Thermal imaging for efficient detection of vital signs during COVID-19 pandemic

及早发现新冠肺炎感染的症状至关重要。在这个项目中，我们专注于使用热成像相机进行早期检测，允许非接触、非侵入性地监测温度、心率和呼吸频率。我们建议开发两个解决方案：1.通过检测人们在接近感兴趣区域时体温的上升来检测早期症状；2.在老年人活动最多的地方持续监测他们的生命体征。这些解决方案将基于先进的信号处理算法和机器学习模型。 在项目结束时，我们将提供一个独立的解决方案，其中将包括热像仪、处理硬件以及我们的软件和算法。这将是我们的工业合作伙伴强生集团将采用的最低可行产品，并进一步开发为商业产品。 该项目对加拿大很重要，因为它解决了对活跃但可能不知道自己有新冠肺炎症状的人以及在家中或养老院需要持续非侵入性监测生命体征的老年人的新冠肺炎的早期检测。

Early detection of symptoms of COVID-19 infection is of utmost importance. In this project, we are focusing on early detection using thermal imaging cameras that allow for non-contact, non-invasive monitoring of temperature, heart rate and breathing rate. We propose to develop two solutions: 1. to detect early symptoms by detecting increase in people's temperature when people are approaching areas of interest, and 2. to monitor vital signs of elderly people continuously at the places where they spend most of their time. These solutions will be based on advanced signal processing algorithms and machine learning models. At the end of the project, we will provide a stand-alone solution that will include a thermal camera, processing hardware, and our software and algorithms. This will represent a minimum viable product that will be taken by our industrial partner J&M Group and further developed into a commercial product. This project is important for Canada because it addresses early detection of COVID-19 of both people who are active and might not know that they have COVID-19 symptoms as well as elderly people who are at their homes or retirement homes and require constant monitoring of their vitals non-invasively.