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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 04, 1988
Kenneth A Wickersheim, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mei H Sun, Los Altos, CA (US);
Luxtron Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique of measuring very high temperatures by positioning a blackbody sensor in thermal communication with an environment or object whose temperature is to be measured, communicating infrared emissions having an energy level proportional to such temperature from the sensor to an infrared absorber positioned a distance away from the sensor where the ambient temperature is significantly reduced, and then optically measuring the temperature of the absorber by a technique that uses visible or near visible optical radiation, such as one using a luminescent sensor. The measured temperature of the absorber is proportional to that of the blackbody sensor.