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Fixed pattern noise mitigation for a thermal imaging system

US10867371B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Seek Thermal, Inc. · US

Inventors

Ross Williams · Lompoc, US
William J. Parrish · Lompoc, US
Jason Wolfe · Lompoc, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2018
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/20032
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging system whose Field of View FOV experiences occasional motion in relation to viewed scenes may be configured to reduce Fixed Pattern Noise (FPN) of acquired image data. FPN may be reduced by developing a pixel by pixel FPN correction term through a series of steps including blurring the image, identifying pixels to exclude from some calculations, a motion detector and an FPN updater for frames under motion and an FPN decay element for frames that are still.

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