Systems, methods, and computer program products for infrared imaging operations

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving first infrared (IR) image data from a first IR imaging device of an imaging system associated with a field of view of the first IR imaging device;
• receiving second IR image data from a second IR imaging device of the imaging system associated with a field of view of the second IR imaging device;
• determining, via a template matching procedure, a first feature representing a position of a gas plume based upon the first IR image data and a second feature representing a position of the gas plume based upon the second IR image data;
• determining a disparity between the first feature and the second feature;
• and
• determining, via epipolar geometry, a distance between the imaging system and the gas plume based upon the determined disparity.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer program code thereon that, in execution with at least one processor, configures the computer program product for:

• receiving first infrared (IR) image data from a first IR imaging device of an imaging system associated with a field of view of the first IR imaging device;
• receiving second IR image data from a second IR imaging device of the imaging system associated with a field of view of the second IR imaging device;
• determining, via a template matching procedure, a first feature representing a position of a gas plume based upon the first IR image data and a second feature representing a feature of the gas plume based upon the second IR image data;
• determining a disparity between the first feature and the second feature;
• and
• determining, via epipolar geometry, a distance between the imaging system and the gas plume based upon the determined disparity.