Noncontact thermometer
AssigneeWelch Allyn, Inc.
InventorsMatthew D. Mullin, Aaron R. Burnham, Zhon Ye Chu, David L. Kellner, John A. Lane, Carlos Andres Suarez, Per Soderberg
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Abstract
A thermometer includes one or more temperature sensors mounted on a housing. The one or more temperature sensors determine a temperature of at least one measurement site without contact. The non-contact thermometer displays an indicator to assist alignment of the one or more temperature sensors with the at least one measurement site, receives at least one measurement reading from the at least one measurement site, determines a temperature based on the at least one measurement reading, and displays the temperature on a display unit.
Claims20
A non-contact thermometer, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display unit coupled to the housing;
- one or more temperature sensors mounted on the housing, the one or more temperature sensors configured to determine a temperature of at least one measurement site without contact;
- at least one processing device operatively connected to the one or more temperature sensors and the display unit;
- and
- at least one computer readable data storage device storing software instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the non-contact thermometer to:
- display an indicator to assist alignment of the one or more temperature sensors with the at least one measurement site;
- receive at least one measurement reading from the at least one measurement site;
- determine a temperature based on the at least one measurement reading;
- and
- display the temperature on the display unit.
A non-contact thermometer, comprising:
- a housing;
- one or more temperature sensors mounted on the housing, the one or more temperature sensors configured to measure readings from first and second measurement sites without contact;
- a target to assist a user to horizontally and vertically align the first and second measurement sites with the one or more temperature sensors;
- at least one processing device operatively connected to the one or more temperature sensors;
- and
- at least one computer readable data storage device storing software instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the non-contact thermometer to:
- receive at least one measurement reading from each of the first and second measurement sites;
- and
- determine a temperature based on the at least one measurement reading from each of the first and second measurement sites.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.