RECRUITING & RETAINING POLICE EQUIPMENT NEWS ADVERTISER INDEX PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT FLIR Thermal World’s first thermal imaging smartphone
Bullitt Group, a leading manufacturer of ruggedized smartphones, has integrated the FLIR Lepton® thermal micro
camera module into the Android™ Marshmallow-based Cat® S60, creating the world’s first thermal imaging smartphone. The FLIR Lepton core in the Cat S60 allows
users the ability to see in total darkness and vi- sualize heat that is invisible to the naked eye. The Cat S60 can measure surface temperature from a distance, making it the ideal smartphone for fi rst responders. The built-in thermal camera has the ability to see through smoke, allowing Search & Rescue to fi nd missing or injured people at night and in smoke-fi lled conditions. From an offi cer safety per- spective, suspects can be seen hiding behind foliage or dark alleyways from a safe distance. The device can track, identify, or detect warm objects hidden in debris, trail blood paths, and recent footprints. The Cat S60 also takes advantage of FLIR’s patented MSX technology, which embosses details from visible imagery onto thermal images, offer- ing users more detailed and higher-quality thermal imagery. The S60 can capture both still images and video with its 13MP
main camera and 5MP front-facing camera. The Cat S60, under the Caterpillar brand, is waterproof to depths of 16 feet for one hour and can perform underwater photography. The Cat S60 uses Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4 and a strengthened
die-cast frame. It is tough and rugged enough to withstand concrete drops from up to 6 feet. The device has a super-bright display (typi- cal 540 nits), allowing viewing outdoors in bright sunlight. The 4G LTE rated, 32GB ROM S60 has a 4.7-inch HD capacitive multi-touch with both wet fi nger and glove-on working technology. “To access the FLIR thermal camera in the Cat S60, users will open FLIR’s @Work app that comes pre-installed on the device.
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Opening the app powers the thermal camera on and allows you to begin seeing the world around you in thermal, and to take photos or videos,” said Jeff Frank, FLIR Senior Vice President of Product Strategy. The goal with Lepton was to build a smaller core at a lower cost. FLIR now has 14 of its own prod- ucts that use Lepton, including the FLIR ONE and Scout TK thermal monocular. “Anyone will be able to buy the Cat S60, but
in particular, the same people who purchase ruggedized smartphones hap- pen to be the same people who are most likely to use and purchase thermal. The Cat S60 is ideal for fi rst responders in police and fi re who need a de- vice that can stand up to the elements, the occasional ac- cidental drop, and who don’t want to carry a separate ther- mal device,” Frank stated. “We faced our biggest tech- nological obstacles three years ago during our research and development of the Lepton camera module that is embed- ded into the Cat S60. Before Lepton, thermal imaging cores
were both large and too expensive for mobile integration. Our Lep- ton thermal micro camera module was purpose-built for integration into devices like the Cat S60, so this was relatively straightforward,” Frank added. So, what does this mean for the FLIR ONE? “The FLIR ONE, our
own thermal camera accessory for smartphones, remains an impor- tant part of FLIR’s offerings. With hundreds of millions of mobile devices around the world, there are people who simply want to keep their existing device, and the FLIR ONE is an excellent option for those people who want a thermal camera,” Frank said. The Cat S60 will be available later this year with an MSRP of $599.
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