Personal thermal data collection and aggregation system and method

A thermal image data acquisition device (100), comprising:

• at least one wireless transceiver device (112, 114, 116), adapted to transmit and receive digital data;
• at least one infrared camera device (126, 134, 132), adapted to acquire one or more thermal images of one or more people in the vicinity of an owner of the thermal image data acquisition device, wherein each of the one or more thermal images records an internal body temperature of the one or more people;
• a processor (104) communicatively coupled to the at least one wireless transceiver device and the at least one infrared camera device;
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• a memory (106) operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the at least one processor to execute a method that comprises:
• acquiring, via the at least one infrared camera device, the one or more thermal images within a thermal imaging application (TI App) (108) executing on the processor;
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• processing the acquired one or more thermal images in accordance with one or more processing instructions, wherein the one or more processing instructions generates one or more processed thermal data image files;
• transmitting each of the one or more processed thermal image files of the one or more people;
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• making a determination as to whether a pandemic situation exists within a specific geographical area based on the recorded internal body temperature of the one or more people as stored in the one or more processed thermal image files of the owner.

A thermal image data acquisition system, comprising:

• one or more thermal image data acquisition devices (100), wherein each of the thermal data acquisition device comprises:
• at least one wireless transceiver device (112, 114, 116), adapted to transmit and receive digital data;
• at least one infrared camera device (126, 134, 132), adapted to acquire one or more thermal images of an owner of the thermal image data acquisition device, wherein each of the one or more thermal images records an internal body temperature of the owner;
• a processor (104) communicatively coupled to the at least one wireless transceiver device and the at least one infrared camera device;
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• a memory (106) operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the at least one processor to execute a method that comprises:
• acquiring, via the at least one infrared camera device, the one or more thermal images within a thermal imaging application (TI App) (108) executing on the processor;
• and
• processing the acquired one or more thermal images in accordance with one or more processing instructions, wherein the one or more processing instructions generates one or more processed thermal data image files;
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• transmitting each of the one or more processed thermal data image files of the owner;
• one or more thermal image data collection servers (308), wherein each of the one or more thermal image data collection servers comprises:
• at least one communications transceiver device, adapted to transmit and receive digital data;
• at least one second processor (104) communicatively coupled to the at least one communications transceiver device;
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• a second memory (106) operatively connected to the at least one second processor, wherein the second memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one second processor, causes the at least one second processor to execute a method that comprises:
• receiving, via the at least one communications transceiver device, the transmitted one or more processed thermal data images files within a second thermal imaging application (local TI App) (310) executing on the at least one second processor;
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• processing the received one or more thermal data image files in accordance with one or more processing instructions, wherein the one or more processing instructions generates one or more first aggregated/processed thermal image files (315);
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• transmitting each of the one or more first aggregated/processed thermal image data files;
• one or more agency thermal image data collection servers (312), wherein each of the one or more agency thermal image data collection servers comprises:
• at least one communications transceiver device, adapted to transmit and receive digital data;
• at least one third processor (104) communicatively coupled to the at least one communications transceiver device;
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• a third memory (106) operatively connected to the at least one third processor, wherein the third memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one third processor, causes the at least one third processor to execute a method that comprises:
• receiving, via the at least one communications transceiver device, the transmitted one or more first aggregated/processed thermal data images files within a third thermal imaging application (master TI App) (314) executing on the at least one third processor;
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• processing the received one or more first aggregated/processed thermal data image files in accordance with one or more processing instructions, wherein the one or more processing instructions generates one or more second aggregated/processed thermal image files (317);
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• making a determination as to whether a pandemic situation exists within a specific geographical area based on the recorded internal body temperature of the owner as stored in the one or more processed thermal data image files of the owner.