Custom Software for Infrared Camera Image Acquisition and Control

Infrared cameras based on hybrid focal-plane array sensors are unlike consumer video products such as camcorders. They are complicated imaging devices that output very large amounts of digital image data at high speeds, require multiple levels of camera control, and produce imagery that must be corrected for non-uniformities inherent in the sensor array. A software package, called IRvista, combines all these requirements and functions into one application designed to work with Indigo Systems' cameras from the near-infrared (0.9 to 1.7 microns wavelength) to the mid-and longwave infrared (3-5 microns and 7-14 microns respectively). The infrared is a very rich portion of the spectrum in terms of the number of phenomena that emit or absorb infrared light. These phenomena occur in various time domains, including real-time, high-speed and low speed.