Method and apparatus for electronically generating an outline indicating the size of an energy zone imaged onto the IR detector of a radiometer
US7164467B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 10, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J2005/0077
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A radiometer includes a sighting system that generates a digital image of an object surface having an area that is to be imaged onto the IR detector. A shape outline is overlaid on the digital image of an object surface to indicate the extent of the energy zone that is imaged onto the IR detector. A rangefinder measures the distance between the radiometer and the object surface and the measured distance is utilized to determine the size of the overlaid shape.
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