Intelligent thermal imaging camera with network interface

In recent years, a significant increase in usage of thermal imagining cameras can be observed in both public and commercial sector, due to the lower cost and expanding availability of uncooled microbolometer infrared radiation detectors. Devices present on the market vary in their parameters and output interfaces. However, all these thermographic cameras are only a source of an image, which is then analyzed in external image processing unit. There is no possibility to run users dedicated image processing algorithms by thermal imaging camera itself. This paper presents a concept of realization, architecture and hardware implementation of "Intelligent thermal imaging camera with network interface" utilizing modern technologies, standards and approach in one single device.