Multiwavelength thermometer

US8790006B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Hejie Li · Schenectady, US
• Rodrick Gordon Brown · Nottingham, GB
• Samhita Dasgupta · Niskayuna, US
• Edward Randall Furlong · Beverly, US
• Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan · Niskayuna, US
• Anquan Wang · Mason, US
• Guanghua Wang · Clifton Park, US
• Stephen Thomas Walls · Coalville, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01J5/58
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A thermal measurement system that includes a light collection device and a detection system in communication with the device. The detection system includes two detection subsystems, wherein one subsystem is configured to detect light from a surface of an object, while the other subsystem is configured to detect light from the surface and a gas. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.