Patent ID: 6707044
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G01J,G02B,H04N

Abstract:
An IR camera comprising:a. an IR Focal Plane Array comprising a number of detector elements as sensor means; b. an optical system focusing an object onto said Focal Plane Array; c. a signal processing system connected to said Focal Plane Array; d. a modular construction comprising: d1. a camera housing provided with said Focal Plane Array and said signal processing system; d2. an absorbent and emitting shielding device connected to said camera housing; and d3. an optical focusing system being removably mounted to said shielding device, wherein said optical focusing system comprises: a storage element containing calibration information about at least one component of the optical focusing system; downloading means adapted to download a signal based on the stored calibration information and to transfer the calibration information to said processing device; and adjustment means adapted to adjust said infrared camera making use of said calibration information.