Method for the noise optimization of a camera, in particular a handheld thermal imaging camera

A camera comprising:

• at least one image capturing device configured to capture images of an environment;
• at least one sensor device configured to capture a movement characteristic;
• and
• at least one computational device configured to, for noise optimization:
• determine a number of the images to be averaged based on an intensity of the at least one movement characteristic;
• determining at least one image repetition rate of the camera based on the at least one movement characteristic, wherein the at least one image repetition rate is at least one of an image repetition rate of a display device of the camera and an image repetition rate of the at least one image capturing device of the camera;
• and
• average image data of the number of the images to be averaged camera.

A method for noise optimization of a camera, the method comprising:

• capturing images using the camera;
• capturing at least one movement characteristic using at least one sensor device of the camera, the at least one sensor device having at a camera configured to operate in at least one of a visual light spectrum and an infrared light spectrum and configured to capture the at least one movement characteristic in the form of a pixel shift between at least two of the images captured using the camera;
• determining a number of the images to be averaged using a computational device of the camera based on an intensity of the at least one movement characteristic;
• and
• averaging image data of the number of the images to be averaged using the computational device of the camera.