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Drone Thermal camera - Aerial Building Inspection

27/12/2017

Drone thermal camera offers an unmanned aerial system equipped with a thermal imaging camera system for inspection of commercial buildings. One doesn't need to spend hours on a ladder with a hand held camera or, spend thousands of dollars on a single survey from an aircraft because with drone thermal camera it only takes few minutes to complete an inspection.
Residential and commercial customers are demanding more information on the condition of building before making a purchase and drone thermal camera is the best tool which can identify poor insulation, leakages and moisture issues along with any potential roofing issue.
The combination of flight stability, mobile app integration and image transmission, drone thermal camera gives you the ultimate solution for reliable aerial thermal imaging. It can help in roof inspections being done in minutes which used to take hours earlier. Drone thermal camera can find water damages quickly and easily. It can capture both MP4 videos and JPEG stills.

Thermal image cameras - Home energy inspection

20/12/2017

With the growing concerns of global warming, there is a greater awareness in terms of the responsibility to reduce carbon footprint. One of the basic step is to understand the energy efficiency of one's house which can be easily done through thermal image cameras.
Home energy inspection involves an audit which analyses the various heat flows in the house and can easily identify faulty insulation, gas leaks, faulty electrical circuits etc. and define steps to reduce the energy wastage. Thermal image cameras use infrared radiations to form an image. They use a technique called density slicing where monochromatic images are displayed in a pseudo colour so that human eye can see the intensity differences.
In case of temperature measurement, the warmest areas are coloured white, intermediate temperature as red and yellow and the coolest parts as blue. The area and resistance to heat flow is recorded during an energy audit done using thermal image cameras.

Infrared thermal imaging cameras - Medical applications

13/12/2017

Everything including the human body emits infrared radiation which can increase in proportion with the surrounding temperature. Infrared thermal imaging cameras converts infrared radiation into a visible light display thereby allowing us to see objects clearly with defined colour codes dependent on the temperature variance.
Thermography can be used in the field of medicine where its safety and effectiveness has been proved beyond doubt. The infrared thermal imaging cameras have proved to be a sensitive diagnostic tool for different clinical situations like breast cancer, nervous system disorders, pain syndromes, neck and back problems etc.
The infrared thermal imaging cameras have proved to be the best way to study skin temperature for clinical diagnosis. A hot spot can indicate inflammation of the skin therefore indicating an injury whereas a cold spot can mean reduction in blood supply usually due to thrombosis or scar tissue. Epileptic foci and tumours can also be detected by observing their thermal signature by using an infrared thermal imaging camera.

Thermal IP camera - Improved visibility

6/12/2017

Normally human vision is solely dependent on the light reflected off the objects. However with thermal IP cameras one can defeat the limitations of the human eye by making use of thermal imaging for creating visual representations of targets of interest. Visible light forms only a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum, a vast majority of which is not visible to the human eye like gamma rays, x-rays, infrared and ultraviolet light.
Thermal IP camera makes use of a thermal image sensor with advanced infrared capabilities to create heat signatures and recognizable patterns. Infrared light will normally process as a black and white video, while thermal imaging artificially colours the video to show variance in heat. Usually a hot object will appear red at its core and blue or faded at its edges.
The distance of a thermal IP camera's detection range is largely based on the lens' focal length and size of the object. It can also depend on other environmental factors like fog and rain which can interfere with the infrared light.