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Re: Liteye Thermal Imaging

I think some video camcorders are!  I remember seeing my IR remote control
LED through the camcorder's viewpiece.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian David Cheok" <>
To: "Bryan Hurley" <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 2:35 AM
Subject: RE: Liteye Thermal Imaging

> Hi Bryan
>
> Do you know of any cheap options using the CCD only, near-IR etc.?
>
> Adrian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Hurley [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:21 PM
> To: Adrian David Cheok
> Cc: 
> Subject: RE: Liteye Thermal Imaging
>
>
>
> Historically, thermal imagin equipment is rather expensive.. to do
> anything like the KnightEye or "as seen in Predator"..
>
> As it is real thermal imaging, real IR, not nearIR as most night vision
> equipment is, or as many b/w cameras can see..
>
> Just like real night vision equipment uses some kind of tube to look
> through with some gas.. I assume that these use something similiar... as
> they are all rather large in size.. denoting something other than just
> some CCDs... of course in the KnightEye, one would assume there is a CCD
> and then connected to their display..
>
> for example:
>  http://www.x20.org/thermal/ir510.htm has a thermal imager... only $7900
> or so.. add a couple grand of microdisplay and you get the KnightEye...
>
> just my thoughts,
> Bryan Hurley
>
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Adrian David Cheok wrote:
>
> > Well everyone, I emailed them about a possible purchase for gesture
> > recognition.
> >
> > Looks like the components are not so "dirt cheap" :) I guess there must
be
> > some non-standard technology here.......
> >
> > Still it would be pretty good putting this on a wearable... (but the
size
> > looks still to big I think)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kenneth A. Geyer, VP Development [mailto:]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:52 AM
> > To: 
> > Subject: RE: questions
> >
> >
> > That would be the Knight-Eye
> > prices are
> >
> > 1 to 5 units..............................$9995.00 US Dollars
> > 6 to 23 units............................$9500.00 US Dollars
> >
> > There are no customs restrictions on shipping this
> > Item.
> > Thank you
> > KG
> >
> >
> > At 10:37 AM 7/3/2001, you wrote:
> > >OK thanks, which model is the smallest and has the video output - can
you
> > >give me the pricing also?
> > >Thanks
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Kenneth A. Geyer, VP Development [mailto:]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2001 12:38 AM
> > >To: 
> > >Subject: Re: questions
> > >
> > >
> > >The thermal imager has a video out so you could send
> > >the image to a computer if the computer accepts video.
> > >I know there are items on the market that
> > >you can add to any computer to allow it to accept
> > >video signals.
> > >Thanks
> > >KG
> > >
> > >
> > >At 10:31 AM 7/3/2001, you wrote:
> > > >Hello,
> > > >
> > > >I am interested in using the thermal imager for hand gesture
> recognition.
> > >Is
> > > >there any way we can use the camera and input the video into a
computer
> > for
> > > >processing?
> > > >
> > > >Thanks
> > > >Adrian Cheok
> > > >
> > > >\begin
> > > ><Dr Adrian David Cheok>
> > > ><>
> > > ><Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering>
> > > ><National University of Singapore>
> > > ><Singapore 117576>
> > > ><PH +65 874 6850>
> > > ><FAX +65 779 1103>
> > > >\end
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Paine [mailto:]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:45 AM
> > To: ; Florian Echtler; Adrian David Cheok
> > Cc: 
> > Subject: Re: Liteye Thermal Imaging
> >
> >
> > What does it take to make something like the Liteye?  I bet the
components
> > are dirt cheap and they are charging way too much for it, like all of
the
> > other monocular products out there..
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Doug Sutherland" <>
> > To: "Florian Echtler" <>; "Adrian David Cheok"
> > <>
> > Cc: <>
> > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:37 PM
> > Subject: RE: Liteye Thermal Imaging
> >
> >
> > > Florian Echtler wrote:
> > >
> > > > IR isn't IR all the time. The stuff that usual CCD cameras can see
> > > > is AFAIK Near Infrared or NIR, which isn't the same as heat
radiation
> > > > that has a noticeably longer wavelength.
> > >
> > > The Liteye cameras are long wave length IR, they use ambient temp
> > > sensors. More info here http://www.liteye.com/pdf/bolometer.pdf
> > >
> > > This is serious wearable weaponry tech. They come in three versions:
> > >   1) helmet mounted
> > >   2) handheld
> > >   3) weapons mounted, thermal imager on weapon, display on helmet
> > >
> > > The Liteye site says they are low cost ... yeah, relative to other
> > > real night vision scopes ... and by military cost standards. Looks
> > > like you have to be in the army to get all of the really good tech.
> > > Too bad that requires killing and/or getting killed :(
> > >
> > >   -- Doug
> > >
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