FLIR, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies, has launched the FCB-Series AI thermal analytics camera, advancing perimeter and site security capabilities.
This new thermal camera combines weather-resilient sensitivity of less than 20 mK with cutting-edge deep-learning video analytics, ensuring reliable detection of individuals and vehicles in various conditions.
Enhanced security in challenging environments
The FCB-Series AI thermal camera by FLIR is designed to turn complex and noisy environments into clear, actionable visuals, allowing security teams to operate more efficiently.
With multiple lens options, Nexus-enabled geolocation, and an IP67 ingress protection rating, the camera can be easily installed in diverse locations, supporting seamless operation.
Minimising false alarms
This advanced camera enables faster detection and classification of potential threats
This advanced camera enables faster detection and classification of potential threats, helping businesses avoid incidents and maintain safety.
Equipped with sophisticated deep-learning video analytics, the camera accurately identifies people and vehicles, significantly reducing false alarms from moving trees, weather effects, or small animals. This technology ensures that video management systems (VMS) remain undisturbed by non-threatening movements.
Seamless target tracking and security integration
Nexus-enabled target geolocation plays a crucial role in situational awareness, allowing for precise hand-off to PTZ cameras for detailed tracking of individuals around various obstacles. This feature promotes real-time data interoperability among thermal cameras, visible cameras, radar systems, and analytics platforms.
Versatile lens options for various environments
The camera offers five lens options, ranging from 18° to 50° fields of view, allowing coverage of extensive fence lines and narrow spaces without leaving blind spots. Its unmatched thermal sensitivity highlights temperature differences, providing sharper, detailed images crucial for effective security surveillance.
Built to withstand harsh conditions, the rugged IP67-rated camera offers reliable performance in dusty, rainy, and hot environments, providing an economical solution for thermal detection in perimeter and site applications. The camera is suitably employed in settings such as construction sites, campuses, industrial facilities, energy plants, and more.
Progressive security strategies
FLIR positions its FCB-Series AI camera as a scalable component of existing systems
As security concerns increase, FLIR positions its FCB-Series AI camera as a scalable component of existing systems. The camera supports gradual security enhancements through existing infrastructure, rather than a complete overhaul, making it a cost-effective choice for upgrading outdated systems.
Matt Strautman, Director of Global Business Development at FLIR, emphasised, "If you suffer with false alarms from non-threat movement or weather, inconsistent detection in challenging conditions, or complex system integration and calibration needs, you will see more, know more, and protect more with our FCB-Series AI."
He further noted, "Advanced thermal imaging and AI analytics collaborate to deliver high-accuracy detection, even in adverse weather or lighting conditions. With flexible lens options, Nexus integration, and rugged all-weather design, our FCB-Series AI thermal camera is not only the smart choice for precise and reliable protection; it’s a cost-effective way to upgrade an outdated security system. It will integrate seamlessly with your current set-up and provide insights that expedite your decision-making."
FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, is today introducing its FCB-Series AI thermal analytics camera for robust perimeter and site security. This innovative addition to Flir's mid-range infrared security line-up merges weather-resilient, lighting-agnostic thermal sensitivity of <20 mK with advanced deep-learning video analytics. The result? Accurate and dependable detection of people and vehicles, inside or outside, whatever the conditions.
Flir’s new FCB-Series AI thermal camera transforms chaotic and noisy environments into clear, reliable views that security teams can respond to effectively and efficiently. With various lens options, Nexus-enabled geolocation, and robust IP67 ingress protection rating, the sensor supports seamless installation at locations of all sizes.
Inquisitive small animals
With the Flir FCB-Series AI thermal camera, businesses can detect, classify, and respond faster than ever, helping to prevent costly incidents and maintain safe and efficient operations. Beneficial features of the Flir FCB-Series AI:
Advanced DNN deep-learning video analytics support reliable identification and categorisation of individuals and vehicles with exceptional precision. With the help of these sophisticated onboard neural networks, businesses can distinguish between genuine threats and false alarms, such as moving trees, rain on the camera lens, or inquisitive small animals. When the wind shakes a construction tarpaulin or foliage swirls during a storm, the FCB-Series AI remains silent. Unnecessary alarms no longer trigger the VMS (video management system).
Nexus-enabled target geolocation facilitates situational awareness and precise hand-off to a PTZ (Pan-Tilt Zoom) camera for close-up tracking of an intruder around corners, along fences, or between buildings. Forming a cohesive security ecosystem, this workflow promotes real-time data sharing and interoperability among thermal cameras, visible cameras, radars, and analytics platforms.
More accurate detection
Five lens options from 18° to 50° field of view (VGA or QVGA resolution) let businesses cover long fence lines, tight corners, and irregular building layouts without blind spots. Difficulty in matching security coverage to different sites becomes a challenge of the past.
Industry-pioneer thermal sensitivity of <20 mK reveals subtle temperature differences that standard thermal and visible cameras miss. Crystal-clear thermal means sharper, more detailed images across entrances, parking areas, and perimeter zones for faster and more accurate detection. A person cutting between parked trucks in a foggy yard or walking along a campus boundary lit by harsh floodlights, still appears as a crisp thermal profile.
Reliable thermal detection
Easy to install, the rugged IP67 camera is built to endure dust, heat, and driving rain, providing cost effective, reliable thermal detection across a host of perimeter, small area, and remote site applications. These include:
- Small-to-medium commercial businesses: construction sites, warehouses, shopping malls.
- Campuses and industrial plants: education facilities, business parks, factories.
- Energy and remote installations: solar farms, utilities, storage yards.
Continuous security improvements
Get a Clearer View As thefts and burglaries at businesses continue to rise, implementing an effective security system is crucial. However, many believe that adopting a new security system requires a complete overhaul that users have to start from scratch.
Not so with Flir, which employs a smart multi-layered strategy that enhances security incrementally through foundational systems, camera integration, intelligence adoption, and maintenance. This approach enables businesses to develop a system that adapts to their site while maintaining budgetary constraints and ensuring continuous security improvements.
Outdated security system
“If you suffer with false alarms from non-threat movement or weather, inconsistent detection in challenging conditions, or complex system integration and calibration needs, you will see more, know more, and protect more with our FCB-Series AI,” said Matt Strautman, Director of Global Business Development, Flir.
“Advanced thermal imaging and AI analytics collaborate to deliver high-accuracy detection, even in adverse weather or lighting conditions. With flexible lens options, Nexus integration, and rugged all-weather design, our FCB-Series AI thermal camera is not only the smart choice for precise and reliable protection, it’s a cost effective way to upgrade an outdated security system. It will integrate seamlessly with your current set-up and provide insights that expedite your decision making.”
