COVID-19: NEC, Thermal Cameras at 5 Hawaii Airports: Thorough Privacy Protection
COVID-19:
Hawaii 5 airports:
Daniel K. Inouye Airport (Oahu),
Kahului Airport (Maui),
Lihue Airport (Kauai),
Ellison Onizuka Kona Airport (Hawaii Island),
Hilo International Airport (Island of Hawaii).
Hawaii Department of Transportation:
We will strive to recover the economy while suppressing the spread of infection.
We have decided to introduce this solution at five airports, which are mainly used by travelers from overseas such as the mainland US and Japan, as a measure against waterfront against infectious diseases.
End of July:
A thermal camera is installed in the airport.
Introduced a solution that notifies the administrator when a body surface temperature of 38 degrees or higher is detected.
End of December:
Introduced a camera installed in the airport, face recognition technology, and video analysis technology.
Provides a solution to identify the target person.
Privacy protection:
Considering privacy protection from design to introduction
Complies with Hawaii State Privacy Protection Requirements
Save images only for people who have detected a temperature above the set body surface
It is used only for the purpose of determining whether an airport staff member needs health care or inspection.
The image will be erased within 30 minutes.
Never shared with external institutions,
Without acquiring or using personal information such as name, address, driver’s license number,
Identify the target person without identifying the individual.
(ZDNet Japan)
https://japan.zdnet.com/article/35157033/
NEC-led team to provide Hawaii’s airports with passenger screening technology
Tokyo, Japan and Irving, Texas –
July 17, 2020 –
NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701),
NEC Corporation of America and their partner, Infrared Cameras Inc., were selected by the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT)
to provide thermal temperature screening and facial recognition technology at Hawaii’s public airports to help protect the community and identify passengers with a potentially elevated body temperature.
The companies combined resources to submit a unified proposal for the project.
Hawaii’s Governor David Ige.
“Taking these steps to implement the technology at our airports shows our commitment to providing preventative measures against COVID-19 for the community,” said Hawaii’s Governor David Ige.
“We recognize that temperature screening won’t catch every infected passenger, but it is an available tool that can be implemented and combined with the additional measures the State is providing to help prevent the spread of this virus, while helping rebuild the economy.”
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