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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Ken Pomper, Aptos, CA (US);
Medwin Schreher, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Matt Rekow, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for determining whether a temperature measurement made with an infrared thermometer is accurate is disclosed. An infrared sensor array is used to detect infrared radiation from a target object. By analyzing the relative values of output signals from the individual sensor elements, a determination can be made whether radiation from the target object sufficiently fills the field of view of the detecting element of the instrument. A temperature measurement is considered accurate if this criteria is met.