Uncooled 2-12µm Infrared Camera

Smoldering detection:

• Uncooled LWIR cameras that are currently used in firefighting can see through smoke but cannot image smoldering well
• Smoldering often remains after the flames are extinguished. In wildfires, smoldering of biomass can linger for days or weeks after flaming has ceased
• Today, imaging of smoldering is done using cooled MWIR or SWIR cameras
• Image captured with MANTIS shows smoldering after the fire was extinguished with water

Flames and Missile Detection:

• Currently requires cooled MWIR cameras
• While uncooled LWIR can detect heat, MANTIS can image both heat and the flames, resulting in higher detection rate, at longer distances
• Top image shows SpaceX Falcon 9 images from 13 miles away, using MANTIS with a 19mm lens
• Bottom images show an example of MANTIS imaging both the heat of a pot on a stove, as well as the flames from burning propane

Long-Range Detection:

• Atmospheric aberrations are lower in the MWIR (3-5µm) in comparison to LWIR (8-12µm), leading to cooled MWIR cameras often used for long range imaging
• MANTIS’s sensitivity in the mid wave range allows it to image hot objects from far greater distances than any uncooled camera in the market
• Image demonstrates MANTIS’s ability to image a high altitude passenger jet, clearly, even with a low magnification, 19mm lens

Muzzle Flash Detection:

• Muzzle flashes, whether from rifles or cannons, act as a gray body with most of the energy in the 2-5µm spectral range
• Currently, muzzle flashes can be detected with acoustic sensors, or cooled MWIR cameras
• Leveraging its broadband sensitivity from 2µm to 12 µm, MANTIS can be used to detect and identify muzzle flashes, as seen in the image captured using MANTIS, at a shooting range