Patent ID: 9423303
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G01J

Claim Text:
1. A portable thermal imaging system comprising: a portable housing configured to be carried by a user; a bolometer sensor assembly supported by the housing and including an array of thermal sensor elements and at least one plasmonic lens; a memory including program instructions; a processor operably connected to the memory and to the sensor, and configured to execute the program instructions to an imaging subsystem including a display, the imaging subsystem operably connected to the processor, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the program instructions to render indicia of a field of view of the bolometer sensor assembly on the display, wherein the bolometer sensor assembly further comprises: a substrate having an upper surface supporting the array of thermal sensor elements; and a cap wafer supported by the substrate and including a cap layer spaced apart from the substrate, the cap layer supporting the at least one plasmonic lens.