Japan Toshiba Corp. has developed an artificial intelligence technology for virus detection. It can analyze images from 180 cameras in one minute to access crowd density. The company aims to commercialize the technology by the end of 2020. A rise in the need to grasp the state of congestion in real-time at public facilities, including train stations, airports and large commercial buildings, in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. 

The image analysis AI is capable of counting the number of people with accuracy by recognizing their heads captured in various sizes in images that can collect the data of people’s temperature and density of crowd in real-time.    

To prevent the infection by social distance and improve the efficiency of arithmetic processes, Toshiba made it possible to conduct the counting task on a normal computer. 

Resource: カメラ画像解析AIで密集回避　東芝が技術開発