Att som operatör ha möjlighet att se i ett elektromagnetiskt spektrum som det blotta ögat inte kan upptäcka bidrar till en rad fördelar. Den militära nyttan av IR-sensorer har drivit utvecklingen inom många av dess användningsområden som till exempel målsökare och mörkerkapacitet i totalt mörker. Det finns en svårighet kopplat till IR-sensorer och det är att det måste ske en avvägning mellan dess synfält och dess räckvidd. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka vad det är som tvingar tillverkarna av dessa sensorer till att välja mellan dessa två parametrar. Detta för att sedan kunna ha en diskussion om eventuella lösningar och deras bidrag till de två grundläggande förmågorna verkan och underrättelse/information. Två nyare tekniker kommer även att undersökas för att kunna upptäcka alternativa lösningar på problemet.Undersökningen visade på att det största hindret var ett fysikaliskt sådant och detta var kopplat till bildformeringen, optikens fokallängd. En kort fokallängd gav ett brett synfält medan en längre fokallängd gav bättre räckvidd.

Wildland fires are a natural process from nature. Even though they are natural, humans inherently fear them and started to suppress them until recent years successfully. More and more countries are seeing unprecedented fires all around the globe. Emergency response agencies are struggling to keep up with wild and forest fire response due to significant and fast-spreading fires. During the research phase, I not only conducted interviews with people who have experienced wildfires but also experts from the frontlines. Also, I made a scan of the literature to find valuable studies regarding this topic. I discovered that the current wildfire problem is deeply rooted in the social aspect of how we, as humans, are placing us above nature. Nature needs wildfires and forest fires to have healthy forest ecosystems. Sadly humans have been suppressing wildfires for the last decades that lead to the fact that we created a bigger problem than before. This project is set right in the center of this change. It challenges the paradigm of how we interact with wildfire so we as a society can move from having a war with fire to living with fire. I used design fiction and speculative design methods to visualize this systemic change and give it a platform of provocation for good. The project describes a future in which humans are in coexistence with wildfires and are part of the ecosystem again. During the world-building process, to probe and verify ideas with experts and wildfire survivors, different creative methods have been used. All the factors which are influencing the preferable future and outcome are built upon findings from the research phase and repeated interviews I conducted during the project. The year of the created preferable future is 2025, when the world experienced massive wildfires and has arrived in the pyrocence. In this preferable future, the introduction of a new season happened: the 5th season - fire season. The outcome is a proposal for how FireGuardians are conducting their work and what tools they are using. It displays a new uniform, a soft robotic enhanced exosuit, and an advanced information system to plan and coordinate large-scale prescribed burns.

This thesis deals with optical devices and methods image processing for recognizing hand gestures. The types of gestures, possible applications, contact based devices and vision based devices are described in thesis. Next, a review of hand detection, features extraction and gesture classification is provided. Proposed gesture recognition system consists of infrared camera FLIR A655sc, infrared FLIR Lepton module, webcam Logitech S7500, method for hand gesture analysis and a database of gestures for classification. For each of the devices, gesture recognition is evaluated in terms of speed and accuracy in different environments. The proposed method was implemented in MATLAB.

O presente trabalho surgiu da necessidade da EMBRAER de dominar o conhecimento na disciplina de redes neurais para a classificação de alvos em aplicação de comando e controle. Para obter este conhecimento, foram desenvolvidas duas arquiteturas de redes neurais chamada de Redes Neurais Única (RNU), que trata todas as informações retiradas das imagens dos alvos como um todo e Comitê de Redes Neurais (CRN) composto por redes independente em dois níveis, onde o primeiro nível faz uma classificação inicial e segundo nível uma classificação final baseada no nível anterior. Essas duas arquiteturas distintas foram treinadas, utilizando-se padrões de imagens infravermelhos, que foram corrompidos com sombras e reflexos para se aproximarem do cenário real.Cada uma das arquiteturas teve os parâmetros de desempenho, robustez e sensibilidade avaliados, sendo que a contribuição principal deste trabalho se dá em identificar as diferenças destes parâmetros entre as duas arquiteturas.

The combat vehicle, CV90 has a semi-active hydraulic suspension system which uses inertial measurements for regulation to improve accessibility. To improve performance further measurements of future terrain can be used to, for example, prepare for impacts. This master's thesis investigates the ability to use existing sensors and new sensors to facilitate these measurements. Two test runs were performed, with very different conditions and outcomes. The results seem to suggest that a sweeping LIDAR was the most accurate and robust solution. However, using a very recent visual odometry algorithm, promising results were achieved using an Infra-red heat camera. Especially given that no efforts were put into adjusting parameters for that particular algorithm.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought increased need for measuring human temperature. This thesis deals with solution of using low-cost thermal camera module FLIR Lepton 3.5 for measuring human forehead temperature and examines the real usability of this in terms of an accuracy. In the beginning, I describe various methods of measuring temperature and factors, which can influence the measurement. Subsequently, I examine various factors influencing human body and surface temperature. As of result of thesis is full design and implementation of thermal image system for temperature measurement, which I tested in different environmental conditions and compared its the precision against medical contactless infrared thermometer.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 18-21, 2004 / Town & Country Resort, San Diego, California / This paper describes a system of Total Border Surveillance, which is cost effective, closes existing gaps and is less manpower intensive than the current techniques. The system utilizes a fleet of commercially available aircraft converted to unmanned capability, existing GPS and surveillance systems and autonomous ground stations to provide the desired coverage.

This diploma thesis deals with design of embedded computer vision system and transfer of existing computer vision application for 3D object detection from Windows OS to designed embedded system with Linux OS. Thesis focuses on design of communication interface for system control and camera video transfer through local network with video compression. Then, detection algorithm is enhanced by transferring computationally expensive functions to GPU using CUDA technology. Finally, a user application with graphical interface is designed for system control on Windows platform.

Pregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) construct maternal dens out of snow in the autumn where they give birth to and raise altricial young. In recent years, there has been a decrease in polar sea ice extent and thickness, which has led to changes in denning behavior. One such change in the southern Beaufort Sea (SBS) is that polar bears are selecting maternal den sites on land, rather than on unstable sea ice. This change, coupled with expanding petroleum exploration along Alaska's North Slope, heightens the likelihood of bear-human interactions at maternal den sites. The purpose of this research was to 1) describe polar bears' post-den emergence behavior, establishing a benchmark for comparison to identify behavioral changes associated with climate change and disturbance, and 2) explore factors influencing the efficacy of a currently used den detection method, forward-looking infrared (FLIR). Maternal den sites were observed along Alaska's North Slope from March to April of 2009 and 2010. The mean length of stay at den sites post-emergence was 11.3 ± 7.5 d. The mean date of den emergence was 14 March; abandonment 26 March. Adult females were generally inactive (58.4% out-of-den time) with standing being the most prevalent activity (49.9%). Cubs were generally active (76.7%), playing more than any other activity (45.3%). Bears spent the majority of their time in the den (97.3% for adult females and 99% for cubs) with short bouts of intermittent activity (× = 7 min 42 s). We documented the death of one member of a triplet polar bear litter at its den site. All three cubs showed low activity levels relative to other cubs observed, and one died within one week of den emergence. Necropsy confirmed that the dead cub had a low body weight and was malnourished. Capture later confirmed that the two surviving cubs were also undersized. Triplet litters are often smaller and suffer higher mortality rates than singletons and twins. This cub was not only a triplet but also born following 2 y of record minimum sea ice extent, both of which may have played a role in this cub's death. Concurrent with the den emergence portion of this work, we conducted a separate study to identify limitations and optimal conditions for locating dens using FLIR. We took handheld FLIR images of three artificial dens under varied conditions. We tested variables hypothesized to influence detectability with linear models using a zero-inflated negative binomial distribution. Solar radiation, wind speed, and den wall thickness reduced the likelihood of detecting dens. The negative effect of wind speed on detectability increased with increasing distance. To maximize the efficacy of hand-held FLIR, den surveys should be conducted when solar radiation is <16 w/m2 (night) and when wind speed is <10 km/h (6 mph). Adherence to these guidelines will maximize the protection FLIR can afford to denning bears.

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