Method for minimizing
noise during
data acquisition with a measuring
system (100) comprising the steps: Acquiring data of a
reference measurement with the measuring
system (100) under defined conditions, wherein the conditions include at least a
total measurement time, a rate of individual measurements per time interval, an integration time per measurement, and a temperature of an array of measuring elements (102) of a measuring device (101) of the measuring
system (100), wherein the
data acquisition of the
reference measurement comprises acquiring a plurality of individual measurements according to a
reference measurement sequence; Deriving an estimator for a measure of the
noise of the measuring system (100) based on measured values of the reference measurement; Determining an optimized measurement sequence taking into account boundary conditions (170), which include at least one possible
total measurement time and a rate of individual measurements per time interval, for intended measurements with a view to minimizing a measure of the
noise, wherein the
data acquisition is carried out with an imaging measuring system (100) with an array of
infrared-sensitive measuring elements (102), in front of which a controllable
shutter (110) is arranged such that, in a
closed state of the
shutter (110), none of the measuring elements (102) is exposed to
radiation from a measured scene or a measured object (120), and in an open state, at least some of the measuring elements (102) are exposed to
radiation from the measured scene or the measured object (120), wherein the measuring process is carried out via a A
shutter sequence function is defined which, for a sequence of individual measurements acquired one after the other in time, defines which individual measurements are acquired with the shutter (110) open and which with the shutter (110) closed, wherein the
estimation function for the measure of the noise is derived from a spatial-temporal autocovariance function of the measuring system (100), which is acquired on the basis of the reference measurement with the reference measurement sequence in which a sequence of individual measurements acquired one after the other in time with the shutter (110) closed.