Patent ID: 9258494
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of disabling a focal plane array (“FPA”) integrated with a set of one or more accelerometers in a thermal imaging device, the method comprising: detecting a first acceleration event associated with one or more of the set of accelerometers; determining that a first amplitude of the first acceleration event exceeds a first predetermined threshold, wherein the first predetermined threshold is 5 times an acceleration due to gravity; storing information related to the first acceleration event in a memory; detecting a second acceleration event associated with one or more of the set of accelerometers; determining that a second amplitude of the second acceleration event exceeds a second predetermined threshold; and disabling the FPA in response to the first amplitude of the first acceleration event exceeding the first predetermined threshold and the second amplitude of the second acceleration event exceeding the second predetermined threshold.