DUAL LENS TECHNOLOGY
Ciqurix video flame detectors simultaneously process live video and infrared video to look for fire. All the analytics and processing are done onboard the detector in real time. At the same time as processing the live video stream, a separate high definition near-infrared video sensor provides an infrared video stream to an analytics engine, also onboard the detector. The analytics look at the colour, brightness, shape, flicker, movement and edge behaviour of potential flame, and compare this with previous images to spot developing fire. Because a visible fire has to also look like flame in the infrared spectrum, Ciqurix detectors can be extremely sensitive to fire and yet reject common causes of false alarms. The use of infra-red analytics means that our detectors can detect flame in the dark, through smoke, and in fog - because the infrared feed is largely unaffected by these conditions.
The detector analytics are using spectrum/colour, brightness, shape, flicker, movement and edge behaviour to recognise and detect flame.