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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuya Morinaka, Toyonaka, JP;
Nobuyuki Yoshiike, Ikoma, JP;
Kazuhiko Hashimoto, Moriguchi, JP;
Tetsuya Kawai, Kadoma, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340584 ; 340522 ; 340541 ; 340565 ; 374142 ; 374124 ; 374 45 ; 2503381 ; 250342 ;
Abstract
A thermal object detecting method and apparatus. According to the method and apparatus, a thermal image of a measuring space is obtained by a two-dimensional thermal image detecting device. Then, position information of an object in the measuring space is obtained by an object distance detecting device, which determines a distance between the apparatus and the object. The output of the two-dimensional thermal image detecting device can be corrected using the distance data from the object distance detecting device.