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  • What’s The Difference between Thermal Imaging and Night Vision?

    Night vision devices have the same drawbacks that daylight and lowlight TV cameras do: they need enough light, and enough contrast to create usable images. Thermal imagers, on the other hand, see clearly day and night, while creating their own contrast. Without a doubt, thermal cameras are the best 24-hour imaging option.

  • Teledyne FLIR Introduces New identiFINDER R700 Backpack Radiation Detector

    Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), today announced the launch of the identiFINDER® R700 Backpack Radiation Detector, an advanced mobile system that offers unparalleled capability for broad-area radiological monitoring missions. The company also announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has placed the first order for the device as part of its Helium-3 Alternative Implementation Backpack Program (HAIBP). Programmed out of the Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction office, the $6.5 million award spans nine months of product deliveries.

  • FLIR Introduces FLIR identiFINDER R425, Next-Generation Handheld Radionuclide Identification Device

    ARLINGTON, VA, October 22, 2019 ― FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the launch of the FLIR identiFINDER® R425, the next-generation of its field-trusted R400 handheld radionuclide identification device (RID). The identiFINDER R425 provides responders with increased sensitivity, flexible power management, and advanced communication features that enable them to safely locate and measure radioactive sources with confidence.

  • Considerations for Thermal Lens Selection

    Many factors must be considered when choosing an infrared lens for a thermal imaging camera. These include knowledge of the technology being used and of the intended application for the imager. It is also essential to have a good idea of what results must be achieved in light of the price range budgeted for a new IR camera lens (the entire lens assembly mounted to the camera). Knowing these critical aspects of IR lenses can facilitate the selection process.

  • FLIR Systems Launches Radiometric Version of Boson Thermal Imaging Camera Module

    The Boson® camera core represents the best in FLIR high-performance uncooled thermal imaging technology within a small, lightweight, and low-power package, and now FLIR partners and customers will have the option to purchase radiometric versions that can capture the temperature data of every pixel in the scene.

  • FLIR Systems and ANSYS to Advance Thermal Camera Machine Learning for Safer Cars

    ARLINGTON, Va., January 7, 2020 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) and ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) are partnering to deliver superior hazard detection capabilities for assisted driving and autonomous vehicles (AVs) — empowering automakers to deliver unprecedented vehicle safety. Through this partnership, FLIR will integrate a fully physics-based thermal sensor into ANSYS’ leading-edge driving simulator to model, test, and validate thermal camera designs within an ultra-realistic virtual world. The new solution will reduce original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) development time by optimizing thermal camera placement for use with tools such as automatic emergency braking (AEB), pedestrian detection, and within future AVs.

  • FLIR Awarded $92.9 Million Contract for Logistics Support to U.S. Army Product Manager Force Protection Systems

    ARLINGTON, Va., December 16, 2019 ― FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced that it has been awarded a five-year, firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinitely Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The IDIQ vehicle has a ceiling value of $92.9 million, with an initial order of $5.2 million.

  • FLIR at CES 2020

    This week, FLIR is once again exhibiting at Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the world’s largest events featuring the latest innovative technologies, to showcase its products and solutions. Specifically, the company is introducing FLIR CITY, a vision to use FLIR intelligent sensing, AI, and cloud solutions to help cities become safer, smarter, and more connected.  Also, FLIR is featuring its FLIR autonomous vehicle for testing thermal technology and for the first time at CES is showing products from its unmanned aerial and ground solutions portfolio, including the FLIR Black Hornet, which recently won Popular Science’s Best of What’s New Award for 2019. 

  • Thermal Cameras for Safer AEB

    FLIR Systems Inc. contracted VSI Labs to develop a proof-of-concept automatic pedestrian detection system that fuses radar and FLIR thermal camera data to detect and estimate the distance of a pedestrian from the front of a test vehicle.

  • FLIR Launches First Thermal Imaging Building Inspection System: FLIR MR277

    ARLINGTON, Va., January 14, 2020 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today the FLIR MR277 building inspection system, FLIR Systems’ first moisture meter with Infrared Guided Measurement (IGM™) to offer Multi-Spectral Dynamic Imaging (MSX®) technology. This all-in-one, thermal-enabled moisture meter with hygrometer provides users with a full understanding of problem areas by enhancing IGM thermal images with visual details so they can quickly find moisture, air leaks, and insulation voids.

  • Are UART and USB both available for control of Boson, or is it either - or?

    Are UART and USB both available for control of Boson, or is it either - or?

  • What is the difference between active IR and thermal imaging?

    Active IR systems use short wavelength infrared light to illuminate an area of interest. Some of the infrared energy is reflected back to a camera and interpreted to generate an image. Thermal imaging systems use mid- or long wavelength IR energy.