INFRARED SENSORS

SCANNING SYSTEMS
 INFRARED SCANNERS
• INTRODUCTION
• FUNCTION OF SCANNER
• CLASSIFICATION
• CONCLUSION
 INTRODUCTION

• OPTICAL SCANNING
• WIDESPREAD APPLICATIONS
– BARCODE SCANNERS
– DESKTOP COLOUR SCANNERS
– LASER LIGHT SHOWS
– LASER PRINTERS
– THERMAL IMAGERS
– MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT
– BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
– AIRBORNE MAPPING & RECONNAISSANCE
– FORWARD LOOKING INFRA RED (FLIR) SCANNERS
 FUNCTION

• TO MOVE IMAGE FORMED BY OPTICAL

SYSTEM IN THE PLANE OF DETECTOR
ARRAY SO THAT THE DETECTORS DISSECT
THE IMAGE SEQUENTIALLY AND
COMPLETELY
 CLASSIFICATION

SCANNING SYSTEMS

INPUT SYSTEMS OUTPUT SYSTEMS

 CLASSIFICATION
• CLASSIFICATION BY
– DEFLECTOR POSITION
– IMAGE GEOMETRY
– SCAN PATTERN
– DEFLECTORS
CLASSIFICATION BY DEFLECTOR POSITION

• MOST COMMONLY APPLIED

• BASED ON RELATIVE POSITIONS OF
SCANNING DEFLECTORS AND OBJECTIVE
(FOCUSSING LENS) SUBSYSTEMS
– OBJECTIVE
– PRE-OBJECTIVE OR PARALLEL BEAM
– POST-OBJECTIVE OR CONVERGING BEAM
– DEFLECTOR CAN BE
• OSCILLATING MIRROR
• ROTATING POLYGONAL MIRROR
• ROTATING REFRACTIVE PRISM
• ROTATING WEDGE
• REVOLVING LENS
• ROTATING SENSOR
• ROTATING MIRROR
ALSO
• HOLOGONAL MIRROR
• OPTO-ELECTRONIC
CLASSIFICATION BY IMAGE GEOMETRY

• IN APPLICATIONS INVOLVING
FLEXIBLE OBJECT OR IMAGE MEDIA
• BASED ON IMAGING MEDIUM
SURFACE
– FLATBED SCANNERS
– NON-FLATBED (CURVED/CYLINDRICAL)
SCANNERS
• CONVEX OR EXTERNAL DRUM
• CONCAVE OR INTERNAL DRUM
EXTERNAL DRUM CONFIGURATIONS
INTERNAL DRUM CONFIGURATIONS
 CLASSIFICATION BY SCAN PATTERN

• RASTER SCANNING SYSTEMS

– REGULAR PATTERN OF ADJOINING LINES OVER
A RECTANGULAR AREA
• RANDOM-ACCESS & VECTOR SCANNING
SYSTEMS
– SCANNING SPOT MOVED ALONG ARBITRARY
PATHS WITHIN SCAN AREA
– IN VECTOR SCANNING TWO DEFLECTORS MOVE
SPOT AT CONSTANT SPEED
– IN RANDOM ACCESS, SPOT QUICKLY SWITCHED
TO A NEW DIRECTION USING SOPHISTICATED
CONTROLS
 CLASSIFICATION BY SCANNING
DEFLECTORS

• ANGULAR SCANNING SYSTEMS USE

DEFLECTOR SYSTEMS TO DEFLECT
OPTICAL AXIS
– DEFLECTOR CAN BE
• OSCILLATING MIRROR
• ROTATING POLYGONAL MIRROR
• ROTATING REFRACTIVE PRISM
• ROTATING WEDGE
• REVOLVING LENS
• ROTATING SENSOR
• ROTATING MIRROR
ALSO
• HOLOGONAL MIRROR
• OPTO-ELECTRONIC
CLASSIFICATION BY SCANNING
DEFLECTORS
CLASSIFICATION BY SCANNING
DEFLECTORS
CLASSIFICATION BY SCANNING
DEFLECTORS
CLASSIFICATION BY SCANNING
DEFLECTORS
CLASSIFICATION BY SCANNING
DEFLECTORS
CONCLUSION