Imager with array of multiple infrared imaging modules

US10091439B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FLIR Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Nicholas Högasten · Lompoc, US
• Mark Nussmeier · Goleta, US
• Eric A. Kurth · Lompoc, US
• Theodore R. Hoelter · Goleta, US
• Katrin Strandemar · Rimbo, SE
• Pierre Boulanger · Goleta, US
• Barbara Sharp · Lompoc, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2013
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10F39/806
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An imager array may be provided as part of an imaging system. The imager array may include a plurality of infrared imaging modules. Each infrared imaging module may include a plurality of infrared sensors associated with an optical element. The infrared imaging modules may be oriented, for example, substantially in a plane facing the same direction and configured to detect images from the same scene. Such images may be processed in accordance with various techniques to provide images of infrared radiation. The infrared imaging modules may include filters or lens coatings to selectively detect desired ranges of infrared radiation. Such arrangements of infrared imaging modules in an imager array may be used to advantageous effect in a variety of different applications.