Applications of infrared cameras
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Supervisors
Honours students
- Minh Khai Ong
- Xin Kye Kew
Introduction
Project Description
It is now possible to buy an ultra small infraredcamera that operates as room temperature, costs only $300 and plugs into an iPhone!This is is a real game changer to have such power at your fingers tips in a mobile fashion. Consequently it opens up new applications that people never thought of.We find these camera are so good that you can see the heat from people's footsteps on the ground as they walk!In this project we will take full advantage of the infrared camera and come up with new ideas and test them. Then through out the experiments on each idea, we will determine which application can be applied different aspects of our normal life. The goal of this project is also that each idea is investigated in a structured, scientific and quantitative manner.
Overview and motivation
Since the first infrared line scanner was built by the U.S. Military and Texas Instruments in 1947, thermal camera usage is still limited in some particular field due to the complication and professional requirements in the operation stage. One single costly thermography requires one hour to process therefore it is nearly impossible for that “old model” infrared camera to be used outside of a military function. In the article about the development of the Thermal imaging camera (TIC) in fire protection, A. Szajewska mentioned that until the end of the 90s, a fire detector, which is still very expensive that costs 20,000 dollars and has 3.5 kg weight, is only used under a commander’s management.
But those are stories of the past, now an infrared camera is brought to the standard customer’s hand closer than ever before. The reason is that the booming in new technologies of thermography in the past 10 years that make an infrared camera much cheaper and smaller. Figure 1 illustrates the growth estimation of thermal imaging market in the North America area and other areas in from 2017 to future 2025. It is noticeable that the demand for all applications: Military & Defense, Industrial, Commercial, Residential increases simultaneously. In particular, both thermal imaging devices in Commercial and Industrial applications
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