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7616984 Modification of the normalized difference method for real-time optical tomography  
Computation-saving techniques and stability-adding techniques provide for fast, accurate reconstructions of a time series of images involving large-scale 3D problems, such as real-time image...
7608825 Image pickup device, vision enhancement apparatus, night-vision apparatus, navigation support apparatus, and monitoring apparatus  
There is provided an image pickup device which picks up an image of an object by absorbing light in a near infrared region reflected from the object and which has semiconductor photodetectors...
7601962 Systems and methods for reading data  
A system for reading data is described. The system includes a detector that includes a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The second semiconductor device is configured to...
7593573 Method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle  
A method and device for visualizing the surroundings of a vehicle, in particular for detecting and representing the traffic situation in front of a driver are provided. A night vision information...
7592594 Method of construction of CTE matching structure with wafer processing and resulting structure  
A method includes bonding a first side of a metal shim to a silicon shim, removing metal from the metal shim to form a plurality of cleared metal lanes in accordance with a pattern, bonding a...
7592593 Multi-band focal plane array  
A multi-band focal plane array architecture operative to detect multiple spectral image. The multi-band focal plane array architecture has an integrated readout circuit, a plurality of first...
7582859 Infrared sensor calibration system and method  
An infrared sensor calibration system including a calibration body at a known temperature a fixture for a package with at least two infrared sensors each aimed at a different location on the...
7579594 Infrared radiation imager having sub-pixelization and detector interdigitation  
An infrared radiation (“IR”) focal plane array (“FPA”) imager includes a detector array chip containing pixels having substantially one-hundred percent operability. Each of the pixels...
7579593 Night-vision imaging apparatus, control method of the same, and headlight module  
The invention provides a night-vision imaging apparatus including: a light emission unit that emits infrared light; a solid-state imaging device that converts the infrared light into a first...
7569820 Infrared sensor and method of driving thereof  
An infrared sensor includes an imaging area including a thermal non-sensitivity pixel row, an optical non-sensitivity pixel row and a valid pixel row, and the infrared sensor including a column...
7560694 Method and system for increasing signal-to-noise ratio in microbolometer arrays  
Device for retrieving electrical charge, resulting from electromagnetic radiation energy incident on a temperature sensor array, the temperature sensor array including a plurality of temperature...
7541581 Clip-on infrared imager  
A clip-on infrared imager may be coupled and decoupled to an existing night vision system to add infrared imaging to provide a fused image through at least one of the night vision system eyepieces.
7538326 Visible light and IR combined image camera with a laser pointer  
Methods and apparatuses of registering on a camera display separate fields of view of a visible light camera module and an infrared camera module by focusing the IR camera module. The fields of...
7535002 Camera with visible light and infrared image blending  
A camera that can capture a visible light image and an infrared image of a target scene. The camera includes a focusable infrared lens and a display. The display provides the visible light and...
7521692 TDI detecting device, a feed-through equipment, an electron beam apparatus using these device and equipment, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method using the same electron beam apparatus  
An electron beam apparatus comprises a TDI sensor 64 and a feed-through device 50 . The feed-through device has a socket contact 54 for interconnecting a pin 52 attached to a flanged 51 ...
7495219 Radiation detection apparatus  
A radiation detection apparatus comprises a radiation detector and a lens arrangement. The lens arrangement comprises a polarising element and an optical corrector. The optical corrector is...
7491937 Two-wavelength image sensor picking up both visible and infrared images  
A 2-wavelength image sensor has a plurality of uniformly dispersedly arranged visible radiation detectors and a plurality of uniformly dispersedly arranged, uncooled infrared radiation detectors,...
7483213 Image combining viewer  
An image combining viewer transmits a daylight image directly through the viewer, while reflecting at least one wavelength other than visible light towards a sensor. A display for displaying the...
7474351 Solder reflux method for holding cryogenically aligned parts  
A method of aligning a lens assembly to a focal plane array is provided. The method may comprise the steps of providing an upper cold shield which holds the lens assembly, providing a lower cold...
7462920 Verification architecture of infrared thermal imaging array module  
The present invention relates to a verification architecture of an infrared thermal imaging array module, which includes the following steps. Perform specification design of thermal imaging module,...
7456384 Method and apparatus for acquiring physical information, method for manufacturing semiconductor device including array of plurality of unit components for detecting physical quantity distribution, light-receiving device and manufacturing method therefor, and solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method therefor  
Method and apparatus for acquiring physical information, method for manufacturing semiconductor device including array of a plurality of unit components for detecting physical quantity...
7454050 Method of automating a thermographic inspection process  
A process for using a hand-held infrared inspection system incorporating on-board training, on-board validation, on-board operator certification, on-board reporting information, or on-board survey...
7439510 Compact emissivity and temperature measuring infrared detector  
A hand-held, fleet deployable infrared camera with integrated hardware and software providing real time processing of infrared images. The camera senses variable temperature images over a selected...
7432506 Method and system for enhanced radiation detection  
A method and apparatus for improving detection of radiation emitted from object that includes a radiation detection sensor with a substrate and an array of columns protruding from a top surface of...
7432505 Infrared-based method and apparatus for online detection of cracks in steam turbine components  
An online method, system, and computer-readable code for remotely monitoring radiant energy emitted from a turbine blade ( 106 ), which may be undergoing an incipient degradation, such as a crack,...
7411194 Aviation vision apparatus  
An aviation vision apparatus. Its purpose assists a pilot's ability to fly an aircraft by providing increased visibility. The apparatus features an uncooled IR sensor for vision enhancement. An...
7408165 Detector arrangement  
The invention relates to a detector arrangement for the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electrical signals. The detector arrangement includes sensitive areas (D 1 , D 2 , D 3 , D 4 ),...
7408156 System and method for identifying and classifying dynamic thermodynamic processes in mammals and discriminating between and among such processes  
An infrared imaging camera ( 4 ) acquires a plurality of frames ( 94 ) of infrared radiation from a patient (P) positioned in a field-of-view ( 92 ) of the camera ( 4 ). Each frame ( 94 ) is...
7382356 Input unit for games and musical keyboards  
A computer game system uses an infrared sensor which produces an infrared light to produce pulse of infrared light. Optics focus reflections from the infrared light pulse from different portions of...
7381953 Infrared imaging device  
A room temperature infrared imager, fabricated using MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) techniques, made up of individually functioning analog elements laid out in a horizontal and vertical...
7365326 Camera having distortion correction  
A lightweight camera is provided that includes a lightweight lens system that has a reduced number of lenses. Reducing the number of lenses produces a lighter camera, but produces a distorted local...
RE40249 Infrared imaging system employing on-focal plane nonuniformity correction  
An infrared imaging system having a focal plane array including an array of detector elements and a readout circuit and including nonuniformity correction circuitry on the focal plane array. The...
7358497 Infrared/millimeter-wave focal plane array  
An antenna-coupled dual-band focal plane array for detecting radiation in the infrared and millimeter-wave bands. The dual-band focal plane array includes a millimeter antenna-coupled pixel...
7358496 Infrared night vision system, in colour  
A night vision method and system for producing a colour infrared image of a road scene situated in front of a vehicle. At least one projection device emits an infrared light towards the road scene....
7351972 Infrared radiation image having sub-pixelization and detector interdigitation  
An infrared radiation (“IR”) focal plane array (“FPA”) imager includes a detector array chip containing pixels having substantially one-hundred percent operability. Each of the pixels...
7345278 Infrared ray detection device, method of fabricating the same and infrared ray camera  
An infrared ray detection device has a detection cell which has a thermoelectric converting part and an infrared ray absorption layer formed via a space on a semiconductor substrate, a first wiring...
7333270 Dual band night vision device  
A night vision device provides both an amplified visible light image and an infrared image, overlayed upon each other so that they appear to be a single image. A user may select to utilize either...
7332716 IR camera  
An IR camera for recording and presenting a thermal image of an object includes optical receiving elements for focusing infra-red radiation received from the object onto a focal plane array and...
7324070 Device and process for monitoring the deployment of respirator users  
A monitoring device, process and system use an image recording device for recording an image falling on the eyes of the user of the device. The monitoring device includes a display and a signal...
7312822 Attachment of additional information to stored or streamed image  
A method for storing or streaming images, wherein the images can be further processed after the storing or during the streaming includes the steps of choosing a span of the initially captured data,...
7276695 Bolometer infrared detector and afterimage reduction method  
A bolometer infrared detecting element has a thermal isolation structure in which a temperature detector comprising a bolometer thin film is held floating from a circuit substrate by beams. As...
7253411 Reconfigurable detector array of resistance bolometers  
An Array of detectors can be configured to be read as separate detectors, or to be connected into larger groups, e.g. groups of four (a 2×2 array). This allows the formation of a relatively high...
7247851 Imaging device and an imaging method  
An optical lens 1 makes three components of visible light and near infrared light in different wavelength regions severally form images at different locations according to their wavelengths. An...
7247850 Infrared imager  
An infrared imager for detecting infrared (IR) radiation of a scene in a field of view (FOV) of an optical system and converting the IR into a visible image wherein the imager consists of an array...
7239909 Imaging system using diffuse infrared light  
An imaging system illuminates body tissue with infrared light to enhance visibility of subcutaneous blood vessels, and generates a video image of the body tissue and the subcutaneous blood vessels...
7235785 Imaging device with multiple fields of view incorporating memory-based temperature compensation of an uncooled focal plane array  
A plurality of temperature dependent focal plane arrays operate without a temperature stabilization cooler and/or heater over a wide range of ambient temperatures. Gain, offset and/or bias...
7235775 Infrared imaging apparatus for processing emissions in infrared and visible spectrum  
The infrared imaging apparatus comprises a CCD sensor 13 having sensitivities in the infrared region and visible region; three color filters FR, FG, FB each transmitting visible light in a...
7217926 Systems involving voltage-tunable quantum-well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs) and related methods  
The present disclosure relates to detection of light (or radiation) at different wavelengths. A voltage-tunable multi-color infrared (IR) detector element receives incident radiation through a...
7193214 Sensor having differential polarization and a network comprised of several such sensors  
Parametric processing capability is added to a typical sensor so that a target object can be more clearly distinguished from the background clutter in a given scenery. A polarizer with several...
7193212 Infrared radiation detecting device  
An infrared radiation detecting device is provided that comprises a substrate, an infrared radiation absorbing unit, at least one support beam and a thermopile. The at least one support beam has a...