Drone Security at Night
The adoption of security and surveillance UAVs, or drones at night provides our clients with huge advantages in detection beyond daylight hours. Drone technology continues to become a reliable and capable solution as part of a security system. Drones, or unmanned aircraft enable security teams to monitor live video from 400ft, greatly improving security operations, situational awareness, response and support. When combined with thermal imaging, our drone security operators are capable of capturing thermal images, detecting threats in complete darkness, and at far superior range than traditional security patrols.
Security at night has always been more challenging and generally a higher risk of intrusion and crime exists under the cover of darkness. When you deploy security personnel with drones that provide a thermal picture at 400ft in complete darkness, the advantage favours security and shifts the scale, reducing the risk to our clients and their security teams.
Security at night has always been more challenging and generally a higher risk of intrusion and crime exists under the cover of darkness. When you deploy security personnel with drones that provide a thermal picture at 400ft in complete darkness, the advantage favours security and shifts the scale, reducing the risk to our clients and their security teams.
Increased Protection Using Security Drones
Security drones can be deployed as force multipliers, capable of surveillance over extremely large areas, they can control areas under surveillance more efficiently than traditional security patrols. Streaming live video, in real time, security personnel are free to conduct security drone services at a greater frequency than their physical counterparts.
Greater Perimeter Protection
Security drones can conduct perimeter clearance missions far quicker than foot or vehicle patrols. On an industrial site, there are no ground obstructions or access concerns. Locations can be observed, and areas can be patrolled with no effect from infrastructure. Surveillance of the perimeter is much quicker, and video feed of any observed abnormalities or signs of intrusion is instantaneous. A security drone increases the detection range beyond the protected buildings, covering surrounding areas in depth. It will assist in detecting intruders prior to them entering the site.
Security and Surveillance Drones as a Service
A good security drone will be deployed with multi sensors on board, in order to detect a number of potential threats within the site, perimeter, and beyond in depth. The key to this increase in security capability is detection of likely threats early, and a response with a viable solution, with safety as a priority.
What is a Thermal Camera?
The visible light spectrum is the segment of the electromagnetic spectrum that the human eye can view. More simply, this range of wavelengths is called visible light. All electromagnetic radiation is light, but we can only see a small portion of this radiation—the portion we call visible light. Cone-shaped cells in our eyes act as receivers tuned to the wavelengths in this narrow band of the spectrum. Other portions of the spectrum have wavelengths too large or too small and energetic for the biological limitations of our perception.
Infrared Light and Radiation
Infrared light, or IR, is a type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths that are longer than those of visible light. They are too long for the human eye to see. Infrared cameras or detectors make it possible to 'see' in the dark by converting heat emitted by an object above zero, into an electronic signal, whish is then used to generate a signal.
Put simply, everything emits thermal energy. A machine, animal, and earthly materials generate there own heat signature. Either biologically as a cow would in a field, or mechanically, as an engine of a car would in a car park
Put simply, everything emits thermal energy. A machine, animal, and earthly materials generate there own heat signature. Either biologically as a cow would in a field, or mechanically, as an engine of a car would in a car park
Surveillance Drones Detect Heat Signatures
The hotter an object is, the more thermal it will emit. When we refer to 'heat signatures', we are referring to that objects radiated heat. Two objects side by side may have very different radiated heat.
One of the best examples of this is the difference in radiated heat from a a subject crossing field in a rural location. A human subject, exerting and radiating body heat, will 'radiate' quite drastically compared to the surface temperature around them. This makes observing potential intruders in rural areas at night, using thermal drones highly effective
One of the best examples of this is the difference in radiated heat from a a subject crossing field in a rural location. A human subject, exerting and radiating body heat, will 'radiate' quite drastically compared to the surface temperature around them. This makes observing potential intruders in rural areas at night, using thermal drones highly effective
Thermal Security Drones
It is vital that a drone security company provides security drones with thermal imaging camera technology. Airvis modern security drones use hybrid cameras that combine multiple camera sensors into one. With a fully-integrated hybrid dual payload, security officers can capture actionable thermal and colour visible data in a single flight, saving time, money, and creating efficiencies in patrols.
The hybrid camera ensures the drone security officers have optical zoom and thermal imaging available as standard for every aerial patrol. A single flight with a hybrid camera can provide both high resolution colour aerial data and accurate thermal images from hotter objects.
The hybrid camera ensures the drone security officers have optical zoom and thermal imaging available as standard for every aerial patrol. A single flight with a hybrid camera can provide both high resolution colour aerial data and accurate thermal images from hotter objects.
Identifying Suspicious Heat using Thermal Sensitivity
Our drone security officers have a powerful tool available to them. With a long flight time and an aerial perspective they can deploy a thermal drone in order to conduct routine security patrols, or launch to investigate suspicious activity. The onboard thermal will work in the daytime, low light conditions and in complete darkness. The drones sensor collects thermal data and it is displayed as a thermal image on the Drone Pilots screen on the ground. The Drone Pilot is able to manually trigger when to record video and take images whilst capturing thermal data, and it provides the security drone operators with a real time intelligence picture of the site. The imagery is live, and it allows the drone pilot to quickly transform aerial data into actionable decisions.
Drone Surveillance and Spotlights
Providing security using spotlights provides our drone security teams unique advantages whilst having an extremely effective psychological effect on potential intruders. Spotlights help to provide a clear image of subjects on the ground, and when combined with thermal, the security drone offers advanced solutions to security surveillance and detection.
Drone Spotlights
Using spotlights provides our drone security team unique advantages whilst having an extremely effective psychological effect on potential intruders.
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A drone security team providing aerial security services to a high net worth (HNW) estate on a rural location
