FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
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Re: FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
#2All down to the resolution. Judging by the product binning on the rest of their cameras, this will be a 4x4 pixel sensor.
The real URL for this submission should be — http://www.flir.com/flirone/
Re: FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
#3Interesting that they aren't using the built-in iPhone camera for the visual spectrum part, but are still using their own. (FLIR uses a visual spectrum camera to do edge detection, and then overlays that on the IR image to make it easier to see what is going on.)
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#4Relevant:
Turn cheap FLIR into expensive FLIR imager: http://hackaday.com/2013/11/04/manufacturer-crippled-flir-e4...
Kickstart Phone Thermal Imaging: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mu-thermal-camera-a-great-...
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyrawson/ir-blue-therm...
Re: FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
#5All down to the resolution. Judging by the product binning on the rest of their cameras, this will be a 4x4 pixel sensor. The real URL for this submission should be — http://www.flir.com/flirone/
While they didn't say anything about the specs of the infrared part, the device seems to include a VGA camera for the multi-spectrum blending mode. If the infrared camera is similar... well, it won't win your infrared photography any awards at the art show, but it's not the worst.
Postscript: A nearby link to Hackaday talks about a 320x240 resolution that was firmware-limited to some fraction of that on the cheaper model. I'm going to throw out a wild-ass guess that they'll have a similar sensor here.
Re: FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
#6Interesting that they aren't using the built-in iPhone camera for the visual spectrum part, but are still using their own. (FLIR uses a visual spectrum camera to do edge detection, and then overlays that on the IR image to make it easier to see what is going on.)
This way the visible and IR cameras are right next to each other.
Re: FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
#7Relevant: Turn cheap FLIR into expensive FLIR imager: http://hackaday.com/2013/11/04/manufacturer-crippled-flir-e4... Kickstart Phone Thermal Imaging: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mu-thermal-camera-a-great-... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyrawson/ir-blue-therm...
From that indiegogo, this kind of thing always gives me pause: "We'll send you a Mµ Optics Thermal Imager for $125. ... This represents $200 off the MSRP."
Re: FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
#8For some reason I'm tickled that the security application of this add-on is illustrated by a man lurking around the side of a Scion xB in a parking lot, as though the user constantly has the app up and is holding the camera in front of them everywhere they go.
Re: FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
#9All down to the resolution. Judging by the product binning on the rest of their cameras, this will be a 4x4 pixel sensor. The real URL for this submission should be — http://www.flir.com/flirone/
While they didn't say anything about the specs of the infrared part, the device seems to include a VGA camera for the multi-spectrum blending mode. If the infrared camera is similar... well, it won't win your infrared photography any awards at the art show, but it's not the worst. Postscript: A nearby link to Hackaday talks about a 320x240 resolution that was firmware-limited to some fraction of that on the cheaper m…
It'll probably be the exact same sensor, the question is can the software be hacked to make it anywhere near useful? If it's cheaper than their cheapest normal camera (it is) we can only assume it will have a significantly lower gimped resolution as a result.
Re: FLIR – Thermal Imaging Device for iPhone 5
#10Relevant: Turn cheap FLIR into expensive FLIR imager: http://hackaday.com/2013/11/04/manufacturer-crippled-flir-e4... Kickstart Phone Thermal Imaging: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mu-thermal-camera-a-great-... http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/andyrawson/ir-blue-therm...
From that indiegogo, this kind of thing always gives me pause: "We'll send you a Mµ Optics Thermal Imager for $125. ... This represents $200 off the MSRP."
Not endorsing... I just had looked into some options awhile back.