Research on Portable Field-Testing Device of Infrared Thermal Imager Performance

Abstract:

Performance test of infrared thermal imager is very significant for its working life and field maintenance, but available test equipment is huge volume, strict requirements for environment and user, high cost in use. According to the deficiency of field testing of infrared thermal imager performance, the method was put forward that using high precise temperature feedback controlled thermoelectric cooling module to instead expensive blackbody furnace. The techniques were adopted in the method such as infrared light signals simulation, optical-electric signals auto-detecting, image processing and the fusion of multi-detecting signals. The performance testing device of infrared thermal imager with low cost, convenient to field testing and maintenance was designed, the design broke the traditional model that the test of infrared thermal imager must be under the given condition, and the testing of electric and optical parameters should be separated. Keywords:infrared thermal imager; performance test; simulating infrared target; temperature feedback control

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 823)
• Pages: 354-357
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.823.354
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Xiao Dan Gao
• Keywords: Infrared Thermal Imager, Performance Test, Simulating Infrared Target, Temperature Feedback Control

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