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Navy Invention Detects Feverish People in Crowds Up to 200 Yards Away, Available for Licensing

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A federal research facility in Crane, Indiana, has developed a temperature scanning sensor system and software to help contain the coronavirus.

The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center’s “sensor agnostic thermal imaging system” was licensed to Greene County General Hospital, according to a news release Tuesday, allowing the staff to detect feverish persons up to 200 yards away.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division has licensed its sensor agnostic thermal imaging system to Greene County General Hospital to screen incoming staff and patients for fever, a symptom of COVID-19.

 

Credit: Courtesy NSWC-Crane

 

“Since the tech can detect temperatures in a crowd and from a long distance, it’s more flexible than other solutions we had been looking at,” said Stacy Burris, the hospital’s director of community outreach. “This will cause less interruption in normal operations and allow for more social distancing between staff and anyone coming into the hospital. That could mean less screening staff having to quarantine from exposure.”

The U.S. has suffered more than 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus, adding to the one million globally. And public health experts are concerned that a COVID-19 resurgence is mounting as the weather cools and schools and universities reopen.

High body temperature is a key indicator of COVID-19 infection. Burris said the hospital had not found a system for fever detection until they learned of Crane’s thermal imaging technology.

“Without Crane, we might still be weighing the pros and cons of other solutions,” she said. “Instead, we’re already working to schedule a time for the Crane scientists to set the equipment up.”

The software runs on any laptop with USB capability, which is paired with a capture card, a commercial infrared sensor, and a calibrated black body, a temperature reference tool that the software compares with the temperature of a person.

The Navy’s software-enabled system, invented by Aaron Cole and Marcin Malec, is also capable of detecting fevers in near real-time – every 0.016 seconds and works on individuals and moving crowds.

Tech Transfer Opportunity

The Navy’s temp-scanning invention, a novel combination of technical knowledge, sensors, and software, was made available to the hospital via a royalty-free license agreement and a cooperative research and development agreement, with support from Radius Indiana, an economic development agency, and TechLink, the Department of Defense’s national partnership intermediary for tech transfer.

In April, the Navy lab’s Tech Transfer Office, led by Ms. Jenna Dix, made its 300+ patent portfolio available through a new “Rapid Response Licensing Program,” giving licensees up to 18 months to develop COVID-19 related applications before paying the royalties normally part of a patent license agreement.

Dix said that tech transfer allows federal R&D to spur growth in the private sector, creating jobs and new tech solutions for the public. Dix said other private companies and entrepreneurs can also license then use, or license to manufacture and sell, the temp-checking tech.

“This technology was made for sailors and Department of Defense civilians, but has applicability just about anywhere,” said Dix. “We want Crane’s resources to be made available to others-out of the lab and right into the hands of the public.”

Licensing inquiries can be sent to Sean Patten, senior tech manager at TechLink, at [email protected] or to Ms. Jenna Dix at [email protected]

Contacts and sources:
Troy Carter

Techlink 
 

 


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