IR camera and method for processing thermal image information
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1. A method for processing information from an infrared (IR) detector of an IR camera, the method comprising:
- receiving a series of frames of IR data values from said IR detector being operable to detect IR radiation from a scene, said frames of IR data representing detected IR radiation; and
performing a compression of said frames of IR data values;
wherein each received IR data value together with calibration data uniquely represents measured IR radiation from the scene, wherein calibration data comprises a unique mapping between the received IR data values and the corresponding measured IR radiation from the scene;
wherein the compression substantially maintains a radiometric mapping of the received IR data values after compression and decompression to an original appearance of the received frames; and
wherein the substantially maintained radiometric mapping maps every IR data value to only one temperature value but represents each temperature value by one IR data value or a plurality of adjacent IR data values.
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Abstract
A method for processing information from an IR detector of an IR camera, for an embodiment, comprises receiving a series of frames of data from said IR detector being operable to detect IR radiation from a scene, said frames of IR data representing detected IR radiation; performing a compression of said frames of IR data; wherein each data value together with calibration data uniquely represents measured IR radiation from the scene.
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1. A method for processing information from an infrared (IR) detector of an IR camera, the method comprising:
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receiving a series of frames of IR data values from said IR detector being operable to detect IR radiation from a scene, said frames of IR data representing detected IR radiation; and performing a compression of said frames of IR data values; wherein each received IR data value together with calibration data uniquely represents measured IR radiation from the scene, wherein calibration data comprises a unique mapping between the received IR data values and the corresponding measured IR radiation from the scene; wherein the compression substantially maintains a radiometric mapping of the received IR data values after compression and decompression to an original appearance of the received frames; and wherein the substantially maintained radiometric mapping maps every IR data value to only one temperature value but represents each temperature value by one IR data value or a plurality of adjacent IR data values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 27)
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15. A method for processing information from an IR camera, the method comprising:
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a) receiving a series of IR images in the form of data from an IR sensor; b) performing calibration operations on said series of IR images in order to render said IR images radiometric; c) performing a compression of said IR images to yield a series of compressed IR images in such a way that a corresponding decompression of the compressed IR images can be performed; and d) after performing the steps a), b) and c) arriving at a series of radiometric IR images; wherein the compression substantially maintains a radiometric mapping of the received IR data values after compression and decompression to an original appearance of the received series of IR images, and wherein the substantially maintained radiometric mapping maps every IR data value to only one temperature value but represents each temperature value by one IR data value or a plurality of adjacent IR data values. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28)
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26. An IR camera, comprising:
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an IR detector operable to detect IR radiation from a scene; and a processor operable to process information from the IR detector, said processor adapted to; receive a series of frames of data from the IR detector, said frames of IR data representing detected IR radiation; and perform a compression of said frames of IR data; wherein each data value together with calibration data uniquely represents measured IR radiation from the scene; wherein the compression substantially maintains a radiometric mapping of the received IR data values after compression and decompression to an original appearance of the received frames; and wherein the substantially maintained radiometric mapping maps every IR data value to only one temperature value but represents each temperature value by one IR data value or a plurality of adjacent IR data values.
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