Patent ID: 11927485
Assignee: REBELLION PHOTONICS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging system comprising:
a first infrared (IR) imaging device configured to generate first IR image data of a field of view of the first IR imaging device; and
a computing device operably connected with the first IR imaging device, wherein the computing device is configured to:
receive probe temperature data from a temperature probe communicably coupled with the computing device, wherein the probe temperature data is indicative of an external environment of the imaging system;
receive the first IR image data from the first IR imaging device;
determine background temperature data based upon the first IR image data, wherein the background temperature data comprises a first temperature for each pixel from amongst a plurality of pixels associated with the first IR image data;
determine gas temperature data based upon the probe temperature data, wherein the gas temperature data comprises a second temperature for each pixel from amongst the plurality of pixels associated with the first IR image data;
determine a thermal contrast for each pixel based upon a comparison between the background temperature data and the gas temperature data; and
determine a detection limit for each pixel as a function of the thermal contrast for each pixel and based on a radiative transfer model.