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Products => Thermal Imaging => Topic started by: Conure on February 15, 2020, 11:58:54 am

Title: Use thermal camera for android skype?
Post by: Conure on February 15, 2020, 11:58:54 am
Is there any way to use thermal cameras for communication software like skype on android devices?
Title: Re: Use thermal camera for android skype?
Post by: Ultrapurple on February 17, 2020, 06:34:11 pm
Are you trying to use it for communication or as a remote surveillance device?
Title: Re: Use thermal camera for android skype?
Post by: Conure on February 17, 2020, 07:22:02 pm
Quote from: Ultrapurple on February 17, 2020, 06:34:11 pm
Are you trying to use it for communication or as a remote surveillance device?
Talking on skype or facebook.
Title: Re: Use thermal camera for android skype?
Post by: IwuzBornanerd on February 17, 2020, 11:30:27 pm
You will probably have to do it yourself.  But it might be simpler to do on a real computer running Linux. :)   The closest thing to that I have seen (but I have certainly not seen everything) is a "driver" some of the forum members wrote for the FLIROne on Linux using v4l2loopback in the early days of [IIRC] the "Question about FLIR One for Android" thread.

v4l2loopback creates virtual video devices in the /dev directory & these can be written to & read by video4linux compatible programs which would normally read or write from/to hardware devices.  I tried unsuccessfully to use its predecessor "vloopback" once but have not used the current package.

According to one respondent on this page, v4l2loopback should be installable on Android...OR at least Androidx86:
    https://groups.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=topic/android-x86/MGjbgooOsyM#!topic/android-x86/MGjbgooOsyM

You would have to write an app that would write the thermal camera output to the virtual video device created by v4l2loopback & the Skype app would have to be able to select that device for input rather than the phone's camera.

Title: Re: Use thermal camera for android skype?
Post by: Vipitis on February 18, 2020, 12:17:42 am
there is this certified app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.killig.remotethermalcam

it streams to a local machine with the server running. you could than screencap that for a video call via skype I guess.
Title: Re: Use thermal camera for android skype?
Post by: tonykids on February 18, 2020, 06:49:48 am
You can use screen sharing feature.
When making a call , select the "more..." button and "screen sharing", run the origin thermal camera software-fullscreen. :)
Title: Re: Use thermal camera for android skype?
Post by: Ultrapurple on February 19, 2020, 01:25:54 pm
Use something like an old fire camera with analogue out and a cheap USB video capture device - that will let you treat the captured video stream just like you would a webcam. Job done.
Title: Re: Use thermal camera for android skype?
Post by: Cat on February 20, 2020, 01:37:44 pm
The Flir Exx series are recognized as UVC-device, so if a normal UVC webcam works the FLIR should work as well.
At least the desktop version of Skype has no problem with the Flir E60 as video source.