Abstract: Infrared image processing methods are applied with success in the varieties of important areas of science, medicine, surveillance and observation etc. Thermo or infrared vision systems are very popular now and are used in a wide spread areas like military, police custom traffic control, undestructive control, industrial control and other specific applications. The main reasons for the fast and permanent increasing of the popularity of infrared vision system are not only the need for using these systems in variety of applications, but also the development of the compact with the excellent characteristics infrared video cameras. There are also a lot of methods and software tools helping the development and testing application algorithms for thermal or infrared image processing, infrared spectroscopy etc. Despite many existing developments of hardware infrared cameras and software development tools, there is a need mainly in practical applications of thermo vision systems for real time thermal or infrared image processing. In this article is proposed first a brief review of the existing and popular infrared image processing method and algorithms, their characteristics, comparison and possible areas of applications. The implementation of the infrared image processing methods and algorithms in some suitable architectures and modules of infrared systems are discussed in sense of their practical application in real working systems. The important characteristics of infrared image processing systems are considered for the possibility of real time infrared images processing and implementation of some effective algorithms in examples and concrete practical applications. In this article are presented some results of the proposed algorithms demonstrating the work of a real time working infrared image processing module in a thermo vision system for motion objects and people detection for customs control and combating terrorism.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
Born in 1944, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He received M.S. degree in Communications in 1969 in Technical University, Sofia. Ph. D in Television and Image Processing in 1975, Assoc. Prof. since 1987 in the same University and Professor since 2010 in the same University. Vice-Dean of Faculty on Life-Long Learning Center since 2005, Vice-Dean of French Language Faculty of Electrical Engineering since 2006. The author over 190 research papers in Image Processing Systems, Pattern Recognitions, Neural Networks etc. Currently the leader of courses in Basic of Television, Television Systems, Theory of Coding, Digital Signal Processors etc. His scientific iterests encompass Video and Audio Processing, Digital TV, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence in Video and Audio Robot Systems, Thermo Vision Systems and Infrared Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence Programming Languages Lisp Prolog, Expert Systems, Robotics Camera Eye and Microphone Arrays, Signal Processors, Embedded Systems, Microcontrollers, Programming Languages C++, Java, Matlab etc.