Patent ID: 9000371
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G01J,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A thermal imaging camera for measuring temperature rates of change for objects within a field of view, said camera comprising: a housing; at least one infrared radiation sensor comprising a plurality of sensing elements, wherein each sensing element in said plurality is operable to detect an intensity of thermal radiation incident upon said sensing element during one or more thermal scenes; a memory element operable to store data comprising the intensity level of thermal radiation incident upon each sensing element during the one or more thermal scenes; a processing element operable to automatically manipulate the data to determine continuously updated temperature rates of change of said objects within the camera's field of view and generate continuously updated video representations of the temperature rates of change of said objects, wherein the rates of change are determined by comparing the data detected by each sensing element between at least two of the one or more thermal scenes; and a display operable to present in real time, the continuously updated video representations of the temperature rates of change of said objects.