Design and development of a high-performance 3rd-generation handheld thermal camera

Ajay Kumar; Satya S. Negi

doi:10.1117/12.558658

21 October 2004 Design and development of a high-performance 3rd-generation handheld thermal camera

Ajay Kumar, Satya S. Negi

Proceedings Volume 5563, Infrared Systems and Photoelectronic Technology; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.558658
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

A high performance hand held thermal imaging camera has been developed based upon 320 x 256 elements InSb focal plane array (FPA) operating in MWIR region. The primary design goal of this camera was to design a low cost, compact, lightweight and man portable thermal camera with a recognition range of 2 Km. A staring FPA based upon the InSb technology with long and variable integration time provides the answer best suited under these requirements. The system provides the various features such as non-uniformity correction (NUC), bad pixel detection and replacement (BPR), contrast enhancement, histogram equalization and digital scan conversion for CCIR-B compatible output. The design methodology and the performance are presented.

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Ajay Kumar and Satya S. Negi "Design and development of a high-performance 3rd-generation handheld thermal camera", Proc. SPIE 5563, Infrared Systems and Photoelectronic Technology, (21 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.558658

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