Infrared Camera

All objects emit infrared energy, called a heat signature. Thermal imaging cameras (also called thermal imaging cameras) detect and measure the infrared energy of objects. The camera converts the infrared data into an electronic image that displays the apparent surface temperature of the object being measured. An infrared camera contains an optical system that focuses infrared energy onto a special detector chip (sensor array) that contains thousands of detector pixels arranged in a grid. The camera processor takes the signal from each pixel and performs mathematical calculations on it to create a color map of the object's apparent temperature.