All over the World, countries are struggling to
accelerate the Covid testing of its citizen
India is no exception . Today’s news speak about
doubling the rate of testing in Delhi within the next 2 days – then tripling it
over next few days
This will help but there are 1370 million of us . Who
to test and who to leave out ?
That made me send following e-mails to Cabinet
Ministers :
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Marriage
of Technologies to contain Corona ? Yes !
………………………………[ 15 March
2020 ]
Extract :
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To make this “ happen “, just “ imagine “ this :
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For decades , militaries around the world have been using
‘ Night Vision Binoculars “ to detect enemies from a long
distance , using “ Thermal Imaging “ technology
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For a couple of years now, governments ( mostly, police
departments ) around the world have been using CCTV cameras located all over a city, to catch suspected
persons, using “ Facial Recognition “ technology
Ø
I imagine that , one day soon, some tech Startup [ or ” L&T Smart
World and Communications “ which was
responsible for installation of the first 10,000 CCTV in Hyderabad ], will find a way
to combine both these technologies so
that those ubiquitous CCTV cameras will catch, not only the facial images of thousands of
citizen walking on the roads but also measure the Body Temperature of
the persons ( as being done currently , using a small hand-held device at
airports )
Ø
Then send out “ Corona Catch Team Volunteers [ CCTV ] “ to the
residence of the person found to be running high temperature !
[ Facial Recognition Tech would connect with Master Database of Citizen, comprising Name / Aadhar No / Contact Details / Addresses etc ]
[ Facial Recognition Tech would connect with Master Database of Citizen, comprising Name / Aadhar No / Contact Details / Addresses etc ]
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Remotely
measuring Body Temperature ……………………………………………………[ 27 March 2020 ]
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Sankalp
– Sanyanm – Shastra …………………………………………………………………..[ 20 March 2020 ]
Extract :
Thermal Imaging software embedded
into roadside CCTV
cameras ( with Infrared Night Vision ) all over the
cities / towns ( or embedded into cameras mounted on Drones ) + embedded Facial
Recognition Software + Software to link each captured face with Aadhar Database
( photo + Biometric ) of all citizen
This combination of
hardware and software, will instantly “ identify / detect “any citizen
running a high temperature ( as soon as his face is visible on CCTV / Drone
based camera ) and
# Send him SMS on his mobile to go for VIRUS TEST at
the nearest test lab ( giving
address of that lab ). No need for any
separate “authorization “ from anyone . And
no payment of testing fees ( Govt to DBT
to private labs , upon uploading of TEST
RESULTS on Govt Health Portal )
# Send SMS to the concerned lab , giving full details
of the person
# Send SMS to all other concerned Government
Authorities / Health Portals
# Repeated “ face image capture “ by different
cameras at different times and
different locations, will track the
journey of such an individual . This path will show
up on the Dashboard of the CENTRAL CONTROL CENTRE for COVID [ 4C ]
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Congratulations,
Shivansh Sethi / Ankita Sain …………………………………………..[
11 Apr 2020 ]
Extract :
For their breakthrough innovation in remotely identifying
persons running high body temperature ( one of the first symptoms of Corona
virus ) , using a drone
Explain a little more :
Here is a write-up from their web site [ https://www.aiotize.com/ > Contact
] :
“ Using our Ai powered drones with thermal
cameras & sensors, crowd scanning for potential carriers would
be a great value add.
These cameras provide the real-time
heat signatures of the subjects to the backend which
is programmed to apply thermal sensing analytics to the heat signature.
If the temperature of any subject is beyond the
threshold it would raise a flag to the authorities or
healthcare units nearby.
In current scenarios & the difficult times,
Aiotize pledges to help those who are fighting to eradicate the outbreak with
its innovation & technology.
It is our moral duty to give back to the
society which has raised us when we started our mission.
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Central Railway Authorities must be congratulated for
taking the initiative to implement my suggestion
Here is how they have done it :
Extract :
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Presently
all passengers boarding Mail/Express trains at CSM and LTT are being
scanned by FebriEye
at the entrance point for higher temperature before going inside the platform
for boarding
Ø FebriEye
is an AI based thermal screening system for real time and automated ,
non-intrusive monitoring to ensure that a person entering doesn’t have a high fever
Ø Sutar said, "FebriEye
thermal cameras can cover large areas which means it can detect the temperature
of multiple people entering at once at a premise and record temperature
automatically while passengers keep on moving
Ø FebriEye
is equipped with ‘Black Body’, a constant temperature source that ensures accuracy
in temperature readings of up to 0.3 degree Celcius ( + / - )
Ø
FebriEye
uses heat sensors that can record heat generated by the body of a person or an
object to create a 2D Image with differing temperature levels. When passengers
pass before the cameras, anyone with temperature above the set range, will be seen in a different colour
pattern than the rest , on the computer screen connected to the camera
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I suppose , it will be only a
matter of few months before all authorities responsible for passenger
transport, will implement FebriEye devices on their vehicles ( Trains – Metros –
Buses – Ferries – Airlines etc )
There is high probability
that authorities in charge of managing other types of Public Places ( Shops –
Malls – Offices – Theatres – Function Halls – Sports Complexes etc ), will
follow suit
Nothing should stop
Municipalities to install thousands of such devices ( like present-day CCTV
cameras ) on footpaths in every city !
There is no faster /
automatic method of identifying who needs to be administered a Covid Test
Dear Amitbhai Shah :
In
today’s all-party meeting, you said :
“…………coronavirus testing will be made available to everyone in the
national capital.
We will have to increase COVID-19 testing in
Delhi by adopting new
solutions,"
[
source : Bury
differences, join hands to battle COVID-19 in Delhi: Amit Shah at all-party
meet ]
This is that NEW SOLUTION
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
hcp@RecruitGuru.com /
15 June 2020