Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lens heater to maintain thermal equilibrium in an infrared imaging system
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Application No.: US15017233Application Date: 2016-02-05
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Publication No.: US10222575B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Marcel Tremblay
- Applicant: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Wilsonville
- Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Wilsonville
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: G02B7/02
- IPC: G02B7/02 ; G01J5/02 ; G01J5/08 ; G01J5/04 ; G01J5/06 ; G01J5/12 ; G02B13/14 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/33 ; G01J5/00 ; H04N5/12

Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a device having a housing and a lens element configured to pass thermal radiation received from an external environment. The lens element may be an outer surface of the housing exposed to the external environment through an aperture in the housing. The device may also include a focal plane array within the housing and configured to receive the thermal radiation passed by the lens element. The device may further include a heater in thermal contact with the lens element and a controller configured to selectively operate the heater to maintain the lens element within a desired temperature range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160231527A1 LENS HEATER TO MAINTAIN THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM IN AN INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
Information query
IPC分类:
G | 物理 |
G02 | 光学 |
G02B | 光学元件、系统或仪器 |
G02B7/00 | 光学元件的安装、调整装置或不漏光连接 |
G02B7/02 | .用于透镜 |