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Video temperature monitor

US5225883A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 5, 1991
Grant dateJul 6, 1993
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J2005/0077
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and method for providing a real-time video display and a temperature map display of an object, in particular a flame, comprises a single CCD video camera and optical equipment which focuses separate light bundles onto a photosensitive surface of the camera. A separate band pass filter is used in each light bundle to filter selected different wavelengths of light. The video signal from the camera is used in a video digitizer to obtain data which can be used to calculate a temperature map based on the different wavelengths of light of the two bundles. The video signal is also used to produce a real-time video display of the object.

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