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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8421012 | Low energy portable low-light camera with wavelength cutoff A sensor for night vision applications is provided, wherein the sensor comprises a semiconductor absorption layer of composition that limits long wavelength response cutoff to between 1.25 to 1.4 μm wavelength. The selection of this cutoff frequency provides improv... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8415622 | Infrared imaging element An infrared imaging element according to an embodiment includes: a semiconductor substrate including a stacked structure of a silicon first substrate, and a first insulation film, first cavities being provided on a surface of the first substrate; an infrared detecti... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8405029 | Photodiode array output signal multiplexing There is disclosed an imaging system comprising: a first integrated circuit including a photodiode array comprising a plurality of integrating photodiode elements formed in an array of rows and columns, the integrated circuit providing a plurality of output signals ... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8389939 | System and method of dual energy radiation detection A system and method for providing an apparatus for detecting radiance at a plurality of wavelengths is disclosed. The system and method includes an arrayed pixel sensor with a plurality of sub-pixel sections including a first sub-pixel section configured to detect r... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8389938 | Method for processing images arising from a photosensitive detector and photosensitive detector The present invention relates to a method of processing images obtained from a photosensitive detector of the type notably produced by semiconductor material deposition techniques. The method consists in correcting an image acquired by the detector with a gain image... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8378300 | Near-infrared imaging sensor A near-infrared imaging sensor according to the present invention includes a photodiode array sensitive to light with a wavelength of 1.2 to 3 μm and a multiplexer including a signal readout circuit. The near-infrared imaging sensor is contained in a housing and is... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8357899 | Color correction circuitry and methods for dual-band imaging systems An imaging system may include a dual-band image sensor that captures visible and near-infrared light and image processing circuitry that performs color corrections on images captured by the dual-band image sensor. The image processing circuitry may analyze each capt... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8344321 | Infrared imaging device An infrared imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging area formed on a semiconductor substrate, the imaging area having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, the plurality of pixels including a plurality of reference pixels arranged i... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8309924 | Circuit arrangement and imaging pyrometer for generating light- and temperature-dependent signals A circuit arrangement for generating light-dependent and temperature-dependent signals has a number of first and second sensor elements, which generate a number of first and second electrical signals. The first and second electrical signals depend on electromagnetic... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8294100 | Imaging apparatus and methods Imagers, pixels, and methods of using the same are disclosed for imaging in various spectra, such as visible, near infrared (IR), and short wavelength IR (SWIR). The imager may have an imaging array having pixels of different types. The different types of pixels may... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8294099 | On-wafer butted microbolometer imaging array An apparatus and method for assembling a large microbolometer infrared imaging array from sub-arrays, including the step of forming a sub-array assembly of independent imaging arrays on the silicon wafer as the imaging sensor is being processed, whereby seams or gap... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8253102 | Gaseous focal plane thermal imager A thermal imager including a cell containing a fluid whose refractive index varies with temperature and, optical components for focusing the infrared image of a scene to be viewed onto the cell to produce local temperature differences across the fluid. The local tem... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8222602 | System for producing enhanced thermal images An imaging device has a thermal sensor to remotely measure respective temperatures of regions within an imaging field and to generate temperature information signals. A motion tracking system tracks motion of the thermal sensor and generates position information sig... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8193497 | Near-infrared photodetectors, image sensors employing the same, and methods of manufacturing the same Silicon photodetectors using near-infrared dipole antennas. The photodetectors include a silicon region formed on a semiconductor substrate, dipole antenna forming two arms that are spaced apart with the silicon region therebetween and inducing an electromagnetic wa... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8138475 | System for producing enhanced thermal images An imaging device has a thermal sensor to remotely measure respective temperatures of regions within an imaging field and to generate temperature information signals. A motion tracking system tracks motion of the thermal sensor and generates position information sig... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8101912 | Image-taking apparatus and method thereof An image-taking apparatus includes an image-taking device configured to take an image of an object, at least one illumination light source configured to be able to illuminate the object, an illumination region controller configured to be able to partially emit an il... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8084739 | Imaging apparatus and methods Imagers, pixels, and methods of using the same are disclosed for imaging in various spectra, such as visible, near infrared (IR), and short wavelength IR (SWIR). The imager may have an imaging array having pixels of different types. The different types of pixels may... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067735 | Shutterless infrared imager algorithm with drift correction An infrared imaging system having functionality for maintaining image quality in the presence of temperature drift of the system. Such functionality is applied repetitively to maintain image quality of a target scene, yet without continuous actuation of a shutter of... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7968845 | System for producing enhanced thermal images An imaging device has a thermal sensor to remotely measure respective temperatures of regions within an imaging field and to generate temperature information signals. A motion tracking system tracks motion of the thermal sensor and generates position information sig... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956325 | Imaging apparatus and image signal processing device Infrared light emitted by a fluorescent material is weak. When an infrared image obtained by this fluorescent material is superposed and displayed on a visible-light image, the infrared image is made clear. A signal of an IR pixel having selective sensitivity t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7943904 | Bispectral detection device and bispectral detector comprising said device The present invention relates to a bispectral detection device, particularly of an infrared radiation and a visible radiation, including a monolithic substrate; an array of bolometric micro-bridges sensitive to infrared radiation, the bolometric micro-bridges being ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943905 | Infrared solid-state image sensor An infrared solid-state image sensor comprises: a pixel area comprising a sensitive pixel area where infrared detection pixels are arranged in a matrix form to detect incident infrared rays on the semiconductor substrate and a reference pixel area where... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7875852 | Passive infrared detectors A passive infrared detector assembly including a detector housing comprising a window transparent to far infrared radiation, at least one sensor sensitive to the far infrared radiation and disposed within the detector housing and an anti-masking subassembly, includi... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7825379 | Thermal-type infrared image sensing device and method of producing the same A thermal-type infrared image sensing device and method of producing a thermal-type infrared image sensing device are provided. The thermal-type infrared image sensing device includes pixel elements that are two-dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate. E... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7791025 | Apparatus and method for analyzing relative outward flow characterizations of fabricated features An apparatus and method for characterizing gas flow through features fabricated in a hollow part. A pressure regulated cooled gas is applied to an interior of the part to the features fabricated in the part. At the same time, a pressure regulated heated gas is appli... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786438 | Sensor assemblies using redundant two-dimensional detector arrays A sensor assembly that replaces a single focal plane array detector with two focal plane array detectors orientated with respect to each other such that a power splitter divides an incoming light source equally between each detector. The two detectors are selected s... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777186 | Pixel interconnect insulators and methods thereof According to one embodiment, an infrared focal plane comprises an array of pixels configured to detect optical radiation in a predetermined radiation band are positioned on a support substrate. The pixels are connected to pixel contacts on a read-out integrated circ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7732768 | Image alignment and trend analysis features for an infrared imaging system In one embodiment, a thermographic imaging device having a visual compare mode that allows a user to compare a live image of a subject to a previously captured image of the same subject to aid the user in aligning the live image with the previously captured image. I... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7692146 | Infrared radiation detector and driving or piloting assistance device comprising such a device This detector comprises an assembly of elementary sensors capable of detecting said radiation. This assembly comprises at least two separate detection areas, a first detection area comprising elementary sensors having a first thermal time constant and a second detec... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7683321 | Shutterless infrared imager algorithm with drift correction An infrared imaging system having functionality for maintaining image quality in the presence of temperature drift of the system. Such functionality is applied repetitively to maintain image quality of a target scene, yet without continuous actuation of a shutter of... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7652251 | Registration methods for fusing corresponding infrared and visible light images A thermal imaging apparatus includes an infrared camera module, aligned along a first axis, and a visible light camera module, aligned along a second axis. The apparatus employs a magnification correction factor, along with parallax correction, to register an infrar... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7652250 | Noise reduction method for imaging devices A method for reducing the noise equivalent temperature difference associated with imaging devices having a detection array including micro-cantilevers and a charged-coupled device or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor imager is presented. The method includes ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645990 | Thermal-type infrared imaging device and operation method thereof Thermal-type infrared imaging device comprises an infrared ray detection unit in which pixels, each of which includes a bolometer, are arranged two-dimensionally; and a signal processing unit that sequentially reads signal of each bolometer in synchronization with s... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7592594 | Method of construction of CTE matching structure with wafer processing and resulting structure A method includes bonding a first side of a metal shim to a silicon shim, removing metal from the metal shim to form a plurality of cleared metal lanes in accordance with a pattern, bonding a readout integrated circuit having a plurality of saw lanes in accordance w... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7592593 | Multi-band focal plane array A multi-band focal plane array architecture operative to detect multiple spectral image. The multi-band focal plane array architecture has an integrated readout circuit, a plurality of first detectors integrated in the readout circuit and a plurality of second detec... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7579593 | Night-vision imaging apparatus, control method of the same, and headlight module The invention provides a night-vision imaging apparatus including: a light emission unit that emits infrared light; a solid-state imaging device that converts the infrared light into a first signal; a light-emission control unit that allows the light emission unit t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579594 | Infrared radiation imager having sub-pixelization and detector interdigitation An infrared radiation (“IR”) focal plane array (“FPA”) imager includes a detector array chip containing pixels having substantially one-hundred percent operability. Each of the pixels contains a plurality of interdigitated sub-detectors, where the sub-detect... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7560694 | Method and system for increasing signal-to-noise ratio in microbolometer arrays Device for retrieving electrical charge, resulting from electromagnetic radiation energy incident on a temperature sensor array, the temperature sensor array including a plurality of temperature sensor rows, each temperature sensor row including a plurality of tempe... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7535002 | Camera with visible light and infrared image blending A camera that can capture a visible light image and an infrared image of a target scene. The camera includes a focusable infrared lens and a display. The display provides the visible light and infrared images in a focus mode or an analysis mode. In the focus mode, t... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7491937 | Two-wavelength image sensor picking up both visible and infrared images A 2-wavelength image sensor has a plurality of uniformly dispersedly arranged visible radiation detectors and a plurality of uniformly dispersedly arranged, uncooled infrared radiation detectors, and a single visible radiation detector configures a visible radiation... | 02/17/2009 |
