FLIR, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies, has unveiled the FCB-Series AI thermal analytics camera, designed to enhance perimeter and site security.
This advanced thermal camera integrates deep-learning video analytics with high thermal sensitivity, operating effectively in various weather and lighting conditions to reliably detect and classify people and vehicles. This product aims to offer security teams enhanced clarity in complex environments, improving response capabilities.
Features and Applications
The FCB-Series AI thermal camera is equipped with a range of features to meet the diverse needs of business security operations.
The camera's inclusion of lens options and Nexus-enabled geolocation simplifies installation across different site sizes. Its IP67 rating ensures durability against dust, rain, and extreme temperatures, making it suitable for a variety of locations from small commercial businesses to expansive campuses and industrial plants.
Advanced Detection Capabilities
The camera's sophisticated DNN deep-learning video analytics grant it precise identification
The camera's sophisticated DNN deep-learning video analytics grant it precise identification and categorization abilities, distinguishing real threats from non-threatening activity like foliage movement or weather impacts.
Businesses can avoid the high costs of false alarms caused by non-threat motion, ensuring that their video management systems remain efficient and effective. The Nexus-enabled geolocation also enhances situational awareness, allowing security teams to track intruders with precision using a PTZ camera.
Adaptable Lens Options
Employing five different lens options, ranging from 18° to 50° field of view, the camera can seamlessly cover varied site layouts without creating blind spots.
Its thermal sensitivity of less than 20 mK detects temperature variations that other cameras might miss, providing sharp imaging in areas such as parking lots and perimeters, even under challenging conditions like fog and harsh lighting.
High-Performance and Cost-Effective
The FCB-Series AI thermal camera is engineered to withstand challenging environments
The FCB-Series AI thermal camera is engineered to withstand challenging environments, making it a cost-effective solution for reliable thermal detection.
Its potential applications span various industries, from construction sites and warehouses to solar farms and remote storage yards. Moreover, rather than requiring a complete overhaul of existing security systems, Flir’s technology allows for gradual integration, improving security incrementally and cost-effectively.
Industry Impact and Future Enhancements
Matt Strautman, Director of Global Business Development at Flir, emphasizes the value of this camera in overcoming challenges such as false alarms due to environmental factors or integration issues.
According to Strautman, “Advanced thermal imaging and AI analytics collaborate to deliver high-accuracy detection, even in adverse weather or lighting conditions. With flexible lens options, Nexus integration, and rugged all-weather design, our FCB-Series AI thermal camera is not only the smart choice for precise and reliable protection, it’s a cost effective way to upgrade an outdated security system. It will integrate seamlessly with your current set-up and provide insights that expedite your decision-making.”
This step represents a significant advancement in the security sector, aiming to keep up with increasing incidents of theft and burglary.
FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, is today introducing its FCB-Series AI thermal analytics camera for robust perimeter and site security. This innovative addition to Flir's mid-range infrared security line-up merges weather-resilient, lighting-agnostic thermal sensitivity of <20 mK with advanced deep-learning video analytics. The result? Accurate and dependable detection of people and vehicles, inside or outside, whatever the conditions.
Flir’s new FCB-Series AI thermal camera transforms chaotic and noisy environments into clear, reliable views that security teams can respond to effectively and efficiently. With various lens options, Nexus-enabled geolocation, and robust IP67 ingress protection rating, the sensor supports seamless installation at locations of all sizes.
Inquisitive small animals
With the Flir FCB-Series AI thermal camera, businesses can detect, classify, and respond faster than ever, helping to prevent costly incidents and maintain safe and efficient operations. Beneficial features of the Flir FCB-Series AI:
Advanced DNN deep-learning video analytics support reliable identification and categorisation of individuals and vehicles with exceptional precision. With the help of these sophisticated onboard neural networks, businesses can distinguish between genuine threats and false alarms, such as moving trees, rain on the camera lens, or inquisitive small animals. When the wind shakes a construction tarpaulin or foliage swirls during a storm, the FCB-Series AI remains silent. Unnecessary alarms no longer trigger the VMS (video management system).
Nexus-enabled target geolocation facilitates situational awareness and precise hand-off to a PTZ (Pan-Tilt Zoom) camera for close-up tracking of an intruder around corners, along fences, or between buildings. Forming a cohesive security ecosystem, this workflow promotes real-time data sharing and interoperability among thermal cameras, visible cameras, radars, and analytics platforms.
More accurate detection
Five lens options from 18° to 50° field of view (VGA or QVGA resolution) let businesses cover long fence lines, tight corners, and irregular building layouts without blind spots. Difficulty in matching security coverage to different sites becomes a challenge of the past.
Industry-pioneer thermal sensitivity of <20 mK reveals subtle temperature differences that standard thermal and visible cameras miss. Crystal-clear thermal means sharper, more detailed images across entrances, parking areas, and perimeter zones for faster and more accurate detection. A person cutting between parked trucks in a foggy yard or walking along a campus boundary lit by harsh floodlights, still appears as a crisp thermal profile.
Reliable thermal detection
Easy to install, the rugged IP67 camera is built to endure dust, heat, and driving rain, providing cost effective, reliable thermal detection across a host of perimeter, small area, and remote site applications. These include:
- Small-to-medium commercial businesses: construction sites, warehouses, shopping malls.
- Campuses and industrial plants: education facilities, business parks, factories.
- Energy and remote installations: solar farms, utilities, storage yards.
Continuous security improvements
Get a Clearer View As thefts and burglaries at businesses continue to rise, implementing an effective security system is crucial. However, many believe that adopting a new security system requires a complete overhaul that users have to start from scratch.
Not so with Flir, which employs a smart multi-layered strategy that enhances security incrementally through foundational systems, camera integration, intelligence adoption, and maintenance. This approach enables businesses to develop a system that adapts to their site while maintaining budgetary constraints and ensuring continuous security improvements.
Outdated security system
“If you suffer with false alarms from non-threat movement or weather, inconsistent detection in challenging conditions, or complex system integration and calibration needs, you will see more, know more, and protect more with our FCB-Series AI,” said Matt Strautman, Director of Global Business Development, Flir.
“Advanced thermal imaging and AI analytics collaborate to deliver high-accuracy detection, even in adverse weather or lighting conditions. With flexible lens options, Nexus integration, and rugged all-weather design, our FCB-Series AI thermal camera is not only the smart choice for precise and reliable protection, it’s a cost effective way to upgrade an outdated security system. It will integrate seamlessly with your current set-up and provide insights that expedite your decision making.”
