Infrared focal plane array detecting apparatus having light emitting devices and infrared camera adopting the same

A method of detecting and displaying a first image signal, comprising:

• detecting said first image signal by converting said first image signal into a plurality of electrical signals;
• transferring said plurality of electrical signals from a detector to an electronic amplifier;
• amplifying said plurality of electrical signals in to a plurality of amplified electrical signals;
• reproducing said first image signal by converting said plurality of electrical signals into a reproduced first image signal having a wavelength greater than 1 micron;
• focusing and magnifying said reproduced first image signal;
• photographing said reproduced first image signal using a charge coupled device photographing device that converts said reproduced first image signal into a second image signal;
• processing said second image signal with an image signal processor, using an image interpolation and enhancement method;
• and
• displaying the image signal output of said image signal processor.

An infrared emitting focal plane array, comprising:

• a plurality of detectors positioned in a planar array to convert an image signal into a plurality of electrical signals;
• a plurality of charge coupled gate transfer devices to deliver said plurality of electrical signals from said planar array to a plurality of electronic amplifiers;
• said plurality of electronic amplifiers to amplify said plurality of electrical signals and produce a plurality of amplified electrical signals;
• and
• a plurality of emitters that convert said plurality of amplified electrical signals into an infrared image having a wavelength greater than 1 micron based on said image signal, where each of said plurality of detectors is coupled to correspondingly different ones of said plurality of charge coupled gate transfer devices which, in turn, is coupled to correspondingly different ones of said plurality of electronic amplifiers which, in turn, is connected to correspondingly different ones of said plurality of emitters.