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User Manual
Thermal Expert™
(QVGA 384ⅹ288 17μm)
(VGA 640ⅹ480 17μm)
Thermal Expert™_QVGA Thermal Expert™_VGA

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Contents
1. Product Introduction .............................................................................................4
1.1 product constitution........................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Part Name of Thermal Expert......................................................................................... 5
1.3 Installation Method for Thermal Expert_ App......................................................... 5
1.4 Operation Method .............................................................................................................. 7
1.5 Method of using accessary Kit ...................................................................................... 8
1.6 Description for application menu of Thermal Expert........................................... 9
2. Product Specification...........................................................................................11
2.1 Detailed Specification ......................................................................................................11
2.1.1 QVGA.............................................................................................................................11
2.1.2 VGA ................................................................................................................................12
2.2 Feature of Thermal Expert .............................................................................................13
2.2.1 Key Features of Product........................................................................................13
2.2.2 Ker Feature of Application ...................................................................................13
2.2.3 Dimension of Product............................................................................................13
2.2.4 Snapshot Image of Thermal Expert .................................................................14
3. Method of Operation...........................................................................................15
3.1 Operation procedure........................................................................................................15
3.2 Method of rebooting the application.......................................................................16
3.2.1 When the application closed thru “Home” or “Back” button of
Android smart-phone.............................................................................................16
3.3 When Thermal Expert camera not detected by the smart-phone...............16
3.3.1 Method of connecting the devices..................................................................16
3.4 Details of each smart phone operation...................................................................17

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4. Description of Thermal Expert application.....................................................19
4.1 Opening screen ..................................................................................................................19
4.2 Main Screen & Menu.......................................................................................................19
4.3 Non Uniformity Correction............................................................................................20
4.4 Image Capture.....................................................................................................................22
4.5 Video Capture .....................................................................................................................24
4.6 Viewer .....................................................................................................................................25
4.7 Color Map.............................................................................................................................27
4.8 Digital Zooming..................................................................................................................29
4.9 Level Span.............................................................................................................................31
4.10 General settings ...............................................................................................................33
5. Lens Specification.................................................................................................45
5.1. Lens Performance .............................................................................................................45
5.1.1 QVGA.............................................................................................................................45
5.1.2 VGA ................................................................................................................................46
6. Warranty Service...................................................................................................47
6.1 Contact point.......................................................................................................................47
6.2 Warranty.................................................................................................................................47
6.3 Copyright and use of software ....................................................................................48
6.4 User guide.............................................................................................................................49
6.5 Calibration.............................................................................................................................49
6.6 Temperature accuracy......................................................................................................49
6.7 Warning..................................................................................................................................50
6.8 Documentation Update...................................................................................................51

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1. Product Introduction
1.1 product constitution
TE –Q1
6.8mm lens
TE –Q1 Pro
6.8mm lens
TE –Q1 Plus
13mm lens
TE –V1
19mm lens
13mm lens
(optional for TE –Q1)
6.8mm lens
(optional for TE –Q1 Plus)
8.5mm lens
(optional for TE –V1)
19mm lens
(default for TE –V1)
25mm lens
(optional for TE –V1)

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35mm lens
(optional for TE –V1)
Application
Carrying Case
(including optional lens)
Bracket for Smartphone
(Optional)
Tripod-stick
(Optional)
OTG Extention Cable
(Optional)
1.2 Part Name of Thermal Expert
1.3 Installation Method for Thermal Expert_ App
①Find the latest version of “Thermal Expert”application in Google Play Store.
②Choose Thermal Expert app with icon as below.
③Tap on the “Install”and tap on the “Accept”.

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④Please note that the “Thermal Expert”app. will run only when the product
is connected to the device through USB connector.
⑤When the “Thermal Expert”is plugged into the device, the thermal expert
app. will run automatically (Plug and Play).

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1.4 Operation Method
①Plug the Thermal Expert into the micro USB of any Android device directly or
by using a USB extension cable.
②The “Thermal Expert”app. will run automatically when it is connected. (Plug &
Play) After a few seconds, tap on the icon “3” as shown in the picture to run
image calibration.(image tuning)
③You may adjust the focus (refocus) by turning the lens to sharpen the focus
for the distance of the target.
④For self-shot, you can use the tripod stick (optional) turning the bracket over
to your direction. In that case, you’ll need to change the setting of flip and
mirror in the General Settings menu.

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1.5 Method of using accessary Kit
①As shown in the picture, you can fix your smart
phone and Thermal Expert using holder bracket.
①Thermal Expert can be
connected into the device
using a micro USB extension
cable or directly.
①Thermal Expert can be
connected to smartphone
using a USB cable and holder.
①Self-shot is possible by
turning over the bracket to
your side.
②In this case, you may change
the setting using Flip and
Mirror menu.

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1.6 Description for application menu of Thermal Expert.
①Digital zoom
- The picture image can be magnified by selecting resolutions.
②General setting
- Both or selective saving of the infrared and the visible image shot or movie.
- Temperature display by Fahrenheit or Celsius.
- Temperature compensation Turn On / Off.
③Image processing
- Uniformity of the brightness image.
- Automatic gain control.
④Image View
- 5 different methods of image view of infrared and visible images.
(50 : 50 View, Twin View, Overlay View, Floating View, and FOV Adjust View)
⑤Temperature measurement
- It provides many methods of temperature measurement.
(Point, Min/Max, Line, Rectangle, Circle, Alarm, Emissivity Setting)
- It can display the temperature of the point and the area which was selected in

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many ways.
⑥Color map(Color Palettes)
- Using the 12 types of color maps, the user can selects preferred color display.
(Gray, Black hot, Hottest, Coldest, Iron, Rainbow, Medical, Purple, Blaze, Aqua,
Red, Green)
- White color (Bright color) used to represents high temperature, in the mean
time, the black color (dark color) or purple color used to represents the low
temperature. (In case of Black Hot, it represent opposite temperature)
⑦Video shot
- When you take the video shot, it is saved at the “Gallery”.
-You can browse them using your browser app in the device.
⑧Snap shot
- When you take the snap shot, it is saved at the “Gallery”.
-You can browse them using your browser app in the device.
⑨Image correction
- For more uniform image, flat field correction can be applied.
- Flat field correction can be done either by closing the lens cap or covering the
lens with flat surface in the temperature perspective. (Manual shutter)
- You may wait for several seconds for Flat field correction procedure.
⑩Viewer
- You can browse the pictures in the Gallery of the device.
- You can select All, Image and Video by tapping on the icon of the device.
⑪Level Span
- Depending on the input temperature value, Adjustable clear of the image.
- If you select the AGC, the temperature of the Max, Min value is adjusted
automatically.

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2. Product Specification
2.1 Detailed Specification
2.1.1 QVGA
TE - Q1
TE - Q1 Pro
TE –Q1 Plus
Array format
384X288
Pixel Pitch
17㎛
Wavelength
Band
8~ 14 ㎛(Longwave Infrared)
Sensitivity
0.05℃
Frame rate
< 9Hz
Scene range
temperature
-10℃ ~ 150℃
-10℃ ~ 250℃
-10℃ ~ 120℃
Operating
temperature
-10℃ ~ 50℃
Power
consumption
~500mW
Weight
< 39g with lens
< 39g with lens
< 42g with lens
Dimension
(W x H x D)
47mm x 25mm x 16mm (Without Lens)
Interface
USB OTG, Micro USB
Platform
Window, Android
Type of Lens
6.8mm / f/1.3
6.8mm / f/1.3
13mm / f/1.0
FOV[°]
56.3°(H) x 41.8°(V) -
71.4°(D)
56.3°(H) x 41.8°(V) -
71.4°(D)
28.7°(H) x 21.7°(V)-
35.3°(D)

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2.1.2 VGA

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2.2 Feature of Thermal Expert
2.2.1 Key Features of Product
①Temperature measurement for whole pixels
②Temperature measurement
③Convenient image of both infrared and eye visible range in one shot
④Easy user interface (digital zooming, color palette……)
⑤Interchangeable Lens
2.2.2 Key Feature of Application
①Color palettes (12 color maps)
②Images (IR, visible with snapshot and video)
③Digital zooming (384 x 288, 320 x 240, 240 x 160, 160 x 120)
④Infrared Image view along with visible image
(50:50, Twin, Overlay, Floating)
⑤Temperature Measurement
(Alarm, Min/Max, Point/Line/Rectangle/Circle profile)
⑥Report creation (Generate PDF report)
2.2.3 Dimension of Product
Dimension (W x H x D) : 47mm x 25mm x 16mm (without lens)

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2.2.4 Snapshot Image of Thermal Expert

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3. Method of Operation
3.1 Operation procedure
①Connect the Thermal Expert to Smartphone via micro-USB.
(※If Thermal Expert disconnected, the application will close automatically)
②The application is loading with THERMAL EXPERT logo.
③Image calibration (manual shutter operation) is fulfilled with lens cap
for several seconds. After that, user can detect targets after removing
the lens cap.
※Recommended to apply the manual shutter operation just after power on
or during the operation whenever non-uniformity appears.
④Adjust the camera lens to get focused image.
⑤Shooting an Infrared image.

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3.2 Method of rebooting the application
3.2.1 When the application closed through “Home”or “Back”button of
Android Smartphone
①Tap the bottom “window shape”menu or select Thermal Expert
application in the operating application lists.
②Run the application again.
3.3 When Thermal Expert camera is not detected by the Smartphone
3.3.1 Method of connecting the devices
①Unplug Thermal Expert and plug it to Smartphone again.
②If the connection cannot be completed, try to clear the temporary
memory your Smartphone, and then plug- in Thermal Expert again.
※Method of clearing the memory (using your Smartphone)
- Samsung Galaxy Series : Select the bottom “window shape”button or Push
“Home”button for several seconds and then close the operating applications.
- LG G Series : Select the bottom “window shape”button and then close the all
operating applications.
- Galaxy S6 : Select the left bottom “window shape”button Close all.

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3.4 Details of each smart phone operation
①Samsung Galaxy Series
- Select the bottom “window shape”button or push “Home”button for several
seconds and then close the operating applications.
※Show up the widget in the application manager (task manager) Select
the operating applications RAM Clear the RAM
②LG G Series
- Select the bottom “window shape”button and then close the all applications.
※Task manager Select the operating applications Close the operating
applications.

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③Galaxy S6
- Select the left bottom “window shape”button Close all
※Run smart manager Clear all

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4. Description of Thermal Expert application
4.1 Opening screen
①Opening screen of the application.
②The application is loading with THERMAL EXPERT logo.
4.2 Main Screen & Menu
①Main display of the application.
②Right side: color map, video capture, image capture, image calibration,
viewer.
③Left side: digital zooming, general settings, image processing, thermal &
visible synthesis, temperature measurement.

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4.3 Non Uniformity Correction
①This operation is to clear the initial non-uniformity on the image.
②Cover the lens with lens cap or looking at the uniform target, and
press this menu. The manual calibration will be completed for a few
seconds. After that, user can detect targets after removing the lens
cap.
③It is recommended to use the manual shutter operation just after the
power is switched on or during the operation whenever non-
uniformity appears.