APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING INFORMATION ONTO AN OBJECT IN THERMOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATIONS
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method for assessing an object to be tested by a thermography are provided with a more accurate and reliable thermography investigation. A thermography light image of the object is recorded by an infrared camera having a lens with a first lens axis. An item of information is projected onto the object by a projection unit having a lens with a second lens axis. A distributor unit positioned with respect to the lens axis of the infrared camera and of the projection unit is provided for reflecting the lens axis of the infrared camera or of the projection unit into the respective other lens axis in the direction of the object and transmitting or deflecting infrared light from the object to the infrared camera and deflecting or transmitting light from the projection unit to the object.
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46 Claims
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1-26. -26. (canceled)
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27. An apparatus for evaluating an object to be tested by a thermography, comprising:
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an infrared camera having a lens with a first lens axis for recording a thermographic image of the object; a projection unit having a lens with a second lens axis for projecting information onto the object; and a distributor device positioned with respective to the first lens axis of the infrared camera and to the second lens axis of the projection unit for; reflecting the first lens axis of the infrared camera or the second lens axis of the projection unit into respective other lens axis in a direction of the object; transmitting or deflecting infrared light from the object to the infrared camera; and deflecting or transmitting light from the projection unit to the object. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method for evaluating an object to be tested by a thermography, comprising:
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recording a thermographic image of the object by an infrared camera having a lens with a first lens axis; projecting information onto the object by a projection unit having a lens with a second lens axis; positioning a distributor device on the first lens axis of the infrared camera and the second lens axis of the projection unit to reflect the lens axis of the infrared camera or the projection unit into respective other lens axis in a direction of the object; transmitting or deflecting infrared light from the object to the infrared camera; and deflecting or transmitting light from the projection unit to the object. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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