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Marcela Faina-Cherkaoui

Hubert Caron

Leslie Wrobel

Michael Emanuel

Branislav Kovacevic

A thermal imager system for use in a vehicle utilizes an uncooled microbolometer detector array ( ), optics ( ) for conducting scene radiation to the array within a sensor module ( ) which is separate from an image processing and display unit ( ), to provide a small, direct view sensor module ( ) that may be oriented for forward viewing. The sensor module ( ) is mounted external to the vehicle and the image processing and display unit ( ) is mounted internal to the vehicle, and the two are connected by a noise immune bidirectional digital communication path or harness ( ). The optics ( ) consist exclusively of refractive optical components ( ) providing a straight line radiation path from the scene to the array ( ).

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Ormeaux, Canada

Marcela Faina-Cherkaoui