Abstract:
An apparatus configured to sense presence and motion in a monitored space is presented. The apparatus includes a dual-element assembly with a first thermal sensing element and a second thermal sensing element configured to produce a direct current output that is sustained at a level substantially proportional to an amount of thermal energy being received at the thermal sensing elements. A lens array (or equivalent optics) is coupled to the elements, having a plurality of lenses directing incident thermal energy from a plurality of optically-defined spatial zones onto the sensing elements. An electronic circuitry is configured to read a resulting signal of the dual-element assembly and an individual output signal of each the first thermal sensing element and the second thermal sensing element.
Abstract:
A measuring apparatus (1) is provided comprising a detector device for detecting a variable to be measured, and control means (19) operative to control the detector means and generate an output signal indicative of the magnitude of the variable being measured. The detector means comprises a housing (3) on which are mounted two Peltier-Seebeck detectors (11, 13), the detectors (11, 13) being arranged on the housing (3) such that only the first Peltier-Seebeck detector (11) is exposed, in use, to the variable to be measured. The control means (19) being operative to generate the output signal based on the output of the first Peltier-Seebeck detector (11) and the output of the second Peltier-Seebeck detector (13) The output signal generated therefore accounts for the effect of the ambient heat on each Peltier-Seebeck detector (11, 13).
Abstract:
A light guide tube (15) which guides an infrared radiation from a measured object, a 1st infrared sensor (10) which detects the infrared radiation from the light guide tube (15), a temperature sensor (12) which generates a reference temperature signal, a reference cavity (17) which shows a temperature status approximately the same as the temperature status of the light guide tube (15) and is closed so as to prevent the incidence of an external infrared radiation, a 2nd infrared sensor (11) which detects an infrared radiation from the reference cavity (17), a temperature calculating means (13) which calculates the temperature of the object in accordance with the signals from the 1st infrared sensor (10), the 2nd infrared radiation sensor (11) and the temperature sensor (12) and a display (14) which displays the temperature in accordance with a signal from the temperature calculating means (13) are provided. The diameter of at least one of the light guide tube (15) and the reference cavity (17) is gradually reduced from the side of the 1st and 2nd infrared sensors (10 and 11) toward the light incidence opening of the light guide tube (15).
Abstract:
A system for locating inflamed plaque in an artery of a patient includes a catheter with an expander mounted at a catheter distal end. An infrared carrier, e.g., an optical fiber is mounted on the catheter with a carrier distal end attached to the expander. A sensor is connected to a carrier proximal end to measure infrared radiation transmitted through the carrier from the carrier distal end. In use, the expander is operable to selectively move the carrier distal end into contact with the arterial wall. Infrared radiation can then be measured to determine the temperature at the arterial wall. Temperatures at various locations can be taken, with elevated temperatures being indicative of inflamed plaque.
Abstract:
A noncontact infrared tympanic thermometer which does not require environmental stabilization or waveguide temperature control because it utilizes an optically stabilized infrared detector for detecting the infrared energy emitted by the tympanic membrane. This stability is accomplished by locating a neutral density filter (164) over half of the optical aperture (162) of the detector package (16) such that the neutral density filter (164) ''shadows'' only one of two thermopile channels (163) for detecting the infrared energy emitted by the tympanic membrane. The two thermopile channels (163) are connected in series opposition such that any optical signal equally present in both channels will yield a zero net output. Since the infrared energy emitted by the walls (161) of the detector package (16) reach each detector (163) equally, the effects of these emissions on the temperature measurement are eliminated.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft einen Strahlungssensoranordnung (21), umfassend einen Strahlungssensor (2), umfassend ein freitragendes Element (5), welches einen optischen Absorber (6) und eine Widerstandsstruktur (3) umfasst und eine Haltestruktur (4), welche das freitragende Element (5) in einem Abstand zu einem Substrat (1) hält und welche eine Verbindung zwischen dem freitragenden Element (5) und dem Substrat (1) darstellt, sowie eine Auswerteeinheit zur Ermittlung einer absorbierten Strahlung aus der Änderung eines elektrischen Widerstands der Widerstandsstruktur (3) gekennzeichnet durch eine wellenlängenselektive Auslegung des optischen Absorbers (6).
Abstract:
A detector assembly (300, 500) includes a dewar chamber (102, 502) having an aperture (108, 510) and an infrared radiation detector (106, 514). The detector assembly also includes a mirror (304, 400, 410, 504) disposed adjacent the aperture of the dewar chamber, where the mirror has a reflective surface (306, 604) and an emitting region (305, 402, 412, 606) facing the aperture. The infrared radiation detector is configured to detect first radiation and second radiation from the mirror. The first radiation originates from at least one relatively cold surface in the dewar chamber and reflects off the reflective surface of the mirror. The second warm radiation originates from at least one relatively warm surface at or behind the emitting region. The infrared radiation detector is also configured to detect an artifact (122, 712, 722, 802) caused by a particle (110) in the dewar chamber that blocks a portion of the first or second radiation.
Abstract:
A semiconductor sensor system, in particular a bolometer, includes a substrate, an electrode supported by the substrate, an absorber spaced apart from the substrate, a voltage source, and a current source. The electrode can include a mirror, or the system may include a mirror separate from the electrode. Radiation absorption efficiency of the absorber is based on a minimum gap distance between the absorber and mirror. The current source applies a DC current across the absorber structure to produce a signal indicative of radiation absorbed by the absorber structure. The voltage source powers the electrode to produce a modulated electrostatic field acting on the absorber to modulate the minimum gap distance. The electrostatic field includes a DC component to adjust the absorption efficiency, and an AC component that cyclically drives the absorber to negatively interfere with noise in the signal.
Abstract:
The invention provides a sensor including a first sensor element (105) formed in a first substrate (110) and at least one optical element formed in a second substrate, the first and second substrates being configured relative to one another such that the second substrate forms a cap (115) over the first sensor element. The cap (115) includes a dif tractive optical element and an aperture stop (901) which collectively determine the wavelength of incident radiation (125) that is allowed through the cap (115) and onto the element (105).