US 12,279,028 B2
Image sensor and thermal camera device, system and method
Justin McAllister, Seattle, WA (US); Jefferson McBride, Edmonds, WA (US); Gabriel Eduardo Torres, Seattle, WA (US); and David Swartzendruber, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to AgEagle Aerial, Inc., Wichita, KS (US)
Filed by AgEagle Aerial, Inc., Wichita, KS (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/744,539.
Application 18/744,539 is a continuation of application No. 17/299,258, granted, now 12,028,588, previously published as PCT/US2019/064296, filed on Dec. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,812, filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,814, filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/774,815, filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2025/0088721 A1, Mar. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 5/02 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); G01J 5/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 23/11 (2023.01) [G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01J 5/02 (2013.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G01J 2003/2826 (2013.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30188 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
thermal imaging circuitry, which, in operation, executes a sequence of thermal image capture cycles to capture a sequence of thermal images;
spectral imaging circuitry, which, in operation, executes a sequence of spectral image capture cycles to capture a sequence of spectral images;
inertial motion sensing circuitry, which, in operation, generates data indicative of relative movement of the device; and
control circuitry, coupled to the thermal imaging circuitry, to the spectral imaging circuitry, and to the inertial motion sensing circuitry, wherein the control circuitry, in operation:
synchronizes execution of spectral image capture cycles by the spectral imaging circuitry with execution of thermal image capture cycles by the thermal imaging circuitry; and
estimates a pose of a thermal image of the sequence of thermal images based on the data indicative of relative movement of the device.