AI fever detection cameras for crowds launched

Source: Smart Cities World Published: April 6, 2020

The system from Kogniz Health continuously scans crowds and identifies anyone with a temperature as they enter facilities to locate and isolate risk.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and security company Kogniz Health is launching an AI-enabled camera and software system that scans groups and crowds entering a facility and identifies anyone with an elevated temperature.

It is designed to alert company personnel in real-time so that any individual with a fever can be isolated as needed to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. The company already has more than 12 large customers, each using multiple cameras.

Health cam

Kogniz Health, based in Silicon Valley, said the system can help organisations avoid the cost and risk of posting staff with handheld thermal devices at entrances to take individual temperatures. The health cams can be deployed at every entrance to an office, campus, warehouse or distribution centre where many people are coming through.

“Companies want to keep their employees healthy and safe,” said Daniel Putterman, co-founder and co-CEO, Kogniz. “During a pandemic such as this one it is critical that organisations be able to quickly identify people who might be sick, and one way to do that is to detect fever.