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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
David R. Hutcherson, Somerset, GB;
David R. Hutcherson, Somerset, GB;
GE Infrastructure Sensing Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for detecting a temperature Tof a remote object are provided. The method includes storing in memory, a lookup table relating an output voltage of an infrared sensor to a temperature sensed by the infrared sensor V(T, T), determining a temperature sensor voltage output corresponding to a temperature Tproximate the infrared sensor, determining a first voltage as a function of the temperature Tproximate the infrared sensor and a reference temperature T, V(T, T), determining a second voltage as a function of the temperature of the object Tand the reference temperature T, V(T, T) by combining the determined temperature sensor voltage output and the first voltage, and determining a temperature of the object Tfrom the lookup table using the second voltage.