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The X320 was designed to sense differing amounts of long
wavelength infrared coming from the various areas of a scene and
to convert them to corresponding intensities of visible light on a
display. This allows true see–in–the–dark capability, as well as the
ability to discern additional information—differences in
temperature—by observing the thermal properties of objects in any
light condition.
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B
C
D
E
Infrared energy is emitted proportionally to the temperature
of an object . The warmer the object, the more energy it
emits. The infrared energy from the objects is focused by
the optics , onto an infrared detector . The information
from the Infrared detector is passed to electronics for
image processing. The signal processing circuitry
translates the infrared detector data into an image that
can be viewed on the built-in video monitor.
HOT
COLD
WARM
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B
C
D
E
