Thermal cameras for protecting facilities

The current global threat level against critical infrastructure facilities has created new challenges for those in charge of contemporary homeland security. These challenges are influence by:

  • Complex industrial facilities or buildings with critical illumination conditions
  • Remote and extended facilities in a dark environment
  • A high demand for flexibility to avoid predictable surveillance patterns

Details about the application area

Guarding critical infrastructure – always, under any weather conditions

Mobile FLIR (=Forward Looking InfraRed) like VarioVIEW™ can handle all kinds of ambitious facility protection tasks. The powerful infrared sensor with (640 x 480) pixel achieves a very high identification option. This allows:

  • Very high identification resolution for discriminating between humans and and animals on a facility area
  • Over a distance of more than 2 km a person leaving a vehicle can be viewed and followed when moving separately
  • In case of a very extended facility it is possible to detect approaching motorcycles, cars or trucks over a range of 7 to 8 km, consequently there is enough time for counteractive measures

   
No matter which illumination level is realized in a harbor, with VarioVIEW™ all monitoring options are available 24 hours a day. VarioVIEW™ is more than just a binocular FLIR. Image data may be observed via the ergonomic OLED viewfinder, but can be relayed via its video interface, SD slot or FireWire interface. In combination with the InfraTec IRBIS ® 3 remote software package a complete remote operation of all device functions is possible.
VarioCAM ® hr head is the right choice for those who only intend to operate via deployed 24/7 operations – this is supported by the very compact, tough camera body and a choice of lenses offered. It also allows perfect integration into all kinds of ground vehicles, boats, vessels and airborne vehicles. The big choice of electronical interfaces allows tailoring various options for remote control and image acquisition.

Infrared cameras for this application