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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2005
Applicants:

Mark A. Fauci, Patchogue, NY (US);

Matthew A. Salvitti, Patchogue, NY (US);

Marek Pawlowski, Glen Cove, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mark A. Fauci, Patchogue, NY (US);

Matthew A. Salvitti, Patchogue, NY (US);

Marek Pawlowski, Glen Cove, NY (US);

Assignee:

Advanced BioPhotonics, Inc., Bohemia, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 18/00 (2006.01); G12B 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A black body assembly is provided for use in the calibration of infrared cameras. The assembly includes, among other things, a housing within which calibration components may be situated, and a lens guide for accurately positioning the assembly over a lens of the infrared camera. A heat emitter may be positioned within the housing for emitting a necessary amount of heat for calibration purposes. A heating element may also be provided within the housing for controlling the heating and cooling of the heat emitter. The assembly may also include a heat sink to remove excessive heat generated from the thermoelectric cooler during temperature cycling. An arm may be employed to hingedly connect the assembly to the camera to provide reliable and repeatable way to position the black body assembly at the front of the infrared lens. A method for calibrating an infrared camera is also provided.


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