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Heat imaging camera with a cooled detector mosaic

US5045699A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Deutsche Airbus GmbH · DE

Inventors

Bernd Schulze · Wolfsburg, DE
Siegfried Craubner · Weßling, DE
Guenter Lange · Gangelt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 1990
Grant date	Sep 3, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2010

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/23
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A heat imaging camera (3) for sensing convective conditions in boundary layer flows occurring on wind tunnel models (2), particularly at cryogenic temperatures, scans the model from the outside, thereby detecting the temperature distribution on the model surface. Detectors (9) that are sensitive to the long-wave infrared spectrum range are part of the camera and convert the heat information into electrical signals. The temperature distribution is displayed pictorially and graphically with the help of an evaluation unit (50). The detectors (9) are grouped in a detector mosaic (10) in the camera (3).

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