Thermosys - Sistema de identificação de pessoas suspeitas de apresentarem estado febril por meio de imagens nos espectros visível e termal [Gppg;e Translate: Thermosys - System for the identification of people suspected of having a fever through images in the visible and thermal spectra]

  • Funded by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo [São Paulo Research Foundation] (FAPESP)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: 2020/04986-1

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Funder

    Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo [São Paulo Research Foundation] (FAPESP)
  • Principal Investigator

    Raphael Pereira Moreno
  • Research Location

    Brazil
  • Lead Research Institution

    Opto Tecnologia Optrônica
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Diagnostics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

In the context of the serious crisis that is plaguing us because of the COVID-19 infection, a system that can select suspected febrile conditions in places of great crowding is imperative. The proposal is for the development of an intelligent imaging system in the visible and thermal spectra that processes the relative data to identify suspected infection. For this, the company is using its experience in multispectral systems and products in its defense portfolio, calibrating them, adapting them and developing the necessary algorithms for this new desired functionality. The system will be formed by cameras in the visible and thermal spectra mounted on a cabinet that can be installed in crowded places. The system will be connected to a platform with algorithms optimized for face detection processing, identification of measurement points and temperature evaluation routines compensating for environmental variables. Prototypes will be made incrementally. Initially with thermal modules of simple acquisition and software operating in laboratory conditions. Thus, adapting the characteristics for the system to operate in the desired function. Subsequently, the modules will be replaced by sensors manufactured by Opto S&D, optimized for the temperature range of interest. In the same way that the first algorithms will be worked in more controlled conditions (distance, temperature and ambient humidity) and then migrating to more diverse conditions in which the system can be used.