Thermal Camera to Monitor Tocumen Passengers
When Tocumen International Airport reopens for business, passengers will receive human temperature measurement by a thermal camera donated and installed by Hikvision Panama, to strengthen preventive measures against COVID-19.
It is a Hikvision thermal imaging camera, , designed to detect the elevated skin surface temperature with high precision in real-time. With the use of artificial intelligence and the implementation of “ Deep Learning ” algorithms, it reveals the body heat of several people on the move, avoiding false alarms that can generate other sources of heat.
The equipment will be located in the airport’s boarding area, and will be in operation starting next week, airport authorities reported .
In this way, the terminal will increase the filters so that before entering the various areas, the body temperature of the passengers can be measured.
“ The Panama Airport is the first in Central America to install this type of cameras in the context of the current health emergency to continue providing the service and at the same time collaborate with the humanitarian flights that were requested by different countries in the region, Panama being the center connection or hub flights, ”said Raffoul Arab, general manager of Tocumen International.
He said that ” the donation is very important for the Airport because it strengthens the biosecurity response capacity at times when it is most required and joins the adaptation plans that we have been developing to mitigate the impact of the current health emergency.”
Rafael Shen, country Manager of Hikvision Panama, said that, with the equipment, body temperatures that are beyond the normal average in humans can be detected and in less than two seconds alert about a possible case of fever or high temperature in the people, having a measurement range between 28 and 42 degrees Celsius.
