Camera and image transmission method
US12356055B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 2024 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/84
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A camera includes an infrared thermal sensor, a processor, and an interface module is disclosed. The infrared thermal sensor is configured to generate an original sensing data. The processor is configured to process the original sensing data and generate an invisible light image whose pixel data size is one byte and multiple temperature data whose unit data size is two bytes. The interface module includes multiple transmission interfaces and is configured to transmit a heterogeneous image whose pixel data size is three bytes through one of the multiple transmission interfaces, where a bit-value of the three bytes is a linear combination of a bit-value of the one byte and a bit-value of the two bytes. The processor is configured to merge the invisible light image and the multiple temperature data according to an RGB color model channel to obtain the heterogeneous image of a visible light image format.
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