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Hero Electronix launches AI-based solution for health and safety compliance

Published on : Wednesday 06-05-2020

The COVID Guard will trigger an alert via the Qubo smart camera on the phone in case they are not wearing a mask or not practising social distancing.

New Delhi/Mumbai, May 5, 2020: Hero Electronix, a Hero Group company, which forayed into the consumer technology market in 2019 with the launch of Qubo connected smart devices has announced the launch of the Qubo COVID guard feature for its connected smart cameras. With COVID-19 disrupting the way business is conducted and people interacting with others, safe and sanitized environments in strict compliance with WHO/ICMR guidelines is critical for businesses and households to mitigate the health crisis.

COVID Guard is an AI-based solution developed by the dedicated R&D team at Qubo. This technology will initially be available Qubo’s secure camera platforms to detect and alert non-compliance. For the enterprise market, Qubo will work with Zenatix as its go to market partner. Zenatix is a leading enterprise IoT solutions company and a part of Hero Electronix.

The two key aspects of safety and health compliance are wearing a mask and practising social distancing in order to help arrest the spread of the infection. Qubo’s Q-eye AI platform can accurately identify and detect if an employee is wearing a mask or not or practising social distancing. On detecting the absence of a mask or social distancing, the camera can inform the manager via the companion app along with the video/image of the incident. The in-built speakers will also sound off a warning message to the employee asking him/her to wear a mask. For smaller retailers or Kirana stores who are currently supplying essentials to neighbourhoods, this feature enables the store owners to measure the level of health and safety compliance at their respective stores without the hassle of having to do so in-person.

Commenting on the launch of COVID guard, Nikhil Rajpal, CEO, Hero Electronix, said, “Social distancing and wearing masks is the new normal, with COVID-Guard we are leveraging our expertise in developing AI-based solutions to solve a major real-world problem which has become a public health crisis. We believe that with this feature, employers can remain at ease and focus on their businesses while Qubo cameras work round the clock to ensure safety across the work premises.”