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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2008
Applicant:
Stephen R. King, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen R. King, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 31/49 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thermal imaging apparatus includes an infrared camera module, aligned along a first axis, and a visible light camera module, aligned along a second axis. The apparatus employs a magnification correction factor, along with parallax correction, to register an infrared image, obtained by the infrared module, with a visible light image, obtained by the infrared module.