Through continuous development and innovation, infrared thermal camera has been widely used in railway, electric power, industry, medical and other fields, and has played an important role. The combination of infrared thermal imaging technology with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) leads the infrared thermal imaging technology into a new field.

1. Principle of Infrared Thermal Camera

Infrared thermal camera is obtained by using infrared detector and optical imaging objective lens to receive the infrared radiation energy distribution pattern of the measured target and reflect it to the photosensitive element of the infrared detector. In common words, the invisible infrared energy emitted by the object is transformed into visible thermal image. Different colors on the thermal image represent different temperatures of the measured object.

2. UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)

Drones can be based on the function of the carrying equipment to determine its have, cross-border cooperation with traditional industry, with growing application area of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav), the technical requirements are also increasing, required of infrared thermal imaging technology become drones in security, disaster relief, electric inspection, industrial and agricultural production, the important technical guarantee catch criminals, etc.

3. Application of Infrared Thermal Imaging Technology Combined with UAV

1) Power Inspection: High-precision infrared inspection UAV has obvious advantages such as high safety, high efficiency and low operating cost;

2) Public Security Investigation: It can track and investigate criminals around the clock, and its use will not be affected even in harsh environments such as fog and darkness, thus becoming a powerful weapon for public security officers;

3) Disaster Relief: Infrared patrol uav in the emergency search and rescue can be carried out quickly and effectively, improve the search and rescue efficiency and rescue speed, ensure the timely rescue of victims, minimize casualties;

4) Solar Cell Detection: Infrared patrol uav detects solar panels, which can significantly reduce detection omissions caused by personnel fatigue or improper use of equipment, improve detection efficiency, and reduce maintenance costs;

5) Forest Fire Fighting: Infrared patrol uav can detect hot spots in advance, prevent fire, quickly locate the fire spot in the fire, and search for survivors in the smoke.

With the increasing maturity of electronic industry, material science and communication technology, the combination of infrared thermal imaging technology and UAV will be applied in more fields and bring more convenience.