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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Drs Network & Imaging Systems, Llc, Melbourne, FL (US);
Inventors:
Richard L. Southerland, Plano, TX (US);
Douglas A. Blettner, Dallas, TX (US);
David C. Hutchison, Plano, TX (US);
Henry W. Neal, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
DRS Network & Imaging Systems, LLC, Melbourne, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01); G01J 5/02 (2006.01); G01J 5/08 (2006.01); G01J 5/10 (2006.01); G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/236 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); G01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G01J 5/025 (2013.01); G01J 5/0806 (2013.01); G01J 5/10 (2013.01); G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 5/001 (2013.01); G06T 5/007 (2013.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.11); H04N 21/23439 (2013.01); H04N 21/23605 (2013.01); H04N 21/23614 (2013.01); H04N 21/4348 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes receiving thermal data of a scene. The thermal data includes a plurality of frames of thermal infrared data. The method also includes generating a temperature map based on at least the thermal data. The temperature map is generated prior to a contrast enhancement process of the thermal data. The method further includes transmitting the temperature map and the thermal data concurrently in a data channel as a data stream.