Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Infrared imaging device, vehicle having the same installed therein, and infrared image adjustment device
- Patent Title (中): 红外成像装置,其中安装相同的车辆和红外图像调节装置
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Application No.: US11030659Application Date: 2005-01-06
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Publication No.: US07030377B2Publication Date: 2006-04-18
- Inventor: Tsuyoshi Mekata , Taro Imagawa , Koji Morikawa
- Applicant: Tsuyoshi Mekata , Taro Imagawa , Koji Morikawa
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP11-7636 19990114
- Main IPC: G01J5/02
- IPC: G01J5/02

Abstract:
In an infrared imaging device, shutting means 40 is configured so that it can be opened/closed and so as to shut off an infrared radiation coming into an optical system 20 when it is closed. During an imaging operation, the shutting means 40 is opened, and the optical system 20 causes an infrared radiation from an object 70 to form an image on an infrared detector 10. The infrared detector 10 outputs a signal according to the amount of infrared light received by each pixel. Correction means 30 corrects sensitivity variations among pixels, the influence of the infrared radiation from the optical system 20, etc. During a calibration operation, the shutting means 40 is closed, and the correction means 30 determines a correction coefficient for correcting fluctuations in the amount of infrared radiation from the optical system 20 by using the output of the infrared detector 10 imaging the shutting means 40.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050133709A1 Infrared imaging device, vehicle having the same installed therein, and infrared image adjustment device Public/Granted day:2005-06-23
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