THERMOMETER HAVING A DIGITAL INFRARED SENSOR ON A CIRCUIT BOARD THAT IS SEPERATE FROM A MICROPROCESSOR
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1. A non-touch thermometer to measure temperature, the non-touch thermometer comprising:
- a first circuit board having a microprocessor;
a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor;
a single button operably coupled to the microprocessor;
a camera operably coupled to the microprocessor and providing at least two images to the microprocessor;
a second circuit board having a digital infrared sensor operably coupled to the microprocessor with no analog-to-digital converter operably coupled between the digital infrared sensor and the microprocessor, the digital infrared sensor having only digital readout ports, the digital infrared sensor having no analog sensor readout ports; and
a display device operably coupled to the microprocessor,wherein the microprocessor is operable to receive from the digital readout ports a digital signal that is representative of an infrared signal detected by the digital infrared sensor and the microprocessor is operable to determine the temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the infrared signal.
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Abstract
A microprocessor on a first circuit board is operably coupled to a digital infrared sensor on a second circuit board from which temperature is determined from the digital infrared sensor.
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1. A non-touch thermometer to measure temperature, the non-touch thermometer comprising:
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a first circuit board having a microprocessor; a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor; a single button operably coupled to the microprocessor; a camera operably coupled to the microprocessor and providing at least two images to the microprocessor; a second circuit board having a digital infrared sensor operably coupled to the microprocessor with no analog-to-digital converter operably coupled between the digital infrared sensor and the microprocessor, the digital infrared sensor having only digital readout ports, the digital infrared sensor having no analog sensor readout ports; and a display device operably coupled to the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor is operable to receive from the digital readout ports a digital signal that is representative of an infrared signal detected by the digital infrared sensor and the microprocessor is operable to determine the temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the infrared signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device comprising:
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a first circuit board including; a microprocessor; a first digital interface operably coupled to the microprocessor; a second circuit board including a second digital interface, the second interface being operably coupled to the first interface; and a digital infrared sensor operably coupled to the second interface, the digital infrared sensor having ports that provide only digital readout, wherein the microprocessor is operable to receive from the ports that provide only digital readout a digital signal that is representative of an infrared signal generated by the digital infrared sensor and the microprocessor is operable to determine a temperature from the digital signal that is representative of the infrared signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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