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US 8,912,493 B2Granted
High resolution thermography
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorMarc V. Berte
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Abstract
A thermographic imaging device includes a focal array portion including a planar arrangement of a plurality of light sensitive devices, and an aperture portion including a facing planar surface, an opposing planar surface, and an arrangement of a plurality of orifices that are communicative with the facing planar surface and the opposing planar surface, each infrared sensitive device of the plurality of infrared arranged in alignment with a corresponding orifice of the plurality of orifices.
Claims19
A thermographic imaging device comprising:
- a focal array portion including a planar arrangement of a plurality of light sensitive devices;
- an aperture portion including a facing planar surface, an opposing planar surface, and an arrangement of a plurality of orifices that are communicative with the facing planar surface and the opposing planar surface, each light sensitive device of the plurality of light sensitive devices arranged in alignment with a corresponding orifice of the plurality of orifices;
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- a support surface disposed proximate to the facing planar surface, the support surface configured to secure an element that emits photons to the plurality of orifices;
- wherein the facing planar surface defines a first diameter of each of the orifices of the plurality of orifices and the opposing planar surface defines a second diameter of each of the orifices of the plurality of orifices, the first diameter being less than the second diameter,
- wherein the facing planar surface is configured to pass the photons through the first diameter, and wherein the second diameter is located proximate to the plurality of light sensitive devices to convey the passing photons thereto.
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A thermographic imaging system comprising:
- thermographic imaging device comprising:
- a focal array portion including a planar arrangement of a plurality of light sensitive devices;
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- an aperture portion including a facing planar surface, an opposing planar surface, and an arrangement of a plurality of orifices that are communicative with the facing planar surface and the opposing planar surface, each light sensitive device of the plurality of light sensitive devices arranged in alignment with a corresponding orifice of the plurality of orifices;
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- a controller communicatively connected to the focal array portion, the controller operative to receive signals from the plurality of light sensitive devices,
- a support surface disposed proximate to the facing planar surface, the support surface configured to secure an element that emits photons to the plurality of orifices;
- wherein the facing planar surface defines a first diameter of each of the orifices of the plurality of orifices and the opposing planar surface defines a second diameter of each of the orifices of the plurality of orifices, the first diameter being less than the second diameter,
- wherein the facing planar surface is configured to pass the photons through the first diameter, and wherein the second diameter is located proximate to the plurality of light sensitive devices to convey the passing photons thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.