A Contribution to the Performance Estimation of Observability with a Thermal Camera, under Real Conditions of Vibrations and Visibility

Abstract:

Most often observation with a thermal camera is not static; the platform on which the surveillance equipment is mounted is affected both by motor vehicle exterior vibrations and amplitudes of the movement in field. In this paper a case study is shown starting from some tests made on a moving boat and a visual method to analyze the motion is presented. Some images acquired in real time are fast and automatic analyzed using NIVision software to quantify the random and the sinusoidal motion made by the motor vibrations and the motion of the platform. Due to this phenomenon the images seems to be blurred but this blurring can be anticipated and avoided through a proper design of platform stabilisation if the motion parameters are known.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 555)
• Pages: 765-772
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.555.765
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Octavia Borcan
• Keywords: Image Quality, Motion, Software Simulation, Stabilisation, Thermal Camera, Vibration

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