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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Digital Direct Ir, Inc., Fresh Meadows, NY (US);
Inventors:
Peter N. Kaufman, Fresh Meadows, NY (US);
Howard E. Carpenter, Carmel, NY (US);
Assignee:
DIGITAL DIRECT IR, INC., Fresh Meadows, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/44 (2006.01); G01J 5/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/44 (2013.01); G01J 5/0205 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01);
Abstract
Spherical detector array devices are provided, which are implemented using passive detector structures for thermal imaging applications. Passive detector structures are configured with unpowered, passive front-end detector structures with direct-to-digital measurement data output for detecting incident photonic radiation in the thermal IR portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.