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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2004
Gerald W. Blakeley, Iii, Lincoln, MA (US);
Gerald W. Blakeley, III, Lincoln, MA (US);
Extech Instruments Corporation, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A handheld instrument that accomplishes non-contact infrared (IR) temperature measurement, and the measurement of movement of an object. The instrument has a case, and a movement-sensing device coupled to the case and operable to be directed toward or placed against an object being measured, for generating an output signal based on the sensed movement. An IR detector, also carried by the case, senses IR energy emitted from a surface being measured along an IR-sensing axis that extends from the case, and generates an IR output signal. The sensed IR energy is converted to a temperature value, and the output signal from the current-sensing device is converted to at least a measured current value. A display device in the case displays instrument measurements to the user.