It was at the Eurosatory international trade show, dedicated to land and airborne Defense and Security, that HGH, a pioneer in infrared technology, unveiled on June 13 its new artificial intelligence module integrated with SPYNEL 360° long-range surveillance: GAIA™.

It was in 1982 that infrared technology experts René Houis, Gilbert Gaussorgues and François Hubert created HGH Infrared Systems. François Hubert and René Houis previously worked for AGA Infrared Systems, a pioneer in the development of infrared cameras for industrial inspection, Gilbert Gaussorgues was the head of the optronics laboratory of the French Navy and worked as a consultant for AGA.

They sold their company in 2001 to Thierry Campos, their sales manager, who changed the company’s strategy and reorganized the business around three main markets:

• Defense and civil security, with the SPYNEL series of panoramic infrared surveillance systems.
• Thermography for industrial applications, which aims to control and monitor manufacturing processes in many industries such as cement, glass, steel, metallurgy, paper, tobacco, plastics and electronics, using IR scanners and sensors.
• Optronic test and metrology equipment, with products ranging from black bodies and collimators to integrated test benches for laboratories, IR sensor developers and manufacturers, and military maintenance departments.

Based in Igny, in the heart of Paris Saclay, HGH is represented in 50 countries and has subsidiaries in China, Singapore and sales offices in the USA and India. Its electronic systems and software are aimed at the Defense, Security and Enterprise markets.

The GAIA AI module for Defense and Security

The optronic surveillance solution designed by HGH consists of Spynel 360° infrared cameras driven by Cyclope intrusion detection and tracking software that analyzes the captured panoramic images in real time. The addition of AI allows for much faster threat detection, tracking and classification while reducing the false alarm rate.

The GAIA AI module uses three patent-pending neural networks designed to recognize patterns for long-range maritime, land and air surveillance applications, even on targets of a few pixels.

An image processing library provides superior image quality in both day and night environments. The I2 Q ^TM image processing includes several trained algorithms to improve the operator experience: sun glare reduction, intelligent denoising, local contrast image enhancement…

Edouard Campana, extended surveillance business unit manager at HGH, states:

“The integration of Artificial Intelligence into long-range surveillance systems is a key innovation for the defense and security sectors. It enables automatic recognition and classification of data acquired by security systems with unprecedented performance and image quality. When applied to video analysis, it provides security teams with increased situational awareness for more responsive and effective decision-making.”

Translated from HGH intègre l’intelligence artificielle à ses systèmes de surveillance longue portée