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Monitoring system employing infrared image

  • US 5,133,605 A
  • Filed: 12/11/1990
  • Issued: 07/28/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A temperature monitoring system for viewing visible and infrared input light from a scene to be monitored, comprising:

  • a visible light camera having threshold means having a threshold light level, said visible light camera viewing visible input light from the scene to be monitored, said visible light camera outputting a visible light signal including a first plurality of pixels, said visible light signal being at a first logic level for each of the first plurality of pixels having a corresponding visible input light which is less bright than said threshold light level, and said visible light signal being at a second logic level for each of the first plurality of pixels having a corresponding visible input light which is brighter than or as bright as said threshold light level;

    an infrared camera for viewing infrared input light from the scene to be monitored, and for outputting a first temperature data for each of a second plurality of pixels which correspond to each of the first plurality of pixels of said visible light camera; and

    superposing means for excluding said first temperature data corresponding to each of the first plurality of pixels of the visible light signal having the second logic level, from said first temperature data so that said first temperature data corresponding to each of the first plurality of pixels of the visible light signal being at the first logic level is output from said superposing means as a second temperature data which is processed to determine an abnormal temperature rise state in said scene to be monitored.

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