This could control access to major sporting events after the pandemic

Infrared thermography can offer a plus of security at the entrance of massive events

La Infrared thermography is to use infrared cameras to detect body temperature who passes in front of them and would be a good measure to settle in the entrances of sports cities or stadiums

Has designed it  thermohuman a Spanish company dedicated to infrared thermography to prevent injuries which has adapted its technology to control the temperature at the entrances to sports facilities, according to the Seville newspaper

This company is formed by a group of Spanish researchers in the area of ​​Physical Activity and Sports Sciences and  has been applying this technology for several years to analyze the body temperature of athletes and prevent risks of injury.

Seeing the advance of the coronavirus pandemic, its managers understood that it was the time to adapt your techniques to a service that could be useful against the emergency, taking into account that thermography had already been used in other pandemic waves in the last decade.

A snapshot of how the system captures temperature

“We chose to developAlgorithms that adapt to analyze and identify by video the maximum temperature of a person in their head and thus, in entrances to venues, to be able to identify people who may start to have a fever and, therefore, screen to prevent it from spreading again”, he adds.

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