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Paper Abstract
We have developed Compact Infrared Camera (CIRC) with an uncooled infrared array detector (microbolometer) for
space applications. The main mission of the CIRC is to demonstrate technology for wildfire detection. Wildfires are a
major and chronic disaster that affects many countries, especially those in the Asia-Pacific region, and the situation may
get worse with global warming and climate change. The CIRC detector has the largest format (640 × 480 pixels) ever
used for observations of Earth from space. Microbolometers have the advantage of not requiring cooling systems such as
a mechanical cooler and are suitable for resource-limited sensor systems or small satellites. In addition, the CIRC
employs athermal optics and a shutter-less system, and hence, it is of a small size, is lightweight, and consumes low
electrical power. The CIRC design was based on a commercial infrared camera and employs commercial-off-the-shelf
(COTS) parts to reduce the cost and time for development. The CIRC will be carried as a technology demonstration
payload of ALOS-2 and ISS/JEM, which will be launched in 2013 and 2014. We have developed the CIRC Proto Flight
Model (PFM) and performed experiments for calibration in January 2012. In this paper, we present the verification
results of the athermal characteristics and the calibration of the shutter-less system.
Paper Details
Date Published: 31 May 2012
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 8353, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVIII, 83533J (31 May 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.918546
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8353:
Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVIII
Bjørn F. Andresen; Gabor F. Fulop; Paul R. Norton, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 8353, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVIII, 83533J (31 May 2012); doi: 10.1117/12.918546
Show Author Affiliations
Eri Kato, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Haruyoshi Katayama, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Masataka Naitoh, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Haruyoshi Katayama, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Masataka Naitoh, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Masatomo Harada, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Ryoko Nakamura, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Ryota Sato, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Ryoko Nakamura, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Ryota Sato, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 8353:
Infrared Technology and Applications XXXVIII
Bjørn F. Andresen; Gabor F. Fulop; Paul R. Norton, Editor(s)
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