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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:

Sierra Innotek, Inc., Cameron Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

William R. Palmer, Rescue, CA (US);

Stephen L. Palmer, Cameron Park, CA (US);

Thomas Wilton White, III, Placerville, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sierra Innotek, Inc., Cameron Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 (2006.01); G01V 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 8/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus is described whereby invisible camera illuminators may be readily identified and located. In one embodiment the method of detecting the presence of an imaging system producing an invisible illuminator includes introducing a first optical filter capable of blocking energy from an LED infrared illuminator band source and allow energy from broadband visible light source to pass with minimal attenuation; and introducing a second optical filter that permits most of the energy from said infrared illuminator to pass and blocks a substantial portion of said broadband visible light; wherein said filtered LED infrared illuminator and said broadband visible light blink on and off.


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