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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. 12, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald Moore, Boggs Township, Armstrong County, PA (US);
James G Hawley, San Jose, CA (US);
William C Bradley, Gastonia, NC (US);
Brian M Harper, Wildmoor, GB;
Assignee:
GMD Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250330 ; 2503385 ;
Abstract
An apparatus which remotely visualizes and detects toxic, flammable and other gas leaks and enables one to see gas clouds in real-time. A dual band thermal imaging infrared video camera fitted with a special filter images gas clouds. Image processing is utilized to develop and colorize the gas cloud information for display. The gas image is superimposed over a background image provided by a co-located visible light video camera.