Patent ID: 6249311
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An infrared camera system for capturing an infrared image of a scene, comprising:a camera body for housing an image capturing system, the image capturing system including an infrared sensor for providing an image signal, and an image processor for modifying the image signal;a plurality of image forming devices interchangeably attachable to the camera body for forming an image of the infrared scene onto the infrared sensor, each image forming device including a first memory module for storing at least one identifying characteristic of the image forming device;an interface for communicating the at least one identifying characteristic of the image forming device attached to the camera body from the first memory module to the image processor; anda second memory module in communication with the image processor and housed within the camera body for storing a plurality of characteristic data sets, each characteristic data set corresponding to an imaging characteristic of one of the plurality of image forming devices; and,wherein the image processor selects one of the plurality of characteristic data sets from the second memory module, in accordance with the identifying characteristic received from the first memory module, and modifies the image signal according the selected characteristic data set.