Patent ID: 9250136
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G01J,G02B

Claim Text:
1. A pyrometry imaging system for monitoring a high-temperature asset, which includes at least one component, said system comprising: a lens element in optical communication with the at least one component, said lens element configured to receive at least a portion of thermal radiation emitted from a plurality of thermal points of the at least one component, wherein each thermal point of the plurality of thermal points defines a section of the at least one component; a view limiting device in optical communication with said lens element; a dispersive element in optical communication with said lens element through said view limiting device, said view limiting device positioned between said lens element and said dispersive element, said dispersive element configured to split the at least a portion of thermal radiation emitted into a plurality of wavelength points for each of the plurality of thermal points, wherein each wavelength point of the plurality of wavelength points represents a wavelength of the at least a portion of thermal radiation emitted from the corresponding thermal point; and at least one camera device in optical communication with said dispersive element, said at least one camera device configured to receive at least some wavelength points of the plurality of wavelength points from said dispersive element; at least one processor in communication with said at least one camera device, said at least one processor programmed to: receive a stream of signals generated by said at least one camera device substantially representative of the plurality of wavelength points corresponding to each thermal point of the plurality of thermal points; and generate a two-dimensional array based on the stream of signals, wherein a first dimension of the two-dimensional array represents the plurality of thermal points and a second dimension of the two-dimensional array represents the plurality of wavelength points corresponding to a thermal point of the plurality of thermal points.