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US 2016/0316154 A1Published application
Device attachment with dual band imaging sensor
AssigneeFLIR Systems, Inc.
InventorsPer Elmfors, Michael Kent
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Abstract
Various techniques are disclosed for providing a device attachment configured to releasably attach to and provide infrared imaging functionality to mobile phones or other portable electronic devices. The device attachment may include an infrared imagining module and a non-thermal imaging module that cooperate with one or more of a non-thermal imaging module in an attached device and a light source in the attached device for capturing and processing images.
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A system comprising:
- a device attachment having a thermal imaging module and a non-thermal imaging module;
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- a processor configured to determine a parallax correction for the thermal imaging module and the non-thermal imaging module based on a first non-thermal image from the non-thermal imaging module and a second non-thermal image from a camera of a device attached to the device attachment.
A method, comprising:
- performing a calibration operation for a thermal imaging module in a device attachment that is attached to a user device;
- receiving an image-based temperature determination request from a user;
- determining whether a time since the performing is less than a maximum allowed time;
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- capturing a thermal image using the thermal imaging module if it is determined that the time since the performing is less than the maximum allowed time.
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A system comprising:
- a device attachment comprising:
- a housing;
- an infrared sensor assembly within the housing, the infrared sensor assembly configured to capture infrared image data;
- a non-thermal camera module within the housing, the non-thermal camera module configured to capture non-thermal image data;
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- a processing module communicatively coupled to the infrared sensor assembly and the non-thermal camera module;
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- a user device releasably attached to the housing of the device attachment, the user device comprising:
- a non-thermal camera module;
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- a light source, wherein the processing module is configured to cooperate with the infrared sensor assembly, the non-thermal camera module in the device attachment and at least one of the non-thermal camera module in the user device or the light source to capture and process images.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.