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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2002
Jacob Fraden, La Jolla, CA (US);
Advanced Monitors Corp., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An infrared (IR) thermometer for performing temperature measurement of an object without having contact with the object. The IR thermometer comprises at least one IR sensing element which, upon exposure to IR radiation, produces a response. The IR sensing element comprises a flat themistor flake supported by a substrate. The IR thermometer further comprises a processing circuit which analyzes the response to predict the steady-state response of the at least one IR sensing element and temperature of the object. In one embodiment, the processing circuit may obtain two or more responses separated by a predetermined period of time to predict temperature of the object. The processing circuit may also associate reference data in its prediction algorithm.