of abnormal temperatures amongst objects / people
Even better, new thermal cameras come with visual recognition artificial intelligence that can identify individuals temperatures amongst a mass of people
Why couldn't thermal imaging cameras be used as a way to help screen people with Coronavirus - at scale (thanks to the AI part)?
So we set about trialling the tech - thanks to our Chinese tech partner Dahua - and discovered that indeed it was possible to use thermal imaging technology to identify individuals with COVID-19 symptoms amongst a large group of people.
And hey presto, within 7 days of trialling this tech, we launched the supremely un-sexy sounded CTSS - Covid Thermal Screening Solution.
One of the keys to the success of CTSS - from the UK's economic perspective - is its ability to help get businesses back up and running more quickly, once the official lock-down ends - as they provide a level of reassurance that organisations are doing their best to screen out cases of COVID-19; or at least providing some level of reassurance that your work colleague’s cough is nothing more than a common cold, rather than something more ominous.
The biggest successes to date for the solution have been its use in warehouses, logistics companies and NHS orgs - along with airports (in countries like China, where travel has started back up again).
If you want any more info on our Covid Thermal Screening Solution, read more here / pop me an email cgmq@amco999.com