Thermal imaging binoculars
AR-049Thermal imaging binoculars, 50 mm
Armenian documentation: ԱՐ-049
The device is a lightweight optoelectronic observation system intended for daytime and nighttime observation, target detection, and identification, comprising high-resolution daylight and thermal-imaging cameras.

- Thermal focal length
- 50mm
- Thermal array
- 640 × 512
- Day channel
- 5.1MP
Highlights
- Vanadium oxide uncooled microbolometer detector
- 5-megapixel progressive CMOS detector
- Object recognition and tracking
- IP67 protection
Disciplines involved
- 01Optics and optoelectronics
- 02Precision mechanics and manufacturing
- 03Electronics hardware
- 04Embedded systems and firmware
The same discipline mix compressed into a hand-held envelope, where optical packaging, thermal management and power budget all have to be solved together.

Technical data
AR-049 specification
Reproduced from the Aragats technical datasheet for this system. Both the English and the Armenian original are available as PDFs. The two documents carry the same part number, written AR-049 in English and ԱՐ-049 in Armenian.
Thermal imaging
- Microbolometer array type (detector)
- Vanadium oxide, uncooled (VOx)
- Array resolution
- 640 (H) × 512 (V)
- Pixel size
- 12 µm
- Spectral range
- 8 – 14 µm
- Sensitivity
- ≤ 35 mK
- Focal length
- 50 mm
- Field of view
- H 9.7° · V 7°
- Digital zoom
- 2× · 4× · 8×
- Detection range — human / vehicle
- 2 300 m / 4 600 m
- Recognition range — human / vehicle
- 700 m / 1 400 m
- Identification range — human / vehicle
- 350 m / 700 m
Visible imaging
- Detector type
- Sony Pregius S progressive CMOS
- Maximum resolution
- 2472 (H) × 2064 (V)
- Pixel count
- 5.1 megapixels
- Minimum illumination
- Colour 0.005 lm/F1.5 · Black and white 0.0005 lm/F1.5
- Focal length
- 100 mm
- Field of view
- H 3.88° · V 3.24° · D 5.05°
- Detection range — human / vehicle
- 1 460 m / 3 200 m
- Recognition range — human / vehicle
- 600 m / 1 300 m
- Identification range — human / vehicle
- 300 m / 660 m
Power and operating conditions
- Power source
- Li-ion batteries
- Operating temperature
- −30 °C to +60 °C
- Operating humidity
- ≤ 95 %
- Continuous operation
- 24 / 7
- Storage temperature
- −40 °C to +70 °C
- Ingress protection rating
- IP67
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