Patent ID: 7364356

Claim:
A method for the contactless determination of the body core temperature of a person, the method comprising: detecting the surface temperature of the person at a measuring site on the body by means of a temperature sensor unit arranged at a spaced location therefrom wherein the temperature sensor unit locally identifies a measuring area on the body and the measuring area on the body is scanned by the temperature sensor unit such that a measuring site on the body is determined and the detection of the surface temperature is carried out by said temperature sensor unit at said measuring site on the body; moving a temperature sensor unit functional sensing point such that said temperature sensor unit functional sensing point is positioned based on a position of said measuring area, whereby said temperature sensor unit is aligned with said measuring area; sending a sensor signal generated by the temperature sensor unit to an evaluating unit for evaluating the sensor signal and for determining the body core temperature by calculation using the sensor signal generated by the temperature sensor unit; and sending a temperature signal generated in the evaluating unit to a display unit for the optical display of the body core temperature determined.