The calibration stand for thermal camera module with infrared focal plane array

Tomasz Sosnowski; Grzegorz Bieszczad; Henryk Madura; Mariusz Kastek; Krzysztof Firmanty

doi:10.1117/12.851144

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3 May 2010 The calibration stand for thermal camera module with infrared focal plane array

Tomasz Sosnowski, Grzegorz Bieszczad, Henryk Madura, Mariusz Kastek, Krzysztof Firmanty

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Proceedings Volume 7660, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVI; 76603Y (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.851144
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In areas like military systems, surveillance systems, or industrial process control, more and more often there is a need to operate in limited visibility conditions or even in complete darkness. In such conditions vision systems can benefit by using thermal vision cameras. In thermal imaging an infrared radiation detector arrays are used. Contemporary infrared detector arrays suffers from technological imprecision which causes that the response to uniform radiation results in nonuniform image with superimposed fixed pattern noise (FPN). In order to compensate this noise there is a need to evaluate detectors characteristics like responsivity and offset of every detector in array. Some of the detectors in cooled detector arrays can be also defective. Signal from defective pixels has to be in such system replaced. In order to replace defective pixels, there is a need to detect them. Identification of so-called blinking pixels needs long time measurement, which in designed calibration stand is also possible. The paper presents the design of infrared detector array measurement stand allowing measurement of mentioned parameters. Measurement stand was also used to evaluate temporal noise of infrared detection modules. In article there is a description of optical system design and parameters of used reference blackbodies. To capture images from camera modules a specially designed digital image interface was used. Measurement control and calculations were made in specially written IRDiag software. Stand was used to measure parameters for cameras based on cooled focal plane arrays from Sofradir. Results of two-point nonuniformity correction are also presented.

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Tomasz Sosnowski, Grzegorz Bieszczad, Henryk Madura, Mariusz Kastek, and Krzysztof Firmanty "The calibration stand for thermal camera module with infrared focal plane array", Proc. SPIE 7660, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVI, 76603Y (3 May 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.851144

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