• Title/Summary/Keyword: Infrared Thermal Imaging

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Realization of a High Speed Optic Scanner for Infrared Thermal Imaging (적외선 체열촬영시스템을 위한 고속 광주사기의 구현)

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    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 1995
  • A high speed optic scanner capable of 16 frames/sec imaging has been developed for the realization of the infrared thermal Imaging system with a single element infrared sensor. The high speed optic scanner is composed of a rotating polygon mirror for horizontal scanning, a flat mirror mounted on a galvanometer for vertical scanning, and a spherical mirror. It has been experimentally found that the optic scanner is capable of 16 framesllsec imaging with the frame matrix size of 256 x 64.

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The Analysis of Temperature Distribution Electric incoming Apparatus Using a Infrared Thermal Imaging System (적외선 열화상 카메라를 이용한 수전설비 온도분포해석)

  • Jeong, Seung-Cheon;Lim, Yeung-Bae;Kim, Jong-Seo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.07b
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    • pp.1113-1116
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    • 2004
  • This paper presents the method for analyzing surface temperature of Electric incoming Apparatus. For the experiment, the surface temperature of electric power apparatus was measured and analyzed by using a infrared thermal imaging system. Surface Discharges(SD) have very complex characteristics of discharge patterns, therefore it requires the development of precise analysis methods. recently, studies on infrared thermal imaging system are carried out to analyze temperature distribution of power equipments through condition diagnosis and to diagnose the degradation of power equipments. The changes in suface temperature was measured by using the infrared thermal imaging system under hot line condition. The system was set up based on the diagnostic method of the electric incoming apparatus.

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Recent Developments Involving the Application of Infrared Thermal Imaging in Agriculture

  • Lee, Jun-Soo;Hong, Gwang-Wook;Shin, Kyeongho;Jung, Dongsoo;Kim, Joo-Hyung
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.280-293
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    • 2018
  • The conversion of an invisible thermal radiation pattern of an object into a visible image using infrared (IR) thermal technology is very useful to understand phenomena what we are interested in. Although IR thermal images were originally developed for military and space applications, they are currently employed to determine thermal properties and heat features in various applications, such as the non-destructive evaluation of industrial equipment, power plants, electricity, military or drive-assisted night vision, and medical applications to monitor heat generation or loss. Recently, IR imaging-based monitoring systems have been considered for application in agricultural, including crop care, plant-disease detection, bruise detection of fruits, and the evaluation of fruit maturity. This paper reviews recent progress in the development of IR thermal imaging techniques and suggests possible applications of thermal imaging techniques in agriculture.

Development of Fuzzy Inference-based Deterioration Diagnosis System Using Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera (적외선 열화상 카메라를 이용한 퍼지추론 기반 열화진단 시스템 개발)

  • Choi, Woo-Yong;Kim, Jong-Bum;Oh, Sung-Kwun;Kim, Young-Il
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.64 no.6
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    • pp.912-921
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we introduce fuzzy inference-based real-time deterioration diagnosis system with the aid of infrared thermal imaging camera. In the proposed system, the infrared thermal imaging camera monitors diagnostic field in real time and then checks state of deterioration at the same time. Temperature and variation of temperature obtained from the infrared thermal imaging camera variation are used as input variables. In addition to perform more efficient diagnosis, fuzzy inference algorithm is applied to the proposed system, and fuzzy rule is defined by If-then form and is expressed as lookup-table. While triangular membership function is used to estimate fuzzy set of input variables, that of output variable has singleton membership function. At last, state of deterioration in the present is determined based on output obtained through defuzzification. Experimental data acquired from deterioration generator and electric machinery are used in order to evaluate performance of the proposed system. And simulator is realized in order to confirm real-time state of diagnostic field

Inspection of Calandria Reactor Surface of Wolsung Nuclear Power Plant using Thermal Infrared Camera mounted on the Mobile Robot KAEROT/m2

  • Cho, Jai-Wan
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.578-578
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    • 2002
  • Thermal infrared imaging is a highly promising technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of electronic, electrical and mechanical elements in nuclear power plants. However, conventional low-cost infrared imaging systems suffer from poor spatial resolution compared to commercial CCD cameras. This paper describes an approach to enhance inspection performances for calandria reactor area of Wolsung nuclear power plant through the technique of superimposing thermal infrared image into real CCD image. In the occurrence of thermal abnormalities on observation points and areas of calandria reactor area, unusual hot image taken from thermal infrared camera is mapped upon real CCD image. The performance of the technique has been evaluated in the experiment carried out at Wolsung nuclear power plant in the overhaul period. The results show that localizations of thermal abnormalities on calandria reactor face can be estimated accurately.

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Small Camera Module for TEC-less Uncooled Thermal Image (TEC-less 비냉각 열영상 검출기용 소형카메라 모듈 개발)

  • Kim, Jong-Ho
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.97-103
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    • 2017
  • Thermal imaging is mainly used in military equipment required for night observation. In particular, technologies of uncooled thermal imaging detectors are being developed as applied to low-cost night observation system. Many system integrators require different specifications of the uncooled thermal imaging camera but their development time is short. In this approach, EOSYSTEM has developed a small size, TEC-less uncooled thermal imaging camera module with $32{\times}32mm$ size and low power consumption. Both domestic detector and import detector are applied to the EOSYSTEM's thermal imaging camera module. The camera module contains efficient infrared image processing algorithms including : Temperature compensation non-uniformity correction, Bad/Dead pixel replacement, Column noise removal, Contrast/Edge enhancement algorithms providing stable and low residual non-uniformity infrared image.

Hybrid feature extraction of multimodal images for face recognition

  • Cheema, Usman;Moon, Seungbin
    • Annual Conference of KIPS
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    • 2018.10a
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    • pp.880-881
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    • 2018
  • Recently technological advancements have allowed visible, infrared and thermal imaging systems to be readily available for security and access control. Increasing applications of facial recognition for security and access control leads to emerging spoofing methodologies. To overcome these challenges of occlusion, replay attack and disguise, researches have proposed using multiple imaging modalities. Using infrared and thermal modalities alongside visible imaging helps to overcome the shortcomings of visible imaging. In this paper we review and propose hybrid feature extraction methods to combine data from multiple imaging systems simultaneously.

Inspection of Calandria Reactor Area of Wolsung NPP using Thermal Infrared and CCD Images

  • Cho, Jai-Wan;Kim, Chang-Hoi;Seo, Yong-Chil;Park, Young-Soo;Kim, Seung-Ho
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.96.4-96
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    • 2002
  • Thermal infrared imaging is a highly promising technology for condition monitoring and predictive maintenance of electronic, electrical and mechanical elements in nuclear power plants. However, conventional low-cost infrared imaging systems suffer from poor spatial resolution compared to commercial CCD cameras. This paper describes an approach to enhance inspection performances for calandria reactor area of Wolsung nuclear power plant through the technique of superimposing thermal infrared image into real CCD image. In the occurrence of thermal abnormalities on observation points and areas of calandria reactor area, unusual hot image taken from thermal infrared camera is mapped upon re...

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Method for Measuring Weld Temperature Using an Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera (적외선 열화상 카메라를 이용한 용접부의 온도 측정 방법)

  • Ro, Chan-Seung;Kim, Kyeong-Suk;Chang, Ho-Seob
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.299-304
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, a method is tested to measure temperatures in high-temperature welds. Protective glass was installed between an infrared thermal imaging camera and a heat source, and temperature compensation was applied to the measuring instruments. When the temperature of halogen lamps was taken in real-time and measured by the thermal camera, the temperature was found to be almost invariant with the distance between the camera and heat source. The temperature range could be predicted, through correlations with the thickness of the protective glass and the measured distance. This study suggests that the temperature measurement of welds obtained by using an infrared thermal imaging camera is valid, through experimental testing of heat sources.

Responsivity and Noise Evaluation of Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera (적외선열화상카메라의 응답 및 노이즈 특성 평가)

  • Kim, Dong-Ik;Kim, Ghiseok;Kim, Geon-Hee;Chang, Ki Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.342-348
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, the evaluation method for the responsivity and noise characteristics of an infrared thermal imaging camera was presented. Signal transfer function and noise equivalent temperature difference of the infrared thermal imaging camera were obtained by using a differential mode blackbody that is able to control the temperature difference ${\Delta}$T between an infrared target and its background. And we verified the suitability of our evaluation method through comparison between the found noise equivalent temperature difference and the specification of the camera. In addition, the difference of 0.01 K of the two noise equivalent temperature differences calculated from with and without nonuniformity correction suggests that the nonuniformity correction is essential process for the evaluation of the infrared thermal imaging camera.