Patent ID: 8080792

Claim:
An infrared detection countermeasure system for a target object, the system comprising: a screen, formed of at least one thermoelectric unit, couplable to a target object; said thermoelectric unit including a TEC module coupled to a plate formed of a material selected from aluminum, copper, or aluminum with copper, said plate being substantially larger than said TEC module; a controller for controlling individually said thermoelectric unit; further comprising a second thermal imaging temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of a background behind the target object and providing an indication thereof to a video image processor to obtain radiometric data for said controller; wherein said controller adjusts a temperature of said TEC to a level above or below the temperature of said background, according to data from a background temperature sensor; further comprising a computer processing unit (CPU) and a video image processor to generate thermal signature that mimics a background of said target object; the image processor providing data defining thermal patterns of said background, said data being utilized by said video image processor and CPU to control temperatures of said thermoelectric units so as to form said thermal patterns; further comprising: a scanner for recording temperatures of a selected area; a processor for dividing said area into a plurality of zones, analyzing recorded temperatures of each said zone, and assigning a temperature to each of said thermoelectric units corresponding to a temperature of one of said zones.