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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2007
Jeffrey D. Frank, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Patrick B. Richardson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James T. Woolaway, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Austin A. Richards, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Nicholas Högasten, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jeffrey D. Frank, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Patrick B. Richardson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James T. Woolaway, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Austin A. Richards, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Nicholas Högasten, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Flir Systems, Inc., Wilsonville, OR (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for some embodiments infrared camera systems for maritime applications. For example in one embodiment, a watercraft includes a plurality of image capture components coupled to the watercraft to capture infrared images around at least a substantial portion of a perimeter of the watercraft; a memory component adapted to store the captured infrared images; a processing component adapted to process the captured infrared images according to a man overboard mode of operation to provide processed infrared images and determine if a person falls from the watercraft; and a display component adapted to display the processed infrared images.