Systems and methods for screening individuals for an elevated skin temperature

A system for scanning an individual's skin temperature, the system comprising:

• a. a housing;
• b. a blackbody;
• c. a camera housing subassembly coupled to the housing, wherein the camera housing subassembly is moveable relative to the blackbody, wherein the camera housing subassembly comprises a proximity sensor and a thermal imaging device;
• d. a motorized drive system coupled to the camera housing subassembly, wherein the motorized drive system is configured to (i) move the thermal imaging device toward the blackbody and away from the blackbody along a vertical axis and (ii) rotate the thermal imaging device about a horizontal axis, wherein the horizontal axis is offset 90 degrees from the vertical axis;
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• e. non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program stored thereon for controlling movement of the thermal imaging device and timing at which the thermal imaging device obtains a thermal image of the individual's skin temperature, the computer program comprising instructions for causing one or more processors to:
• i. move the thermal imaging device toward the blackbody along the vertical axis and rotate the thermal imaging device about the horizontal axis to a calibrated position;
• ii. obtain a first thermal image when the thermal imaging device is in the calibrated position and directed toward the blackbody;
• iii. move the thermal imaging device away from the blackbody along the vertical axis and rotate the thermal imaging device about the horizontal axis to an individual image taking position;
• iv. obtain a second thermal image when the thermal imaging device is in the individual image taking position and directed toward the individual;
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• v. calculate the individual's skin temperature as a function of the second thermal image and the first thermal image.