Beware Rigged China Fever Cameras
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By Ethan Ace and John Honovich - over 2 years ago (Research)
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By Ethan Ace and John Honovich - over 2 years ago (Research)
Finding applicable codes for security work can be a costly task, with printed books and pdf downloads costing hundreds or thousands. However, a...
By Brian Rhodes - over 2 years ago (Info+)
The Alabama school district which spent $1 million on Hikvision fever cameras did so based on a false claim that the Hikvision system could take...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - over 2 years ago
InVid Tech is showcasing an open violation of FDA fever screening guidelines by touting "simultaneous detection of fevers" despite explicit FDA...
By Charles Rollet - over 2 years ago (Info+)
A thermology expert tells IPVM "95 to 99% of people" are doing fever screening "wrong" and said "unjustified" compensation algorithms are...
By Charles Rollet - over 2 years ago (Info+)
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging facial recognition regulation in a 65-page report. IPVM has reviewed this report, offers...
By Zach Segal - over 2 years ago (Info+)
These $80,000+ South Korea bus stations have gained world-wide attention but IPVM verified they use cheap temperature tablets outdoors, endangering...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 2 years ago
Health leaders around the world are increasingly speaking out about the problems of using temperature screening. IPVM has verified statements from...
By Charles Rollet and Zach Segal - over 2 years ago (Info+)
Deploying a fever camera outdoors, in the rain, with no black body, is clearly dangerous. Nonetheless, one Chilean city is celebrating its donated...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 2 years ago (Info+)
The first half of 2020 has been shocking, for the world generally, and for the video surveillance industry, with temperature screening / fever...
By IPVM Team - over 2 years ago (Info+)
The mayor of one of Colombia's largest cities has promoted a faulty Hikvision 'fever' camera setup in local bus stations that violates various...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 2 years ago (Info+)
FLIR, one of the largest thermal screening manufacturers, is marketing installations that violate IEC febrile screening standards, FDA correct...
By Ethan Ace - over 2 years ago (Info+)
Dahua has promoted Buenos Aires bus deployments as "solutions that facilitate community safety". However, they violate IEC standards and,...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 2 years ago (Info+)
A UK security firm falsely claimed its Hikvision-based thermal solution could be used for "accurately detecting fever in any person", even claiming...
By Charles Rollet - over 2 years ago (Info+)
83% of US companies selling temperature screening devices, aka 'fever' detectors, claim they are not medical devices, contrary to FDA definition,...
By Joey Walter - over 2 years ago (Info+)
ZKTeco and integrator The Protection Bureau are marketing an installation that violates IEC febrile screening standards, FDA correct operation, and...
By John Honovich and Joey Walter - over 2 years ago (Info+)
Colombia's President Iván Duque has promoted a haphazard Hikvision fever camera setup that violates international fever scanning standards and is...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 2 years ago (Info+)
Convergint touts they are "THERMAL CAMERA SOLUTION EXPERTS" while faking their main marketing image. This continues a trend of manufacturers,...
By John Honovich and Joey Walter - over 2 years ago
Omnisense Systems is marketing a "Mass Fever Screening and Pandemic Control" Sentry Mk4 System, an update to their "performance-proven of Sentry...
By Sean Patton - over 2 years ago (Info+)
Dahua and Hikvision fever cameras are being used at, respectively, French and Scottish nursing homes, violating international fever scanning...
By Charles Rollet - over 2 years ago
The US FDA has now defined the correct operation of "Thermal Imaging Systems", colloquially known as "fever cameras". Many in video...
By Charles Rollet - over 2 years 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...
By John Honovich - over 2 years ago (Info+)
An engineering professor in Switzerland is building what he hopes will be the world's lowest-cost fever camera, costing a fraction of commercial...
By Charles Rollet - over 2 years ago (Info+)
While 'fever detection' is new to most people, the technology has been practiced for many years and has a series of international standards that we...
By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago (Info+)
MAY 2020 Update: This post was our early examination of these systems being used in the pandemic. For more up to date coverage, see The Booming...
By Ethan Ace, John Honovich, and Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago
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