Thermometric camera comprising a bolometer sensor and method of determining a temperature of an object in motion by a thermometric camera

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer code instructions being executable by a device having processing capabilities, wherein the computer code instructions when being executed are configured to instruct the device to:

• receive a sequence of image frames of an object in motion captured using a bolometer sensor of a stationary thermometric camera;
• identify an area corresponding to the object in each image frame of a series of image frames among the sequence of image frames;
• combine the identified area from each image frame of the series of image frames among the sequence of image frames into a stacked image of the object,
• wherein pixel values in the stacked image of the object are estimated as a sum of pixel values of corresponding pixels in image frames of the series of image frames among the sequence of image frames;
• and
• determine a temperature of the object in motion from the pixel values in the stacked image of the object.

A thermometric camera for determining a temperature of an object in motion, the thermometric camera comprising:

• a bolometer sensor configured to capture a sequence of image frames of the object while the object is moving;
• and
• circuitry configured to execute:
• an object identifying function configured to identify an area corresponding to the object in each image frame of a series of image frames among the sequence of image frames;
• a combining function configured to combine the identified area from each image frame of the series of image frames among the sequence of image frames into a stacked image of the object,
• wherein pixel values in the stacked image of the object are estimated as a sum of pixel values of corresponding pixels in image frames of the series of image frames among the sequence of image frames;
• and
• a temperature determining function configured to determine the temperature of the object in motion from the pixel values in the stacked image of the object.