Infrared Solutions, Inc. - ISI IR ScanPro - Model 1000 - Page 1
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author: ieMACman
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 08, 2021, 05:29:36 pm
content: Hello.This is my first post.I have an ISI IR ScanPro - Model 1000 thermal camera. I'm looking for software and possibly a manual. I did find on this forum information on a different ISI product the SnapShot. Is there anyone here who may know where I can find this software and documentation?Thank You!

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2021, 10:56:44 pm
content: That is an interesting cameraI own a Snapshot unit but that is very different to what you have.I read the ISI description of the camera but remain uncertain of the exact technology used within it. It is, however, described as a Radiometer and Line scanner. There terms suggest a single axis scan with the movement of the target across the field if view generating the other axis to create a 2D image.http://ndtnet.com/m/isi/products/scan.htmlIn that ISI description the is a a side image of two railway locomotive wheels. Note how the wheels are not a perfect circle. This is typical of a line scanner type camera that is scanning a vertical image whilst the target moves laterally to create ten horizontal element of the 2D image. Geometric distortions are quite common.Sadly your camera was one of those niche products that served well in a specific role but is not that common in general use as it requires the camera or target to move horizontally. As such the amount of information on it is very limited. The software was not even available for download from the ISI web site. Sadly you will likely have some difficulty finding this software or a manual. Could you show us the electronics package inside the cameras casing ? I suspect that you will find a vertical array of thermal imaging pixels sat behind the lens and observing a thin vertical ‘stripe’ of the thermal scene. This likely uses parts of the Snapshot design as that is basically a vertical thermal sensor array that is mechanically traversed across the output of the lens system to create the horizontal part of the 2D image. That traversing mechanism is replaced by target movement in your camera.Fraser

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2021, 11:00:56 pm
content: This page may interest you……https://www.flukeprocessinstruments.com/en-us/products/infrared-temperature-solutions/infrared-linescanners/mp-linescannerScanners manual…https://www.flukeprocessinstruments.com/sites/default/files/9100040_mp_linescanner_br_en_lr.pdfFraser

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2021, 11:10:54 pm
content: The LAND Ametek version ……..https://www.ametek-land.com/products/ir-thermal-imagers-and-line-scanners/lsp-hd-infrared-linescannerApplication note showing use is here…..https://www.ametek-land.com/-/media/ameteklandinstruments/documentation/industries/steel/ametek_application_note_land_infrared_process_imaging_systems_rev_3_en.pdf?la=en&revision=f785f715-9c83-4837-927c-ad2ae5f10047

author: ieMACman
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: September 09, 2021, 01:08:34 am
content: Thanks a bunch for your help.I figure it is likely a long shot with this camera.I looked over the links and the line scanners are interesting products. I had no idea what this camera was used for and it appears it may be impractical for any real application. What got me with the link to ISI's website is that they state in the advertisement as this camera can be used for border and perimeter surveillance. If this camera can only "see" in two-dimensional space, I wonder why they would advertise surveillance use?I guess I'll have to keep digging. But in the meantime when I get a chance I look into getting under the hood of the camera.Thanks again!

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2021, 09:19:56 am
content: With regard to surveillance…. Any target that moves across the cameras field of view will ‘paint’ an image.This unit likely predates affordable staring array (FPA) thermal imaging technology so a less than perfect Image was still better than nothing at allIn a surveillance role it would be used to detect, rather than for detailed analysis.Fraser

author: AkiTaiyo
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 10, 2021, 02:51:59 pm
content: There was an interesting line scanning project by the University of Sheffield, unfortunately I can't find too much information about it online apart from this linkhttps://urbanflows.ac.uk/sensors/The idea was to mount a infrared line scanner and a LIDAR on top of a car to be able to do 3D thermal surveys whilst driving around a city.