Whois & Analysis for flir.com

FLIR Systems is the world's largest commercial company specializing in the design and production of thermal imaging cameras, components and imaging sensors.

Based in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States, and founded in 1978.

The company makes thermal cameras and components for a wide variety of commercial and government applications.

FLIR is a component of the S&P 500 index with annual revenues in excess of $1.5 billion annually as of 2014.

In the spring of 2013, Andrew C.

Teich became FLIR's chief executive officer and president after the retirement of Earl Lewis.

FLIR employs 2,741 people worldwide.

Infrared thermography (IRT), thermal imaging, and thermal video are examples of infrared imaging science.

Thermographic cameras usually detect radiation in the long-infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum (roughly 9,000–14,000 nanometers or 9–14 µm) and produce images of that radiation, called thermograms.

Since infrared radiation is emitted by all objects with a temperature above absolute zero according to the black body radiation law, thermography makes it possible to see one's environment with or without visible illumination.

The amount of radiation emitted by an object increases with temperature; therefore, thermography allows one to see variations in temperature.

When viewed through a thermal imaging camera, warm objects stand out well against cooler backgrounds; humans and other warm-blooded animals become easily visible against the environment, day or night.

As a result, thermography is particularly useful to the military and other users of surveillance cameras.

A thermographic camera (also called an infrared camera or thermal imaging camera) is a device that forms an image using infrared radiation, similar to a common camera that forms an image using visible light.

Instead of the 400–700 nanometre range of the visible light camera, infrared cameras operate in wavelengths as long as 14,000 nm (14 µm).

Their use is called thermography.

Night vision is the ability to see in low light conditions.

Whether by biological or technological means, night vision is made possible by a combination of two approaches: sufficient spectral range, and sufficient intensity range.

Humans have poor night vision compared to many animals, in part because the human eye lacks a tapetum lucidum.