| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 702134000 | By radiant energy | 44 |
| 20080208514 | Threat Launch Detection System and Method - A threat launch detection system includes at least one temporal threat detector, each temporal threat detector including a single sensing element operable to sense radiation from various types of short-burn threats that occur within a field of view of the detector. The single sensing element generates a detection signal in response to the sensed radiation. A processing circuit is coupled to each temporal threat detector and is operable to analyze the detection signal from each detector as a function of time to detect the occurrence of a short-burn threat within the field of view of any of the temporal threat detectors. Each temporal threat detector may be a prism-coupled compound parabolic concentrator (PCCP). | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080306705 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A DEFECT AND/OR OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF A SYSTEM - An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to determine whether a component of a system is defective and/or malfunctioning. Additionally or alternatively, data from a first detector may be determined to be accurate using non-orthogonally related data outputted by a second detector. Both types of determinations may be made with minimal or no false indications, which lowers the cost of operating the system being monitored. Embodiments of the invention may also be configured to forecast and/or prevent accidents and/or damage to the system being monitored by predicting whether a defect and/or a malfunction will occur | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090037135 | Radiation Thermometer - A radiation thermometer comprising a radiation detector and an optical input path arranged to direct radiation from an object of interest to the radiation detector is disclosed. The radiation detector is adapted to output a signal related to the radiation received from the object of interest, and a processor is adapted to generate temperature measurements from the signal. Filtering means are provided in the optical input path which are arranged to block radiation having a wavelength between approximately 0.92 and 0.98 microns. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090177432 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME MEASUREMENT OF SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURES FOR USE IN SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH AND WAFER PROCESSING - The invention is an optical method and apparatus for measuring the temperature of semiconductor substrates in real-time, during thin film growth and wafer processing. Utilizing the nearly linear dependence of the interband optical absorption edge on temperature, the present method and apparatus result in highly accurate measurement of the absorption edge in diffuse reflectance and transmission geometry, in real time, with sufficient accuracy and sensitivity to enable closed loop temperature control of wafers during film growth and processing. The apparatus operates across a wide range of temperatures covering all of the required range for common semiconductor substrates. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090210191 | EMISSIVITY INDEPENDENT NON-CONTACT HIGH TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for determining the temperature of an object without physically contacting the object. The method involves reading a spectral radiation of the object over a plurality of wavelengths to obtain a set of radiation data related to a temperature of the object. A known characteristic of a black body is determined at a plurality of predetermined, different test temperatures. The spectral data and the characteristic of the black body at the various test temperatures are used to calculate a temperature of the object. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090228234 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A temperature measurement apparatus includes a light source; a first splitter that splits a light beam into a measurement beam and a reference beam; a reference beam reflector that reflects the reference beam; an optical path length adjustor; a second splitter that splits the reflected reference beam into a first reflected reference beam and a second reflected reference beam; a first photodetector that measures an interference between the first reflected reference beam and a reflected measurement beam obtained by the measurement beam reflected from a target object; a second photodetector that measures an intensity of the second reflected reference beam; and a temperature calculation unit. The temperature calculation unit calculates a location of the interference by subtracting an output signal of the second photodetector from an output signal of the first photodetector, and calculates a temperature of the target object from the calculated location of the interference. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090248350 | Exhaust Gas Temperature Analysis Apparatus, Method, and Program - A method for analyzing a temperature of exhaust gas includes calculating an approximate temperature at least one time by fitting a measured spectrum to a portion of theoretical spectra defined in association with a first temperature range using a temperature determined in the an immediately previous preceding temperature analysis as a reference, and then determining a calculated temperature by fitting the measured spectrum to all the theoretical spectra over a second temperature range that is narrower than the first temperature range, using the approximate temperature as a reference. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100274523 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME MEASUREMENT OF SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURES FOR USE IN SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH AND WAFER PROCESSING - The invention is an optical method and apparatus for measuring the temperature of semiconductor substrates in real-time, during thin film growth and wafer processing. Utilizing the nearly linear dependence of the interband optical absorption edge on temperature, the present method and apparatus result in highly accurate measurement of the absorption edge in diffuse reflectance and transmission geometry, in real time, with sufficient accuracy and sensitivity to enable closed loop temperature control of wafers during film growth and processing. The apparatus operates across a wide range of temperatures covering all of the required range for common semiconductor substrates. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100292950 | RADIATION THERMOMETRY AND RADIATION THERMOMETRY SYSTEM - With proposed radiation thermometry and radiation thermometry system ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110119019 | EMISSIVITY INDEPENDENT NON-CONTACT HIGH TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus for determining a temperature of an object without contacting the object. An etalon filter may be used to receive spectral radiation of the object over a plurality of wavelengths and to generate a spectral output signal. A linear array detector may be used that is responsive to the spectral output signal from the etalon filter and adapted to generate an output indicative of the spectral radiation at each of one of the plurality of wavelengths. An actuator may be used that controls movement of one element of the etalon filter to assist in generating the output. A processor may be used which is responsive to the output of the linear array detector and which analyzes a known characteristic of a black body at a plurality of test temperatures, against the output of the linear array detector, to determine a specific temperature of the object. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110178758 | INTEGRATED PART TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - Exemplary embodiments include a portable articulated arm coordinate measurement machine, including a manually positionable articulated arm having opposed first and second ends, the arm including a plurality of connected arm segments, each of the arm segments including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal, a measurement device attached to a first end of the articulated arm coordinate measurement machine, an electronic circuit for receiving the position signals from the transducers and for providing data corresponding to a position of the measurement device, at least one sensor element, which is disposed on the articulated arm coordinate measurement machine, that is responsive to electromagnetic radiation and produces an electrical signal in response to a temperature of an object and an electronic system that converts the electrical signal into a temperature value. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120010846 | HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION FIBER OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR - High resolution distributed temperature sensors using fiber optic distributed temperature sensing systems deployed on various carriers to significantly improve spatial resolution and provide high resolution temperature profile and detection of fluid or fluid interface levels. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120029864 | Photoluminescent Temperature Sensor Utilizing Singular Element for Excitation and Photodetection - A photoluminescent temperature sensing device and method utilizing a semi-conductor optical device adapted to operate as both a light-emitting device and a light detection device. The optical device emits a pulse of incident light, producing photoluminescent light that is received at the optical device. Signal information associated with a temperature-dependent characteristic of the photoluminescent light is created and temperature information if obtained from the signal information. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120084045 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a temperature measuring method which can accurately measure a temperature of an object to be measured compared to a conventional method, even if a thin film is formed on the object. The temperature measuring method includes: transmitting a light from a light source to a measurement point of an object to be measured, the object being a substrate on which a thin film is formed; measuring a first interference wave caused by a reflected light from a surface of the substrate, and a second interference wave caused by reflected lights from an interface between the substrate and the thin film and from a rear surface of the thin film; calculating an optical path length from the first interference wave to the second interference wave; calculating a film thickness of the thin film based on an intensity of the second interference wave; calculating an optical path difference between an optical path length of the substrate and the calculated optical path length, based on the calculated film thickness of the thin film; compensating for the optical path length from the first interference wave to the second interference wave based on the calculated optical path difference; and calculating a temperature of the object at the measurement point based on the compensated optical path length. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120303313 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD OF MEASURING TEMPERATURE PROFILE, RECORDING MEDIUM AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A temperature measurement apparatus for measuring a temperature profile of a substrate mounted on a rotating table, including a radiation temperature measurement unit configured to measure the temperature of plural temperature measurement areas on a surface of the rotating table in a radius direction of the rotating table by scanning the surface of the rotating table in the radius direction; a temperature map generating unit that specifies the address of the temperature measurement area based on the number of the temperature measurement areas measured by the radiation temperature measurement unit for each of the scanning operations in the radius direction of the rotating table, and the rotating speed of the rotating table, and stores the temperature in correspondence with the corresponding address in a storing unit; and a temperature data display processing unit that displays a temperature profile of the rotating table. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130041615 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying Information About Spatially Unresolved Objects in Hyperspectral Images - A method and apparatus for identifying information about objects. Radiant intensity measurements for an object are identified from sensor data for a plurality of bands of electromagnetic radiation. The object has parts. A system of equations that includes the radiant intensity measurements is generated. The system of equations is solved to identify information about each part in the parts of the object. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130066585 | PREDICTED MEAN VOTE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a PMV estimating device calculates a PMV value from an average room radiation temperature, room temperature, room humidity, room air velocity, an amount of cloth worn by a person in the room, and an amount of activity of the person in the room. The PMV estimating device includes: indoor solar radiation calculator; solar radiated article temperature estimator; and average radiation temperature estimator. The indoor solar radiation calculator calculates an amount of solar radiation entered into the room. The solar radiated article temperature estimator estimates a temperature of a solar radiated article receiving the solar radiation entered into the room, by using the amount of solar radiation entered into the room calculated by the indoor solar radiation calculator. The average radiation temperature estimator estimates the average room radiation temperature by using the temperature of the solar radiated article estimated by the solar radiated article temperature estimator. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20150025832 | METHOD FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE OF FILM IN REACTION CHAMBER - A method for measuring a temperature of a film in a reaction chamber is provided. The method includes: obtaining reflectivity sampling data R of a sampling point set in a detection area of the film for light with a wavelength λ, and thermal radiation value sampling data E of the sampling point set; obtaining a first correction factor α and a second correction factor γ according to values of at least two sampling data groups, wherein 0<α≦1, 0≦γ≦1; obtaining a blackbody radiation value L | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150355030 | EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR INTENSITY-TEMPERATURE TRANSFORMATION OF IMAGING SYSTEM - A process is provided for estimating temperatures in an enclosure during a combustion process. An association is determined between an intensity of an image pixel of a field of view (FOV) generated by an image-capturing device, a temperature measurement, and device settings of the image-capturing device. An on-line intensity-temperature calibration is performed based on the association between the intensity of the image pixel and the corresponding temperature in the FOV in the enclosure. The intensity of the corresponding image is transformed to the temperature based on intensity-temperature calibration related to the device settings of the image-capturing device. Using a computer processor, the need for maintenance of the image-capturing device is determined based on degradation of the intensity-temperature calibration. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160178442 | Fully-differential amplification for pyrometry | 06-23-2016 |
| 702135000 | Infrared | 24 |
| 20080228427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING BEARINGS - A system to facilitate reducing false train stops includes an infrared sensor that is coupled to a processing unit. The processing unit is programmed to receive inputs from the sensor, generate a bearing profile using the received inputs, classify the bearing profile as at least one of a typical bearing profile and an atypical bearing profile, and if the bearing profile is classified as a typical bearing profile, analyze the typical bearing profile to determine if at least a portion of the typical bearing profile meets the alarm criteria. A method of reducing train stops and generating maintenance alerts are also described herein. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090254298 | DETERMINATION OF A SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF A COOLING BODY - In order to determine at least one surface temperature of an outside of a cooling body ( | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100100352 | Method and Device for Characterizing, Using Active Pyrometry, a Thin-Layer Material Arranged on a Substrate - The present invention relates to a method for characterizing a material using active pyrometry. The material comprises at least one thin surface layer arranged on a thick substrate. The present invention heats the surface (Z | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100179785 | Temperature Measurement Instruments and Methods for Identifying a Selected Target Area - Temperature measurement instruments and methods are provided for visually identifying a selected area of a target with a light beam. After imaging infrared radiation from a measurement area on a target, a selected area satisfying a temperature criterion is determined. An actuator system moves a light beam relative to the instrument and measurement area to visually identify the selected area. In some embodiments the actuator system may repeatedly move the light beam to visually identify the selected area of the target as the instrument is moved and the selected area's position changes within the measurement area. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100292951 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THERMAL RADIATION TO DETERMINE TEMPERATURE AND EMISSIVITY OF AN OBJECT - A system and method are disclosed that determines the emissivity and temperature of a target object. A compact emitter capable of sequentially emitting blackbody-like radiation at two different temperatures is used to determine the target object's emissivity and temperature. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100292952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACCURACY OF AN INFRARED THERMOMETER MEASUREMENT - A system and method for determining whether a temperature measurement made with an infrared thermometer is accurate is disclosed. An infrared sensor array is used to detect infrared radiation from a target object. By analyzing the relative values of output signals from the individual sensor elements, a determination can be made whether radiation from the target object sufficiently fills the field of view of the detecting element of the instrument. A temperature measurement is considered accurate if this criteria is met. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110040518 | NON-CONTACT FREEZING TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION - A method and device for determining the freezing temperature of an ice-water mixture on a road surface. Reference measurements of ice-to-water ratios in dependence on road temperatures for different salt contents of reference ice-water mixtures are provided to the device. The thickness of a water layer on the road surface is detected and the thickness of an ice layer of the road surface is detected by the device and method. From the detected thickness of the water layer and the detected thickness of the ice layer, an ice-to-water ratio of the ice-water mixture is determined. The temperature of the road surface is also detected. The freezing temperature of the ice-water mixture is determined by the device and method from the determined ice-to-water ratio and the detected temperature by means of the provided reference measurements. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110106484 | THERMOMETER FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ANIMAL'S EAR DRUM AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A thermometer for determining the temperature of an animal's ear drum. The thermometer includes a probe, an infrared-radiation detector adapted to receive infrared radiation emitted by the ear drum, and devices that help insure that the probe is disposed in a desired position in the ear canal so as to optimize the infrared radiation received from the ear drum, and to minimize the infrared radiation received from other ear parts. A method of using the thermometer is also disclosed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110119020 | Apparatus and Method For Measurement of the Film Cooling Effect Produced By Air Cooled Gas Turbine Components - A method for measurement of a film cooling effect is disclosed. Film cooling is a technique developed to protect gas turbine engine components from the extremely high temperatures created during its operation. A controlled air pressure is ducted into the hollow interior of the component and the mass rate of air flowing through the plurality of film cooling features or openings is measured. A coolant is then injected into the hollow interior of the component and allowed to flow out of a film cooling feature onto the heated outer surface of the component. The resulting infrared signature is a measure of the relative cooling effect generated by the individual film cool feature. The film cooling effect for an individual feature is quantified as the proportion of mass rate of airflow contributed by its relative individual cooling effect. The area, location and shape of the cooling effect are further classified to determine the degree of conformance to its design intent. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110301910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADIANCE EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT - Radiance efficiency measurement. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium includes executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to calculate, based on input radiation data, which is based on radiation from a radiation source, a difference of a radiance of the radiation source and a radiance of a background to the radiation source. The one or more processors are further caused to calculate, based on the difference, a transmissivity of the radiation source such that the calculated transmissivity of the radiation source is defined for flare combustion temperatures. The one or more processors are further caused to output the transmissivity of the radiation source. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120065924 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR SURFACE TYPE DETECTION IN CONNECTION WITH LOCATE AND MARKING OPERATIONS - Systems, methods, and apparatus for performing surface type detection in connection with locate and marking operations. In some embodiments, one or more sensors (e.g., radiation sensors, acoustic sensors, color sensors, light sensors, etc.) may be employed to collect information regarding a surface, such as a ground surface on which marking material is to be dispensed to mark the presence or absence of an underground facility. The collected sensor data may be analyzed to provide an estimate of a type of the surface that is being sensed. For example, a still-image or video camera may be used as a sensor that detects visible light reflecting from a surface. One or more images of the surface captured by the camera may be analyzed using some suitable image analysis software to identify one or more characteristics (e.g., color, intensity, randomness, presence/absence of lines, etc.) that may be indicative of a surface type. As another example, one or more radiation sensors may be employed to measure an amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected by the sensed surface one or more selected wavelengths or ranges of wavelengths to identify a spectral signature that may also be indicative of a surface type. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120095720 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Unsafe Conditions - A device can be made operable to distinguish between materials impinging on a predefined area based at least in part on differentials within sets of data indicative of measurable characteristics of the materials impinging on the defined area. Such a device can trigger a protection mechanism based at least in part on identification of such differentials. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120101769 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A HIGH-TEMPERATURE REGION OF INTEREST IN A TURBINE ENGINE | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120123732 | AN AIR CONDITIONER - Disclosed is an air conditioner with spatial recognition and detection functions for deciding room shape by determining, based on temperature difference information between the floor and walls occurring during air conditioning operation, a human body detection position log, and a capacity zone of the air conditioner. In an embodiment, an infrared sensor detects a temperature of an area of the room by scanning the area and a control unit acquires thermal image data of the area scanned by the infrared sensor and then calculates a temperature of a wall of the room from the acquired thermal image data. The control unit detects a human body in the room from the thermal image data, calculates a distance between the body and the wall, and calculates a radiation temperature from the wall for the body based on the calculated temperature of the wall and the distance between the body and the wall. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120265479 | SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM LASER TRACKER THAT COOPERATES WITH A REMOTE SENSOR - A method of measuring with a coordinate measurement device and a target sensor a sense characteristic and a surface set associated with the sense characteristic, the method including the steps of: providing the target sensor having a body, a first retroreflector, a sensor, and a sensor processor, providing the coordinate measurement device, sending the first beam of light from the coordinate measurement device to the first retroreflector; receiving the second beam of light from the first retroreflector; measuring the orientational set and the translational set, the translational set based at least in part on the second beam of light; determining the surface set; sensing the sense characteristic; and saving the surface set and the sense characteristic. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120296599 | TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A temperature sensing system used to test the temperature of a surface of a to-be-tested object includes an image capturing unit to capture an image of a base supporting the to-be-tested object. A host obtains and displays the captured image, and maps the image to a coordinate system. Each point of the image corresponds to a coordinate of the coordinate system. The host further determines the coordinate of a selected point of the displayed image. A temperature sensing unit senses the temperature of the surface of the to-be-tested object according to the coordinate of the selected point of the displayed image. A method for sensing the temperature of surface of a to-be-tested object is also provided. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130018626 | NON-CONTACT TYPE TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICE WITH CONSTANT DISTANCE MEASUREMENT AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD THEREOFAANM CHI; Yu-ChiaoAACI TaipeiAACO TWAAGP CHI; Yu-Chiao Taipei TWAANM CHEN; Chiung-HsienAACI TaipeiAACO TWAAGP CHEN; Chiung-Hsien Taipei TW - A non-contact type temperature sensing device includes an emitting unit, a detecting unit and a single chip microprocessor. The emitting unit emits a signal to a temperature-measured body. The detecting unit receiving a reflected signal emitted by the emitting unit and reflected by the temperature-measured body. The single chip microprocessor is electrically connected to the emitting unit and the detecting unit. The single chip microprocessor determines a measuring distance between non-contact type temperature sensing device and the temperature-measured body according to the reflected signal. When the measuring distance is located within a preset measuring range, the single chip microprocessor outputs an enabling signal of measuring temperature. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130191066 | Dynamic Electric Power Line Monitoring System - A device and method of precise distance measurement of a transmission line to any object below it is disclosed, along with a network of such devices. The technique employs ultrasonic or laser sensor technology to measure the distance to the nearest object, be it vegetation or a crossing conductor below, and reports that distance wirelessly to the system operator or transmission asset owner. The ultrasonic measurement package may be part of a Transmission Line Security Monitor, which mounts to a transmission line conductor and is powered by the transmission line, transmitting the data by radio links. The technology is equally applicable to encroachment of objects from the side (for example, other transmission lines), as well as to other electrical lines, such as distribution lines, or to other sensing. A built-in transceiver allows the device to communicate with other devices and forward alerts from these devices in a daisy-chain fashion to the intended recipient. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130197855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE TEMPERATURE OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method for determining a location of a temperature measurement at a flow plane of a gas turbine engine. The method may include using a camera to capture at least one image of a temperature sensor disposed in the flow plane. The method may further include analyzing the image in a processing unit to obtain location data indicating a location of the temperature sensor. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130204570 | CELLULAR TELEPHONE AND CAMERA THERMOMETERS - Systems and methods for sensing temperatures of objects using mobile devices and more particularly for sensing the temperature of children using smart cellular telephones and/or cameras with infrared thermal sensors. The sensed temperatures can be output via user interfaces of the mobile devices. However, this abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to limit the claims. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130289929 | System And Method For Determining Accuracy Of An Infrared Thermometer Measurement - A system and method for determining whether a temperature measurement made with an infrared thermometer is accurate is disclosed. An infrared sensor array is used to detect infrared radiation from a target object. By analyzing the relative values of output signals from the individual sensor elements, a determination can be made whether radiation from the target object sufficiently fills the field of view of the detecting element of the instrument. A temperature measurement is considered accurate if this criteria is met. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140222367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING SENSORS IN THERMOSTATS - Provided according to one or more embodiments is a thermostat having a housing, the housing including a forward-facing surface, the thermostat comprising a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor disposed inside the housing for sensing occupancy in the vicinity of the thermostat. The PIR motion sensor has a radiation receiving surface and is able to detect the lateral movement of an occupant in front of the forward-facing surface of the housing. The thermostat further comprises a grille member having one or more openings and included along the forward-facing surface of the housing, the grille member being placed over the radiation receiving surface of the PIR motion sensor. The grille member is configured and dimensioned to visually conceal and protect the PIR motion sensor disposed inside the housing, the visual concealment promoting a visually pleasing quality of the thermostat, while at the same time permitting the PIR motion sensor to effectively detect the lateral movement of the occupant. In one embodiment, the grille member openings are slit-like openings oriented along a substantially horizontal direction. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20160109148 | TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A temperature distribution display device is provided to make it possible to identify a person and framework easily and to make a temperature distribution comparison correctly among plural heat images. Based on space data regarding the size of an air-conditioned space and operation capability data regarding the operation capability of an air conditioner, a target temperature range calculation unit calculates a temperature range from a maximum heating start framework temperature, at which the air conditioner starts a heating operation at the maximum power autonomously, to a maximum cooling start framework temperature, at which the air conditioner starts a cooling operation at the maximum power autonomously, as a target temperature range, within the range of possible framework temperatures of the framework constituting interior planes of the air-conditioned space. A display color assignment unit assigns display colors respectively to individual temperatures included in the target temperature range. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160252399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MATERIAL THERMAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT BY FLASH THERMAL IMAGING | 09-01-2016 |
