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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
William A. Terre, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jeffrey D. Frank, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James T. Woolaway, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Austin A. Richards, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Patrick B. Richardson, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Nicholas Högasten, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William A. Terre, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Jeffrey D. Frank, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
James T. Woolaway, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Austin A. Richards, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Patrick B. Richardson, 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 cameras and target position acquisition techniques for various applications. For example, in one embodiment, a system may include a portable imaging/viewing subsystem having a target position finder and may also include a fixed mount camera subsystem having a camera and a camera positioner. A communications link may be configured to communicate a signal from the target position finder to the camera positioner. The signal may be representative of a position of a target being imaged/viewed with the portable imaging/viewing subsystem. The camera positioner may aim the camera toward the target in response to the signal. The target may, for example, be a man overboard. Thus, the system may be useful in search and rescue operations.