The deciding factor in the infection control under with corona is "Walkthrow type" (medical institution) | New Switch by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun

As a measure to prevent the expansion of the new colon virus infection, the introduction of thermal cameras (infrared cameras) is underway for fever detection applications.Regardless of the type of industry or size, the scene of installing it at the entrance of the office, factories, hospitals, hospitals, and other buildings, measuring the body surface temperature of visitors, and screening the heat -generated person is becoming a new daily life.be.

Today we will introduce the voices of medical institutions that have already operated this thermal camera for more than three months.

Utilization cases at medical institutions

"Because it can be detected by walk -through, it can reduce the burden on visitors, including staff."The Medical Corporation Foundation Koyukai Takeda Hospital (Shimogyo -ku, Kyoto) installed one camera at the front entrance at the end of March.Takeda Hospital emphasizes the benefits of installation:Previously, the hospital staff had a temperature measurement of three visitors at the entrance of about three people at the gateway, and in some cases, visitors had to wait outside the entrance.After installing a thermal camera, visitors and staff can measure the body surface temperature by simply walking on the passage installed by the camera as usual.

Another advantage is that employees can reduce the burden on employees and reduce the risk of infection."The director of the hospital is now possible," because the surveillance person who checks the temperature of the visitors on the screen such as a personal computer can respond to the temperature of the hospital.According to Konica Minolta Japan, which introduced this device, when the staff measured with a handy type or tablet -equipped thermal camera, it is only about 20 people per minute, but a walk -through format using a thermal camera.In the case, it is possible to measure 60 or more people.

For hospitals, thorough in -hospital infection is an important issue.As soon as possible and responding to the hospital who may have been infected with the virus, it will reduce the risk of infections of inpatients and employees in the hospital.According to Takeda Hospital, "In this installment, there were multiple entrances and exites, including the entrance to one of the staff and the hospital, and the in -hospital flow lines in consideration of the prevention of infection.It was an opportunity to review again. "In addition, "early detection of fever at the entrance can be used for seasonal infections such as influenza in addition to corona, so the need for screening will continue after Corona."

In this interview with Takeda Hospital, I was able to know again that our health is supported by the daily efforts and improvements of these medical professionals.

Used in aftercona

On the other hand, it is important to note that thermal cameras cannot detect or prevent 100 % of the heating person.At present, it is difficult to prevent 100 % infection, such as masks and hand washing.

However, in addition to personal measures such as hand washing and wearing masks, it is also true that the use of thermal cameras will be one way as a measure that can only be taken by organizations such as companies and facility managers.According to Konica Minolta Japan mentioned earlier, "the person in charge of each organization with a sense of crisis uses a Mobotix thermal camera that can only be walked as usual, taking into account the operation aspects of BCP."Because it is not a consumable, it can be used for a long time once purchased, and it is very efficient if many people come in and out.While the end of the new colona is unclear, it is expected to take measures to expand infection using a thermal camera.

Corresponding to changes in demand

Konica Minolta Japan originally proposed MOBOTIX's thermal camera to detect the abnormal heat of equipment and products to prevent accidents and improve business at manufacturing sites.The camera itself has a built -in CPU, and the trigger is linked to other devices to reduce human work and contribute to work efficiency.Since operation without a server, it was used to play a part of a smart factory at a site where server management is difficult.

However, under the corona this time, the number of cases used for measuring and screening human body surface temperature is increasing rapidly.Since the beginning of the new Corona infection, the number of inquiries on the thermal camera has increased to about 20 times.

In order to respond to such changes and demand increases, Konica Minolta has become a group, and is packaged by bundling the necessary equipment from the customer's operation.Furthermore, with the overwhelming speed of 2 months of development period, we developed an application for face detection by AI analysis and started offering at the end of May.

According to Takeda Hospital, which was introduced this time, said, "The body temperature of people who can measure with infrared cameras is susceptible to outside air and often different from the actual body temperature."Immediately after entering the room, it is susceptible to sunlight, and the temperature of the body is high even in normal body temperature.As a result, the percentage of alerts occurs due to the body surface temperature exceeding the reference value, and the number of times the staff measures body temperature is increased.In response to these customers' voices, Konica Minolta has been further improved, and in July we are preparing to add four new features to the face detection app.

In this way, Konica Minolta Japan has evolved solutions while listening to the voices of customers every day, improving the provision of customers.This is originally a strength of the company, which is a group company, which is originally strong in image processing technology and a camera manufacturer called Mobotix itself.

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