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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Flir Commercial Systems, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Devin T. Walsh, Goleta, CA (US);
Gary Miller, Lompoc, CA (US);
Thomas Troy Stark, Lompoc, CA (US);
Tadashi Horikiri, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Marinus C. DeJong, Goleta, CA (US);
Darren M. Haley, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
FLIR Commercial Systems, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A system comprises an image sensor comprising an array of infrared sensors operable to capture an image of a scene, an integration timing circuit variably controlling an integration time of the infrared sensors, a readout integrated circuit (ROIC) operable to generate signals from the infrared sensors corresponding to the captured image of the scene, and an automatic gain control operable to applied a gain to the generated signals. The system further comprises a dynamic range compensation controller operable to receive image parameters corresponding to the generated signals, compare the received image parameters to target image parameters, and generate an integration timing signal for controlling the integration timing circuit.