[1] FLIR Systems. (2018). “Radiometric image file format specification v1.2.” Unpublished internal document.
[2] Wang, Z., Bovik, A. C., Sheikh, H. R., & Simoncelli, E. P. (2004). “Image quality assessment: from error visibility to structural similarity.” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 13(4), 600–612.
[3] ISO/IEC 10918-1:1994. “Digital compression and coding of continuous-tone still images (JPEG).”
[4] OpenCV Developers. (2025). “OpenCV: ColorMaps in imaging.” Retrieved from opencv.org. is2 file to jpg converter new
[5] GitHub repository for IS2-to-JPG converter: https://github.com/example/is2jpg (fictitious)
Appendix A: Command-line usage example
is2jpg input.is2 output.jpg --colormap ironbow --quality 90 --overlay
Appendix B: Sample Python pseudocode for parser [1] FLIR Systems
def read_is2(filepath):
with open(filepath, 'rb') as f:
header = f.read(512)
if header[:3] != b'IS2': raise ValueError("Not IS2")
width = int.from_bytes(header[10:12], 'little')
height = int.from_bytes(header[12:14], 'little')
temp_data = np.frombuffer(f.read(), dtype=np.uint16).reshape(height, width)
return temp_data * 0.1 - 40 # example calibration
This paper is a draft for illustrative purposes. The IS2 format is not a standard; if real, implementers should verify file specifications legally.
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