Doktor Jons Guide to the "Use and Application of CCTV" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Press Release - 14th May 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Protecting a countrys borders is vital to its national security. It is however very challenging to detect potential intruders or smugglers in total darkness, in the most diverse weather conditions. Thermal imaging cameras can help border control professionals to meet the demands they face at night and in other low-light situations. Border control means more than protecting land borders only. Numerous countries have a large coastline that needs to be protected as well. With over 3,200 kilometers of coastline, Sweden is just one example. Thermal imaging cameras are a great tool for protecting a countrys land or coastal borders. Although FLIR Systems markets a full range of thermal imaging cameras with cooled detector for these applications, some Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) like to incorporate a thermal imaging module in their own product themselves. For these OEMs, FLIR Systems markets a full range of thermal imaging cores that can easily be integrated in any application. Electro-Optical Surveillance Systems (EOSS) The EOSS are equipped with two daylight cameras. One camera gives full visual coverage of the entire surveillance area. The other is equipped with a long range zoom lens enabling the reading of the name of a ship over many kilometers. For night and low light vision purposes, the EOSS is also equipped with a thermal imaging module. We have chosen to integrate the FLIR Systems ThermoVision 3000 core in the EOSS ThermoVision 3000 long range thermal imaging core. Thermal imaging a great tool inside the EOSS But the thermal imaging core is not only used in darkness. A thermal imaging camera is also not blinded by glare from the sun. Even when its range performance is affected by fog and light rain, it will normally see more than a CCTV camera in these conditions. Therefore the ThermoVision module is used in aylight as well. Easy integration EOSS monitors the Swedish coastline The communication between the cameras and the monitoring station is based on a digital network system. Connection links can be in fiber, coax, or wireless microwave link and require a band width of 8 MBit for real time pictures using MPEG-2 video streaming. All the functions of the EOSS, including the one from the ThermoVision 3000 core, can be controlled from the central monitoring station by a PC with graphic user interface or by a joystick. Any of the central monitoring stations fitted with the interface equipment connected to the digital network can view and control the cameras. Proven reliability FLIR Systems markets a full range of cooled thermal imaging cores for OEMs that want to integrate the power of thermal imaging in their own systems. Cores with Indium Antimonide, Mercury Cadmium Telluride or Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector are available. All cores are integrated in FLIR Systems own thermal imaging cameras as well and have proven their reliability. The ThermoVision 3000 core is the same core that is integrated in the FLIR Systems ThermoVision 3000 and ThermoVision 3000 Multi-Sensor. FLIR Systems markets a full range of cooled cores that can be easily integrated by OEMs that want to equip their own products with the power of thermal imaging: For more information about thermal imaging cameras or about this application, please contact: FLIR Commercial Vision Systems B.V. - e-mail : flir[at]flir.com or visit:- www.flir.com Photos reproduced by kind permission of FLIR Systems - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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