Infrared night vision equipment was first designed to help find objects in the dark, such as people, automobiles, and other targets. In numerous situations, the police have successfully employed infrared drones to locate missing villages and lost "living friends" Prior to now, local police had to hunt down oil thieves who were evasive at night using drones equipped with infrared technology. Recent reports claim that in a significant oil smuggling case including infrared and night scenes, the police in Putian, Fujian used the more potent and simple-to-use DJI M300 RTK drone to successfully locate the perpetrator.
Epidemic prevention: measure body temperature
The most popular passive infrared night vision system forms a "thermal image," also called a "thermal imager," by sensing the target's infrared radiation. Some of these systems can also measure temperature. When the new crown epidemic was at its worst, some grassroots volunteers utilized the Mavic 2 industry dual-light version's infrared temperature monitoring capability to measure residents' body temperatures "contactlessly." The measuring precision of the body temperature was also improved by DJI engineers utilizing a cotton swab as a simple black body, which increased the measurement accuracy to 0.5 degrees under normal circumstances.
Such "Chinese remedies" were swiftly researched abroad as well. There have been allegations of deploying drones to assess locals' or visitors' body temperatures in France, Bulgaria, and South Korea.
Electricity: Check for hidden dangers
It is also possible to inspect machinery, such as electrical equipment, using infrared technology to detect hidden threats that are unseen to the naked eye. Industry sources claim that some concealed flaws, such short circuits and poor contact between power equipment and transmission lines, will generate heat, and that infrared drones can find these hidden faults.
According to reports, the peak of the year's electricity use occurs during the summer's high temperature period. Poor contact between the transmission line conductor joints makes them more susceptible to overheating faults, and if they are not handled promptly, the high temperature will cause them to blow. It previously relied on risky and ineffective manual inspection of infrared temperature measurement equipment while on foot. The inspection of a 15-kilometer tower takes one day, but using drones cut the time in half.
Industry insiders claim that drones equipped with infrared technology are also "artifacts" when inspecting solar photovoltaic power plants. Without endangering the photovoltaic panels, they can collect information about them correctly and in real time from any angle.
Energy and Flood Fighting: Checking for Leaks
Infrared drones frequently play an unexpected function by utilizing the temperature differential between liquids, gases, and the environment, which has historically been a problem when trying to find hidden leaks. Industry sources claim that while the temperature of the liquefied gas in the pipeline is typically lower than the ambient temperature, its leaking can be seen by infrared equipment since the temperature of the crude oil in the oil pipeline is typically greater than the ambient temperature.
According to a comparison using infrared thermal imaging, the normal area's temperature is about 25°C, whereas the abnormal area's temperature is around 20°C.
The leakage point of the dam can be located by applying the same approach used in flood control and emergency rescue. According to earlier reports, the emergency communication support team utilized DJI drones to check a polder in Jiangxi on the evening of July 18. Through the thermal imaging return screen of Zenmuse H20T, they discovered an area with a temperature of around 5°C above the normal water surface. Differential temperatures and a possible water seepage location. Staff members sent out on reconnaissance discovered a leak point.
