International. FLIR Systems released FLIR Screen-EST software for the brand's T, Exx, and A-series thermal imaging cameras. The software provides automatic measurement tools that perform elevated skin temperature assessments of people in two seconds or less at entrances, checkpoints, and other high-traffic areas, while maintaining recommended social distancing guidelines.
"Governments and businesses around the world are working hard to develop new processes to ensure the public health and safety of COVID-19, including the use of radiometric thermal imaging cameras as part of a comprehensive frontline detection program," said Jim Cannon, president and CEO at FLIR. "Now with FLIR Screen-EST software, those organizations can increase the speed and accuracy of top-of-the-line detection when using FLIR thermal cameras."
The FLIR Screen-EST Method
FLIR Screen-EST software is designed to automatically take a skin temperature measurement near each person's tear duct, the surface area most closely related to core body temperature. When used with T-Series, Exx-Series or A-Series cameras, the software allows people detection to be performed 50 percent faster than the existing detection mode on the FLIR Systems camera, accelerating performance. If the software detects a skin temperature that exceeds a set threshold above the reference average, Screen-EST will notify the operator and display or emit an audible alarm on the subject's display monitor. The individual should be directed to a secondary medical examination.
Thanks to nearly two decades of experience in the design and manufacture of thermal measurement solutions for skin temperature screening, Screen-EST automatically takes skin temperature samples at the screening site to determine an average skin temperature baseline. Then add additional samples throughout the day.
This relative temperature detection method helps regular body temperature fluctuations caused by external natural biological and environmental factors, thereby reducing the number of inaccurate readings that can affect absolute temperature alarm systems.
