FOREST FIRES DETECTED BY CAMERA
FOREST FIRE DETECTION BY CAMERA, EARLY DETECTION OF FIRE WITH IQ FIREWATCH
Protecting people, nature, and assets
- Terrestrial system for forest fire detection by camera, early detection of fires and hot spots.
- More 20 years of development and optimization continuously adjusted to meet the needs of customers.
- The technology of base of the German Aerospace Center for the Rosetta mission in the 1990s (for day and color WUXGA / for night Full-HD)
Multi-spectral sensor system
- Optical detection of smoke Used for many years.
- Unique combination with thermal detection.
- Data processing using a reliable combination algorithms based on characteristics and artificial intelligence (AI).
Components and workflow
• Multi-spectral detection unit
State-of-the-art system
- 360° revolution
- Day: 4-6 minutes
- Night: 9-12 minutes
- Capture images at predefined positions
Capture of images
• Higher detection range
- Detection range up to 20 km in all weather conditions, 40 km and more in optimal conditions.
- Surveillance zones up to 125,000 ha (1,250 km2) and more by sensor
Processing data with AI
- Real-time processing of raw optical data using various algorithms developed by the company.
> Optimal performance without information loss - Combination, under patent application, classical algorithms based on characteristics and algorithms based on artificial intelligence.
> Reduction of false positive alarms and increase in the detection rate.
Evaluation of messages
• IQ FireWatch office
- Main operating software for checking alarms, for example, the transverse bearing
- Possible interfaces for the transfer of data to third-party systems.
- A single sensor can accurately locate a plume of smoke.
- Through transverse bearing, one can obtain a localization with a precision of only a few meters, but also a deviation over large distances.
THE USE OF MULTIPLE CAPTORS TO OPTIMIZE THE DETECTION OF FOREST FIRES BY CAMERA, DAY AND NIGHT
THERMAL IR-SENSOR CAPTURE
CAPTURE
MONOCHROMATIC
Monochrome sensors are more likely to «see» the smoke
- Higher resolution than that of the RGB sensor thanks to the direct use of the light information.
- Monochrome sensors capture all the incoming light (each pixel receives up to 3 times more light) compared to RGB sensors.
- IQ FireWatch uses a monochrome HQ sensor for better contrast and visibility in fog and mist.
RGB CAPTEUR
Additional spectral features
The RGB (color) sensor images offer additional and different characteristics
- Pixels can be differentiated by different color values (RGB).
- The information is added by different channels of color.
- The different types of smoke are visible in different color channels.
IRRADIATION CAPTURE
CLOSE
CLOSE-UP IR (NIR) FOR NIGHT DETECTION
DETECTION OF THE «GLASS FIRE» IN SEPTEMBER 2020
sensors that are independent of each other.
The two photos show the same forest fire with two different sensors mounted on the camera.
Left: by the monochrome sensor | Right: by the NIR sensor
DIFFERENCES IN PERFORMANCE BETWEEN A CCTV CAMERA AND AN IQ FIREWATCH CAMERA
Fire of the Earth that is simmering - the flames are invisible
Detection by IQ FireWatch (4-6 min)
20 YEARS OF RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
LEADER OF THE WORLD MARKET
CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS
AND BEST SERVICE
IQ FireWatch in real conditions
The IQ FireWatch technology
