Coronavirus faked marketing is regrettably commonplace right now but Anixter has taken it to another level of absurdity by running watermarked Shutterstock images. Anixter is marketing a 'SOLUTIONS THAT PROTECT' brochure whose front cover has 2...
By John Honovich - 4 months ago
FLIR, one of the largest thermal screening manufacturers, is marketing installations that violate IEC febrile screening standards, FDA correct operation, and even their own installation recommendations. As we covered in our report on The Prot...
By Ethan Ace - 4 months ago
NBCUniversal told IPVM that Hikvision UK's ongoing coronavirus marketing campaign using NBCUniversal's assets was not allowed. Hikvision mass deleted the marketing after IPVM inquired with the company. Inside this note, we examine what Hikvis...
By Conor Healy and John Honovich - 5 months ago
Dahua USA has issued a press release admitting a controversial point in the industry but an obvious one to the US FDA, that the thermal temperature screening systems they are selling indeed 'qualify as medical devices'. Inside this note, we e...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 5 months ago
The UK government's medical device regulator, MHRA, told IPVM that fever-seeking thermal cameras are "unsuitable for this purpose" and recommends "caution" buying such products, saying they are "unlikely" to be compliant with UK medical device req...
By Charles Rollet - 5 months ago
A UK security firm falsely claimed its Hikvision-based thermal solution could be used for "accurately detecting fever in any person", even claiming it would "ensure that fevers such as coronavirus do not enter your premises". Protect Group UK, ...
By Charles Rollet - 5 months ago
83% of US companies selling temperature screening devices, aka 'fever' detectors, claim they are not medical devices, contrary to FDA definition, showing widespread abuse and undue public risk. Executive Summary – FDA Positions, Seller Respon...
By Joey Walter - 5 months ago
A full-page advertisement in a national Australia newspaper for Dahua's temperature cameras faked temperature screening. Meanwhile, the Australian government told IPVM that Dahua's devices are not included in the country's medical device database...
By Charles Rollet - 5 months ago
Since Convergint has refused to fix their faked fever camera marketing, IPVM has filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission which regulates false advertising. While Convergint claim to be 'thermal camera solutions experts' in resp...
By Conor Healy and John Honovich - 5 months ago
ISC News, the Reed publication behind the ISC East and West trade shows, has run a faked fever camera illustration and falsely quoted the FDA. This ISC News illustration rivals Dahua's faked marketing and Convergint's faked 'expert' marketing...
By Joey Walter - 5 months ago
Dahua hit the market hard with its original 'fever' camera (tested here). Now, they have a temperature measurement station, that costs just a fraction of the camera / blackbody system. But how well does it work? We bought and tested the Dahua...
By Ethan Ace and Rob Kilpatrick - 5 months ago
Convergint touts they are "THERMAL CAMERA SOLUTION EXPERTS" while faking their main marketing image. This continues a trend of manufacturers, such as Dahua's faked marketing, that sets unrealistic and improper expectations with the public. Ins...
By John Honovich and Joey Walter - 5 months ago
ZKTeco SpeedFace+ series products are medical devices as defined by the US FDA. Contrary claims made by ZKTeco are false. In May, IPVM published Fever Cameras Are Medical Devices, Per The FDA, Dahua, Feevr, Hikvision, InVid Contrary Claims Ar...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 6 months ago
For years Mobotix has struggled but now sales are surging driven by Mobotix's thermal camera sales as a response to coronavirus, with both their parent company Konica Minolta and US giant Dell marketing Mobotix. But how well does it work? We ...
By Ethan Ace and Rob Kilpatrick - 6 months ago
The US FDA has now defined the correct operation of "Thermal Imaging Systems", colloquially known as "fever cameras". Many in video surveillance have interpreted the FDA's decision to temporarily lift 510(k) clearance requirements for fever c...
By Charles Rollet - 6 months ago
Hikvision has ramped up the promotion of its 'temperature screening' system, including their salespeople arguing for no blackbody needed. But how well does it work with and without the blackbody? We bought and tested the Hikvision system and ...
By Ethan Ace - 6 months ago
This directory provides a list of video surveillance startups to help you see and research what companies are new or not yet broadly known. 2020 State of Video Surveillance Startups In the past year, the number and funding of video surveilla...
By IPVM Team - 6 months ago
While X.Labs announced the signing of a new agreement with FLIR on May 12, 2020, FLIR said, in response, on May 18, 2020, that they had cancelled a previous contract and are in the process of cancelling a second contract. Fever Detection Contro...
By John Honovich - 6 months ago
Johnson Controls (JCI) is the next big player to get into the 'fever camera' market. IPVM has confirmed the company is partnering with TVT who has also recently entered this market. Inside this note, based on feedback from JCI, we examine: ...
By John Honovich - 6 months ago
Weeks after exiting the branded video surveillance business, Sony is making a splash announcing "the first image sensors in the world to be equipped with AI processing functionality". Inside this note, we examine: What the Sony AI sensors ...
By John Honovich - 6 months ago
Sunell is far less well known than its gargantuan domestic competitors Dahua and Hikvision but the company's 'Panda Cam' is going head to head against them worldwide in the booming coronavirus fever camera market. However, the name Sunell is ...
By Ethan Ace - 6 months ago
Dahua's thermal temperature monitoring system has gained mass attention as a fever detection solution for organizations around the world, including Amazon. As such, it certainly works, at some level, but how well does it work to detect fevers...
By Ethan Ace and John Honovich - 7 months ago
IPVM categorically rejects Feevr's improper threats and demands submitted April 22, 2020, via their counsel Wilson Sonsini. IPVM retained Gibson Dunn's famed First Amendment Attorney Anne Champion who in 2018 successfully defended CNN and Jim...
By John Honovich - 7 months ago
Since IPVM does not accept advertising nor sponsorships, etc., PR / marketing people can find IPVM hard to understand and confusing for them to interact with us. This post aims to help them productively do so. Who is IPVM? IPVM, now 12 years...
By John Honovich - 7 months ago
While 'fever detectors' or 'fever cameras' are now hotly marketed, FLIR has gone the other way. While FLIR never called these devices by those terms, they have become even more conservative, rejecting even 'EBT', now calling them 'EST'. In th...
By Ethan Ace and John Honovich - 7 months ago
