Thermal cameras can be used for various applications where accurate detection is crucial. From perimeter protection and detecting changes to ambient temperatures to patient monitoring to ensuring equipment is operating safely and many more.
Thermal cameras are continuing to grow in popularity due to their ability to detect potential threats and reduce false alarms – while respecting privacy – saving both time and money and Due to their long detection range, In addition, the processing power in these cameras has increased to support powerful analytics.
Currently the main applications of Thermal Imaging are:
1 – Fire detection:
Thermal imaging cameras can detect hot spots, potential fire sources, or large fires coming from unexpected places. It can/can also help firefighters find survivors in areas of ash, fog, dust or low visibility.
2 – Perimeter Protection/Intrusion Detection:
Thermal cameras consistently perform well in low and dark environments, and they remove most of the visual camouflage commonly found in commercial and warehouse buildings – ex: B. Dense foliage. Additionally, most thermal cameras are equipped with intelligent deep learning analysis algorithms that help reduce the number of false positives.
3 – Equipment Maintenance:
Thermal imaging cameras can be used to locate and pinpoint connections and components that are at risk of overheating because they have been emitting more heat than normal. Also, we can use it to find loose connections or devices that are starting to malfunction.
4 – Building detection:
thermal imaging cameras can accurately locate the specific location of energy loss and evaluate the energy loss of buildings without using any destructive detection methods. It is an ideal tool for construction diagnosis.
5 – Healthcare:
Thermal imaging cameras can detect fever and abnormal body temperature. In addition, it is useful for diagnosing several diseases related to the neck, back and extremities.
Thermal imaging cameras can not only detect and solve problems early, but also achieve energy efficiency. Traditional technology often requires a lot of manpower and material resources for equipment testing or safety protection, which not only consumes a lot of energy but also has low efficiency.
Thermal cameras do not have these issues/concerns. In terms of equipment inspection, comprehensive inspection, high precision positioning monitoring, and finding hidden dangers are the limit.
There is no need to shut down the equipment when it is running, and it realizes all-weather monitoring, which not only saves production costs, but also saves manpower input for safety protection, making it safer.
What makes a thermal imaging camera useful?
Thermal imaging cameras use temperature imaging. All objects in nature with a temperature above -273 °C emit infrared radiation continuously. The higher the temperature of the object, the stronger the radiant energy. Thus, a thermal imaging camera converts the image into an image visible to the human eye to inspect a specific object or scene. The images created are called heatmaps and are examined using thermography. Over the years, thermal imaging cameras have been used in a wide variety of applications. In particular, it has two technical forms of temperature measurement and night vision, does not rely on visible light, and can work completely without light
Advantages of thermal imaging camera
- 1 – Strong concealment: The thermal imaging camera passively receives signals and does not send active detection signals, so it is not easy to be found.
- 2 – Strong penetrating ability: The infrared thermal imaging camera has a stronger penetrating ability to fog, haze, rain and snow than visible light, so the imaging effect of the infrared thermal imaging camera is almost unaffected under severe weather conditions.
- 3 – All-weather capability: Infrared thermal imaging does not rely on lighting and ambient light, but relies on the radiation of the target and the background to create a scene image, so it can work 24 hours a day without infrared rays, and other night vision equipment can also be used. The desk lamp and white light fill light are disturbed by the glare of visible light.
- 4 – Recognizability of hidden targets: Infrared cameras are mainly used to prevent visible light observation. Thermal imaging cameras can detect hidden heat targets through grass and foliage. The temperature and infrared radiation of the human body and vehicles are generally much greater than those of vegetation, so they can make correct judgments.
- 5 – Early monitoring and forecasting of fire prevention: Generally, fires are caused by hidden fires that are not obvious. Invisible hidden fires are the most common source of general fires. Since a thermal imager is a device that reflects the surface temperature of an object, the application of a thermal imager can detect high temperature points in advance, and quickly find the ignition point through smoke, so as to know early and prevent fires early. and remove them as early as possible.
- 6 – Long-distance non-contact accurate temperature measurement.