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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 4 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 - 5 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 - 5 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 - 5 months ago
Uniview is marketing #UNVagainstCOVID19 with their Heat-Tracker series, including not only thermal camera screening systems, but options for face rec terminals and gates with integrated temperature measurement, as well. In this report, we loo...
By Ethan Ace - 5 months ago
Israeli thermal provider Opgal claims they were first on the market detecting body temperature during the SARS epidemic. Now, with their Therm-App MD temperature measurement system, they are claiming to "catch [coronavirus] before it spreads". ...
By Ethan Ace - 5 months ago
The US FDA has declared it will not go after the many companies marketing unapproved fever detection cameras during the coronavirus public health emergency as long as they "do not create an undue risk", even though it does consider these products ...
By Charles Rollet - 5 months ago
While the media has promoted using thermal sunglasses to detect fevers, this approach has fundamental problems and, at best, is health theater. Inside this note, we examine the claims and reported issues, including: Who is offering these sun...
By Charles Rollet - 5 months ago
Beware of "Feevr". The company is marketing a 'Feevr' solution that fundamentally lacks accuracy for its use, as its thermal provider FLIR has said and IPVM testing of the FLIR sensor Feevr uses has shown. Plus, it lacks FDA approval, as the compa...
By John Honovich - 5 months ago
Hikvision is marketing "safer, faster, smarter" with their Fever Screening Thermal Solutions, (renamed last week to Temperature Screening Series), their offering form the booming "coronavirus camera" market. In this report, we look at Hikvisi...
By Ethan Ace - 5 months ago
Verkada has built a reputation on giving away things for free - free Yeti Tumblers, free trial cameras and now free temporary systems for government and health care users during coronavirus. Inside this note, we examine: How the program work...
By John Honovich and Sean Patton - 6 months ago
FLIR has announced a new series of thermal cameras "prioritized for entities working to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 virus", the A400/A700 series. In this post we examine this new camera line, how it compares to FLIR's other options and comp...
By Ethan Ace - 6 months ago
Dahua has conducted a coronavirus camera global marketing campaign centered around a faked detection. Now, Dahua has expanded this to the USA, where the company is banned by the US government for US government use and in 4 months, banned for US...
By John Honovich - 6 months ago
This US company has burst on to the scene, brashly naming itself 'feevr' and branding itself as a "COVID 19 - AI BASED NON CONTACT THERMAL IMAGING". We spoke with the company and examined its claims including: Technical Design Low pricing ...
By Ethan Ace - 6 months ago
The US FDA has given IPVM guidance on the use of thermal fever detection systems being marketed for coronavirus, as an explosion of such devices has occurred in the past month. While some companies are marketing these as a coronavirus solutio...
By Charles Rollet - 6 months ago
US company, Athena Security, faked its coronavirus fever detection marketing, faked a customer, faked comments, and is now using Hikvision, IPVM has determined though Athena denies. The use or misuse of thermal cameras for coronavirus fever d...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 6 months ago
NetApp is increasing its efforts in video surveillance and told IPVM surveillance storage is the fastest-growing segment of its $6+ billion business. In this note, based on a discussion with NetApp about their product offerings, go-to-market, a...
By Sean Patton - 7 months ago
Sony's fall in video surveillance has been severe over the past decade. Now, they may be done. In this note, we examine Bosch's new announcement, Sony's manufacturing challenges and the bleak future for Sony video surveillance.
By John Honovich - 7 months ago
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