PanoTherm: Panoramic Thermal Imaging for Object Detection and Tracking

Thomas Kernbauer, Philipp Fleck, Clemens Arth

2024

Abstract

Visible-light cameras are used traditionally in object detection and tracking. Thermal imaging can equally be used for this purpose, however at the cost of additional calibration efforts, expenses, and limitations concerning the field of view. Still, thermal imaging is advantageous in various scenarios and basically the only plausible technology to apply in harsh outdoor environments, in which the use of standard RGB cameras is prohibitive due to low-light conditions or in complete darkness. While panoramic imaging using visible light cameras is becoming more popular for advanced photography or action recording, limited work has been done on developing panoramic thermal cameras. In this work, we present the first panoramic thermal camera targeting the constant 360◦ monitoring of the environment. We describe the calibration and stitching process in detail and demonstrate how to use the camera in a vehicular scenario. Finally, we give an example of the detection and tracking of objects and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of thermal imaging for this purpose.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kernbauer T., Fleck P. and Arth C. (2024). PanoTherm: Panoramic Thermal Imaging for Object Detection and Tracking. In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-679-8, SciTePress, pages 98-109. DOI: 10.5220/0012330400003660

in Bibtex Style

@conference{visapp24,
author={Thomas Kernbauer and Philipp Fleck and Clemens Arth},
title={PanoTherm: Panoramic Thermal Imaging for Object Detection and Tracking},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP},
year={2024},
pages={98-109},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012330400003660},
isbn={978-989-758-679-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 4: VISAPP
TI - PanoTherm: Panoramic Thermal Imaging for Object Detection and Tracking
SN - 978-989-758-679-8
AU - Kernbauer T.
AU - Fleck P.
AU - Arth C.
PY - 2024
SP - 98
EP - 109
DO - 10.5220/0012330400003660
PB - SciTePress