G01J 5/53
Reference sources
Official title: Reference sources, e.g. standard lamps; Black bodies
G01J5/53 (Reference sources) appears on 531 US grants and 422 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical transitional switch18 Aug 2026US 12,710,235 B2Raytheon Company
- Method and system for non-contact temperature measurement of spot on target object30 Jun 2026US 12,669,381 B2National Tsing Hua University
- Substrate temperature measuring device, substrate processing apparatus including the same, and substrate temperature measuring method using the same30 Jun 2026US 12,669,382 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Compact apparatus for non-contact temperature sensing of rotating elements2 Jun 2026US 12,644,771 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Methods and systems for measurement of nonthermal far infrared radiation28 Apr 2026US 12,613,140 B2
- Color temperature detection method, color temperature detection apparatus, device and storage medium23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210769 A1Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
- Radiometric performance enhancement of extended area blackbodies16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202252 A1
- Calibration fixture for thermal imaging sensors30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118183 A1Seek Thermal, Inc.
- Multispectral imaging systems and methods9 Apr 2026US 2026/0100013 A1The University of Melbourne
- Optical transitional switch5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063378 A1Raytheon Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Body temperature thermometer and method fo measuring human body temperature utilizing calibration mapping656US 5,293,877 ASherwood IMS, Inc. · 1994
- Spatial light modulator based optical calibration system324US 5,323,002 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1994
- Infrared electronic thermometer and method for measuring temperature209US 4,797,840 AThermoscan Inc. · 1989
- Infrared thermometer with automatic calibration155US 4,784,149 AOptical Sensors Incorporated · 1988
- Thermal radiant source with filament encapsulated in protective film123US 5,644,676 AInstrumentarium Corp. · 1997