IT Gallery assists BIA in COVID-19 prevention efforts

IT Gallery Computers Pvt Ltd, Sri Lanka together with Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd, China, recently donated a Hikvision Temperature Screening Thermographic camera to the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd in an effort to help identify people with abnormal body temperatures.
The donation took place at the chairman’s office of the airport premises with the participation of the Minister of Industrial Exports and Investment Promotion, Tourism and Aviation, Prasanna Ranathunga and Chairman of Airport and Aviation services, retired Major General G.A Chandrasiri. Shortly after the donation, the IT Gallery team finalized the process by installing the camera at the premier gateway of the BIA, the company said in a media release. 
This Thermographic camera is capable of identifying people with abnormal body temperatures, thereby allowing the airport authorities to take necessary action. 
“We take this moment to honour health officials, armed forces and other responsible authorities for their great commitment to keep the people safe while ensuring that the country moves forward. We are looking forward to carry out more similar sustainable initiatives,” said Dilantha Perera, CEO of IT Gallery.
This Thermographic camera is a full standalone solution that combines the storing of the video footage using a Network Video Recorder (NVR) and incorporates two lenses: thermal lens and optical lens. Thermal lens comes with a high sensitivity thermal module with 160x120 resolution and the optical lens has a 2688x1520, 4mp resolution with WDR and an IR distance of 40m. This particular camera is highly efficient when compared to a thermometer as it is capable of detecting the temperature of 30 individuals at once. 
The release said that there is also the possibility of seeing both the optical image and the thermal image on the same screen and the footage recorded with each individual’s face and the detected temperature are stored for further analysis. The Thermographic camera offers a host of key benifits such as it takes only one second to detect skin temperature of a person and it uses a contact-free measurement which further optimizes security. Its in-built alarm system notifies as soon as it detects a person with abnormal temperature and its AI detection minimizes false alarms from other heat sources.