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Pandemic of Opportunities — Thermal Imagers Have Become a Full-Fledged Industry in Six Months
Remote temperature sensing technologies can help us move closer to lifting the restrictions and are likely to be part of the new norm. The number of suppliers of such instruments is growing, and big business is investing far-sighted in thermal imagers. Let’s see how in just six months a relatively small market segment has evolved into a real industry.
In October 2016, the Shenzhen-based video surveillance company Sunell conducted an experiment to install thermal cameras and face recognition devices at the entrances of six schools in northern Beijing.
The devices recognized faces and measured the temperature of incoming students. At first, the accuracy was poor, but over the course of the year, the technology was improved. Then the company began to expand its range of services.
Other educational institutions and even prisons appeared among her clients. Specifically, in 2018, the company entered into contracts with all schools in the Anning District of Lanzhou City. To date, she has measured temperatures in 6.86 million students, according to Sunell.
The 2020 pandemic was a time of great opportunity for the company. Since March, thermal imaging systems have been installed in another 20 educational institutions…
