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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. 13, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip E. Howard, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Assignee:
DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems, Inc., Anaheim, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 ;
Abstract
A system and method are provided for use with an uncooled infrared sensor. The system and method include a temperature compensated performance algorithm which is utilized to provide temperature compensated response and offset correction coefficients which are applied to a video signal of the infrared sensor to correct for variations in the video signal caused by temperature changes of the sensor.