Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Support Imprint Safety Notices Legal Notes Setup Instructions Intended Purpose System Components General Procedure Overview Performance Specifications Calibration Black Body Reference Source Description Reference Body Site Used for Temperature Estimation Installation Environmental Prerequisites Imaging Distances Physical Installation...
Table of Contents Positioning the Person Measuring the Person’s Temperature Minimum Pixel Requirements Technical Specifications MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera Mx-M16TB-EST Black Body Requirements 3 / 8...
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Safety Notices Safety Notices This product must not be used in locations exposed to the dangers of explosion. This product must not be used in oxygen-enriched environments. Do not use this product in a dusty environment. Protect this product from moisture or water entering the housing.
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Setup Instructions Intended Purpose The MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera is intended to be used by health care professionals and others to measure the relative temperature variations of the surface of the body to provide an initial body temperature assessment for triage use. The MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera can be used in a health care facility or other non-medical locations, including airports, pub- lic buildings, etc.
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Visible thermal patterns are only intended for locating the points from which to extract the thermal measurement. Always use the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera in a manner that is consistent with ISO/TR 13154: 2017: Medical electrical equipment — Deployment, implementation and operational guidelines for identifying febrile humans using a screening thermograph.
The black body radiator is used to generate an area with a specific temperature that will be used by the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera. The MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera measures the difference between the reference temperature of the black body in the Offset Correction Reference Area and the temperature of the hottest spot in the Measurement Area.
For more information, please check the Technical Specifications, p. Calibration The MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera needs to be calibrated once per year by MOBOTIX to keep its per- formance level. Please contact your authorized MOBOTIX distributor for further information.
The MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera measures the difference between the reference temperature of the black body in the Offset Correction Reference Area and the temperature of the hottest spot in the Measurement Area.
Setup Instructions Installation The crosshairs should be where the inner cantus of one eye is located in the image (see enlarged area below). Installation Before setting up the measurement area, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met and the instructions are followed.
Mx-M16TB-EST079 79 mm 0.42 m/1 ft 4.5 in Minimum Pixel Requirements When setting up and operating the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera system, make sure that the minimum pixel requirements specified below are met. Definitions Workable Target Plane: This is the entire measurement area in which the person’s face should be fully inside.
See the table in the Imaging Distances in Relation to Focal Length, p. 7 sec- tion to get the recommended distance for your MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera version and focal length. Install the camera and the black body on stands that allow for easy height adjustment.
Set up the network interface of the computer to use an IP address of 10.1.1.10 with a netmask of 255.0.0.0, for example. This will ensure that you have instant access to the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera, since its factory IP address is 10.x.x.x with the same netmask.
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Make sure to write down that password and store it in a safe place. When asked for a password, use the new password from now on. Fig. 6: Set a new password Make sure the camera is running an EST firmware (figure below, left) and is running in EST mode (fig- ure below, right): Verify EST Firmware...
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Setup Instructions Installation If others handled the camera before, you should reset the camera to factory defaults: Open the camera website in a browser. Enter the password you set above. Click on Admin Menu on the left hand side. ...
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Setup Instructions Installation 1. Measurement Area: The camera measures temperatures in this area. You will later adjust this area to where the faces of the measured persons will be. 2. Offset Correction Reference Area: This area must be entirely within the surface of the black body used as a temperature reference.
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Setup Instructions Installation In the Setup Menu dialog, click on Event Overview: Fig. 8: Event Overview: edit event profiles In the Environment Events section, click on Edit. You will see these two event profiles: Fig. 9: Event profiles EST_OK: This profile is used for triggering the alerts. ...
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Setup Instructions Installation Define the Measurement Area so that the person’s head will later be fully within this area: In the Live image, use Shift-click to set the top left corner of the measurement area rectangle, then click again to set the bottom right corner of the rectangle. A yellow frame appears in the live image.
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Setup Instructions Installation Define the Offset Correction Reference Area so that the black body is fully within this area: In the Live image, use Shift-click to set the top left corner of the measurement area rectangle, then click again to set the bottom right corner of the rectangle. A yellow frame appears in the live image.
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Setup Instructions Installation Fig. 16: Edit EST_NOK event profile Copy the area definitions from the EST_OK profile to the same fields in the EST_NOK profile: Copy the entire contents of the Edit Measurement Area field from the EST_OK profile to the ...
One to three persons should be measured first by an NICT or clinical thermometer and then by the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera. If the temperature measured by the thermal camera differs from the one of the thermometer, adjust ...
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Setup Instructions Installation Proceed as following to store the configuration: At the bottom of the dialog, click on Set. At the bottom of the dialog, click on Close. When prompted to store the configuration in the camera’s permanent memory, click on Yes. 19 / 32...
User Instructions Intended Purpose The MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera is intended to be used by health care professionals and others to measure the relative temperature variations of the surface of the body to provide an initial body temperature assessment for triage use. The MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera can be used in a health care facility or other non-medical locations, including airports, pub- lic buildings, etc.
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Visible thermal patterns are only intended for locating the points from which to extract the thermal measurement. Always use the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera in a manner that is consistent with ISO/TR 13154: 2017: Medical electrical equipment — Deployment, implementation and operational guidelines for identifying febrile humans using a screening thermograph.
The black body radiator is used to generate an area with a specific temperature that will be used by the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera. The MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera measures the difference between the reference temperature of the black body in the Offset Correction Reference Area and the temperature of the hottest spot in the Measurement Area.
Red Frame: Temperature not OK Things to Observe When Measuring Make sure that the following conditions are met when operating the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera system: You have been properly trained on the system to avoid the risk of not detecting persons that be COVID-19-positive (false negatives).
One to three persons should be measured first by an NICT or clinical thermometer and then by the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera. If the temperature measured by the thermal camera differs from the one of the thermometer, ...
User Instructions Conducting the Measurement The person has waited at least 15 minutes in the measurement room or 30 minutes after exercising, strenuous physical activity, bathing, or using hot or cold compresses on the face. Conducting the Measurement Positioning the Person Position the person at a fixed distance (1 to 1.5 ...
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User Instructions Conducting the Measurement When measuring, follow these rules: The black body must be fully visible and the reference window must be completely in the Off- set Correction Reference Area (black body area; see figure below). Fig. 22: Live image with Measurement Area and Offset Correction Reference Area (black body) The face must cover the full height of the thermal image and the eyes must be completely vis- ...
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User Instructions Conducting the Measurement The camera performs an internal self calibration every minute, indicated by a yellow frame. During this time frame, the camera cannot be used for measurements (see figure below). Fig. 23: Camera running internal self-calibration (once a minute) Depending on the frame color of the camera image, you can decide on what to do next: ...
User Instructions Conducting the Measurement Minimum Pixel Requirements When setting up and operating the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera system, make sure that the minimum pixel requirements specified below are met. Definitions Workable Target Plane: This is the entire measurement area in which the person’s face should be fully inside.
MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera Mx-M16TB- Note The table below only lists the technical specifications of the MOBOTIX EST Thermal Camera that are different as compared to a standard MOBOTIX M16 Thermal Camera. For a list of technical specification of the standard camera, please see the PDF document...
Technical Specifications Black Body Requirements Black Body Requirements Item Value Accuracy ± 0.03 °C Stability 0.0005 °C Surface temperature range 34 °C to 39 °C 32 / 32...
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