Thermal image detecting apparatus having detecting elements arranged on a straight line
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1. A thermal image detecting apparatus for obtaining a two-dimensional thermal image, said apparatus comprising:
- an array of heat detecting elements having different dimensions and arranged one-dimensionally on a straight line;
an optical system integrally incorporated with said array of heat detecting elements;
a rotary shaft on which said array of heat detecting elements and said optical system are mounted, said straight line being inclined at a predetermined angle to said rotary shaft; and
means for rotating said rotary shaft at a predetermined speed so as to rotate said array and said optical system at said predetermined speed which permits said array of heat detecting elements to detect a temperature of a human body in motion, said predetermined speed being larger than a horizontal viewing angle over which said array scans during a measurement of said temperature divided by a time interval required for said measurement of said temperature.
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An array of pyroelectric type heat detecting elements of different which are integrally incorporated with an optical system and which are arranged one dimensionally in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis of the optical system, and the optical system and the array of pyroelectric type heat detecting elements are rotated integrally with each other; thereby it is possible to obtain a two dimensional thermal image with a relatively simple structure.
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1. A thermal image detecting apparatus for obtaining a two-dimensional thermal image, said apparatus comprising:
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an array of heat detecting elements having different dimensions and arranged one-dimensionally on a straight line; an optical system integrally incorporated with said array of heat detecting elements; a rotary shaft on which said array of heat detecting elements and said optical system are mounted, said straight line being inclined at a predetermined angle to said rotary shaft; and means for rotating said rotary shaft at a predetermined speed so as to rotate said array and said optical system at said predetermined speed which permits said array of heat detecting elements to detect a temperature of a human body in motion, said predetermined speed being larger than a horizontal viewing angle over which said array scans during a measurement of said temperature divided by a time interval required for said measurement of said temperature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A thermal image detecting apparatus for obtaining a two-dimensional thermal image, said apparatus comprising:
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an array of heat detecting elements having different dimensions and arranged one-dimensionally on a straight line; an optical system integrally incorporated with said array of heat detecting elements; a rotary shaft on which said array of heat detecting elements and said optical system are mounted, said straight line being inclined at a predetermined angle to said rotary shaft; and means for rotating said rotary shaft at a rotational speed so as to rotate said array and said optical system at said rotational speed which permits said array of heat detecting elements to detect a temperature of a human body in motion; wherein said rotational speed is set so that said array in combination with said optical system horizontally scans with no horizontal blind zones.
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