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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Richard A. Ludwig, Bellevue, WA (US);
William L. Zabriskie, Redmond, WA (US);
Imaging & Sensing Technology Corporation, Horseheads, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to an improved visualization and measurement system ( ). In the preferred embodiment, the visualization system comprises: a video sensor ( ) having a range of view ( ), a field of view ( ), and a video output signal ( ), a non-contact instrument ( ); having a measurement zone ( ) and a measurement output signal ( ), the instrument and video sensor being so configured and arranged that the measurement zone is aligned in the field of view; a processor ( ) for processing the video output signal and the measurement output signal and for providing a processor output signal ( ); a display device ( ) for displaying the processor output signal; and a control device ( ) for moving the field of view and measurement zone in the range of view. In the preferred embodiment, the processor includes an image processor ( ) for combining the video output signal and the measurement output signal into a combined processor output signal, and the display device shows an indication ( ) of the measurement zone. In the preferred embodiment, the video sensor is a video camera and the non-contact instrument is a pyrometer.