Infrared camera systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a fixed mount camera subsystem having a camera, a camera positioner, and a first communications interface;
a portable imaging/viewing subsystem having a target position finder and a second communications interface adapted to establish a communications link with the first communications interface to communicate a signal from the target position finder to the camera positioner, the signal being representative of position information of a target being imaged/viewed with the portable imaging/viewing subsystem;
wherein the fixed mount camera subsystem is configured to aim the camera using the camera positioner toward the target in response to the signal;
wherein the communications link comprises a wired or wireless communications link; and
wherein the portable imaging/viewing subsystem and/or the fixed mount camera subsystem comprises;
a control component adapted to provide a plurality of selectable processing modes to a user, receive a user input corresponding to a user selected processing mode, and generate a control signal indicative of the user selected processing mode, wherein the plurality of selectable processing modes includes a man overboard mode, a night cruising mode, and a day cruising mode; and
a processing component adapted to receive the generated control signal from the control component, process a captured infrared image according to the user selected processing mode, and generate a processed infrared image.
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Abstract
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide, for some embodiments, infrared cameras and target position acquisition techniques for various applications. For example, in one embodiment, a system may include a portable imaging/viewing subsystem having a target position finder and may also include a fixed mount camera subsystem having a camera and a camera positioner. A communications link may be configured to communicate a signal from the target position finder to the camera positioner. The signal may be representative of a position of a target being imaged/viewed with the portable imaging/viewing subsystem. The camera positioner may aim the camera toward the target in response to the signal. The target may, for example, be a man overboard. Thus, the system may be useful in search and rescue operations.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a fixed mount camera subsystem having a camera, a camera positioner, and a first communications interface; a portable imaging/viewing subsystem having a target position finder and a second communications interface adapted to establish a communications link with the first communications interface to communicate a signal from the target position finder to the camera positioner, the signal being representative of position information of a target being imaged/viewed with the portable imaging/viewing subsystem; wherein the fixed mount camera subsystem is configured to aim the camera using the camera positioner toward the target in response to the signal; wherein the communications link comprises a wired or wireless communications link; and wherein the portable imaging/viewing subsystem and/or the fixed mount camera subsystem comprises; a control component adapted to provide a plurality of selectable processing modes to a user, receive a user input corresponding to a user selected processing mode, and generate a control signal indicative of the user selected processing mode, wherein the plurality of selectable processing modes includes a man overboard mode, a night cruising mode, and a day cruising mode; and a processing component adapted to receive the generated control signal from the control component, process a captured infrared image according to the user selected processing mode, and generate a processed infrared image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An infrared camera system, comprising:
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an infrared camera having an image capture component adapted to capture an infrared image of a scene; a target position finder adapted to obtain target position information for a target within the scene; a communications interface configured to communicate a signal from the infrared camera based on information from the target position finder, the signal being representative of position information for the target being viewed with the infrared camera, and wherein the communications interface is further configured to receive target position information from another device; a control component adapted to provide selectable processing modes to a user, receive a user input corresponding to a user selected processing mode, and generate a control signal indicative of the user selected processing mode, wherein the selectable processing modes includes a processing of target position information received via the communications interface and a processing of the position information from the target position finder to provide via the communications interface; a processing component adapted to receive the generated control signal from the control component and perform the selected processing function based on the user selected processing mode; wherein the control component is adapted to provide a plurality of selectable processing modes to the user, receive a second user input corresponding to a second user selected processing mode, and generate a second control signal indicative of the second user selected processing mode, wherein the plurality of selectable processing modes includes a night cruising mode, a day cruising mode, and a man overboard mode; and wherein the processing component is adapted to receive the generated second control signal from the control component, process the captured infrared image according to the second user selected processing mode, and generate a processed infrared image. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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capturing an infrared image of a target within a field of view of a first infrared camera; determining position information of the target in response to a user command; storing the position information of the target within the infrared camera; communicating wirelessly the position information of the target to a remote infrared camera to assist the remote infrared camera in pointing to the target; providing a plurality of selectable processing modes for a user of the infrared camera, wherein the plurality of selectable processing modes includes a night docking mode, a night cruising mode, and a man overboard mode; receiving a user input corresponding to a user selected processing mode; processing the captured infrared image according to the user selected processing mode; and generating a processed infrared image. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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