an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message irisys type private company industry technology founded 1996 headquarters northampton uk products thermal imaging infrared number of employees 95 2011 website 1 infrared integrated systems ltd generally called irisys is a privately held company based near northampton in the united kingdom that manufacturers thermal imaging people counting technologies and real time grocery queue management solutions . the company was awarded the queen s award for enterprise the highest official award for british businesses in 2011 1 and 2012 2 contents 1 history 2 application areas 3 people counting and grocery queue management 4 security and smart buildings 5 references 6 external links history edit irisys was founded in 1996 by a small group of scientists and engineers who had previously worked at the plessey caswell research labs predominantly on high resolution military infrared imaging systems . irisys originally aimed to adapt the technology to the requirements of the commercial fire and security markets . military detectors typically cost tens of thousands of dollars but irisys aimed to produce radically cheaper devices by trading a reduction in resolution for lower manufacturing costs and so the company decided on a resolution of 256 pixels using a 16 x 16 sensor array . irisys began to manufacture a range of infrared cameras used in applications such as measuring heat loss from buildings but quickly realised that the technology behind tracking people for security purposes could also be applied to other sectors . counting people and queues in retail and other social environments were the first of these new areas to be commercially exploited by irisys and the company continues to research and develop novel application areas . in 2006 irisys queue management solution irisys smartlane won the retail week customer service initiative of the year . 3 in 2012 irisys became part of the fluke corporation ; a company specialized in calibration and hand held instruments . 4 application areas edit irisys applies its technology to four main sectors people counting 5 queue management 6 7 8 9 10 security smart buildings people counting and grocery queue management edit in 2006 tesco ceo sir terry leahy credited the thermal imaging cameras as being a key factor in the company s half year pre tax profits rising ten per cent . leahy commented we can monitor and manage the service customers get much more precisely by customer by store and by the minute . thanks to this a quarter of a million more customers every week don t have to queue . 11 in 2008 kroger implemented irisys thermal imaging technology . senior vice president of retail operations marnette perry credited the people counting devices for helping reduce customer wait times from four minutes to less than 30 seconds . 12 in 2013 grocery store ralph s installed irisys infrared cameras and body heat detectors to measure foot traffic in nearly all its supermarkets . 13 in 2013 hawaii based foodland super market installed irisys thermal people counting and check out management sensors for use in detecting shoppers throughout its stores to help optimize its staffing . 14 security and smart buildings edit smart buildings what are smart buildings irisys infrared detectors are also widely used in buildings to provide virtual control points with barrier less entry such as for bank branch staff doors ; and to monitor one way doors and corridors to ensure passengers do not move in the wrong direction ; as well as to prevent tailgating where two or more people may attempt to pass through a barrier using a single person s security pass . 15 in 2013 irisys expanded its smart buildings solutions to the u.s. market . 16 references edit http nds.coi.gov.uk imagelibrary downloadmedia.ashx mediadetailsid 3592 http www.northampton news hp.co.uk business bags queens award second year story 21672512 detail story.html http www.prnewswire.co.uk news releases tesco one in front campaign wins prestigious retail week award using irisys queue busting camera technology 155137565.html https www.aihitdata.com company 01955dad irisys overview http www.irisys.co.uk media 18018 case % 20study % 20 % 20marks % 20and % 20spencer.pdf http www.itbepos.com pr 12920 http www.irisys.co.uk media 6236 tesco irisys retailweek award.pdf http news.thomasnet.com companystory 511226 http www.industrial embedded.com news industry news 13605 http www.retailtechnologyreview.com absolutenm templates retail surveillance security.aspx articleid 265 & zoneid 7 http www.moneyam.com investorsroom posts.php tid 11324 http www.prnewswire.com news releases krogers faster checkout initiative ranks 3rd in informationweek elite 100 253561391 . html http articles.latimes.com 2013 sep 08 business la fi grocery tech 20130908 http supermarketnews.com technology foodland tests infrared people counter http www.info4security.com story.asp storycode 4124777 & sectioncode 49 http www.ubmfuturecities.com author.asp section id 234 & doc id 524740 & itc city news external links edit irisys website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title irisys & oldid 741616885 categories electronics companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1996companies based in northamptonhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from january 2013all articles with a promotional tonearticles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 16 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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