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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Peter Michael Thorne, Basildon, GB;
Inventor:
Peter Michael Thorne, Basildon, GB;
Assignee:
SELEX ES LTD, Essex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 5/24 (2006.01); G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/24 (2013.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract
An Infra Red detector system and method is disclosed. There is benefit in providing signal processing functions into each pixel of a 2D focal plane IR detector for applications such as hostile target detection. The thermal characteristics of muzzle flash or a projectile and it's trajectory for example are distinguishable from background scene. A technique to add a signal detection function to normal IR detector thermal imaging operation to a standard direct inject Integrate While Read (IWR) pixel circuit and for providing target detection at extremely high data rates is described.