MiniMapperTM: a low-cost imaging IR linescanner

Timothy R. Beystrum; Paul M. Everett; Mark K. Preis; Peter C. T. Roberts; Marcus L. Sutton; Maurice H. Beaulieu; Paul J. Jarmuz; R. J. Zeilinski; Michael R. Hess

doi:10.1117/12.165512

20 December 1993 MiniMapper^TM: a low-cost imaging IR linescanner

Timothy R. Beystrum, Paul M. Everett, Mark K. Preis, Peter C. T. Roberts, Marcus L. Sutton, Maurice H. Beaulieu, Paul J. Jarmuz, R. J. Zeilinski, Michael R. Hess

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Proceedings Volume 2023, Airborne Reconnaissance XVII; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165512
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A low cost MWIR thermal imaging line scanner based on a multiplexed PbSe FPA has been developed. It was designed to be mounted on the underside of UAVs to remotely map battlefields. It also has many dual-use commercial applications. The first unit has been tested in the laboratory and in roof-top imaging demonstrations. It has produced excellent imagery. The noise equivalent temperature difference has been measured to be 0.55 C in preliminary tests. An improved FPA will be installed soon in the unit which will significantly reduce the NET.

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Timothy R. Beystrum, Paul M. Everett, Mark K. Preis, Peter C. T. Roberts, Marcus L. Sutton, Maurice H. Beaulieu, Paul J. Jarmuz, R. J. Zeilinski, and Michael R. Hess "MiniMapper^TM: a low-cost imaging IR linescanner", Proc. SPIE 2023, Airborne Reconnaissance XVII, (20 December 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165512

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