Digital contact tracing and fever measurement at the entrance

German company presents new features of its access management system and its virtual queue "SENSAPE Q".

Due to the ongoing pandemic, a renewed lockdown is currently forcing companies to comply more closely with hygiene and health regulations. Also, to ensure contact tracing in the event of an infection, the logging of presence in stores, restaurants, or even offices is becoming even more important than before. To avoid error-prone, handwritten lists, the German company SENSAPE has developed digital solutions for managing entrances. In addition to contact tracing, the technologies have now been extended to include fever measurement and were presented at Pro.vention, a trade fair for infection protection in Erfurt (Germany).

"In the current situation, we want to help make contacts more secure," says Matthias Freysoldt, founder of SENSAPE. "To this end, we have developed SENSAPE Q, a virtual queue that works without an app. Customers can spend their waiting time at the place of their choice and are informed in real-time about their place in the queue". The company also offers a digital access management system that uses the artificial intelligence built into the device to recognize at the entrance whether and how a mouth-and-nose protection is worn. A mirror effect, through which entering persons see themselves, increases the attention. If the mask is worn incorrectly, the system indicates this visually and acoustically and shows the correct fit using a virtual mask. In addition to functions such as capacity measurement and reminders of hygiene regulations, a contactless fever measurement has now also been integrated. If the device detects no fever and sees a mask worn correctly but shows no free capacity, customers can join the virtual queue on their smartphone using a QR code or reserve a free period of their choice. People without a smartphone can be provided with a pager for the queue. If several locations are linked via the software, customers can be shown an optimal route based on distances and waiting times. "With this solution, we want to strengthen the population's trust in the protective measures and their compliance with them and enable a safe, relaxed shopping experience. The access management system offers safe entry and, in combination with the SENSAPE Q, also avoids queuing contacts," says Freysoldt.