Scalable lidar technique for fire detection

Andrei B. Utkin; Fernando Piedade; Vasco Beixiga; Pedro Mota; Pedro Lousã

doi:10.1117/12.2060254

22 August 2014 Scalable lidar technique for fire detection

Andrei B. Utkin, Fernando Piedade, Vasco Beixiga, Pedro Mota, Pedro Lousã

Proceedings Volume 9286, Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics; 92860D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060254
Event: Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 2014, Aveiro, Portugal

Abstract

Lidar (light detection and ranging) presents better sensitivity than fire surveillance based on imaging. However, the price of conventional lidar equipment is often too high as compared to passive fire detection instruments. We describe possibilities to downscale the technology. First, a conventional lidar, capable of smoke-plume detection up to ~10 km, may be replaced by an industrially manufactured solid-state laser rangefinder. This reduces the detection range to about 5 km, but decreases the purchase price by one order of magnitude. Further downscaling is possible by constructing the lidar smoke sensor on the basis of a low-cost laser diode.

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Andrei B. Utkin, Fernando Piedade, Vasco Beixiga, Pedro Mota, and Pedro Lousã "Scalable lidar technique for fire detection", Proc. SPIE 9286, Second International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics, 92860D (22 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2060254

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