A temperature measurement system of a vehicle includes a controller, a first temperature sensor associated with a first location, and a second temperature sensor associated with a second location. The temperature measurement system is calibratable based upon a comparison of a temperature of the first location and a temperature of the second location, wherein the temperature of at least one of the first location and the second location is determined after a predetermined time from an end of operation of the vehicle.

An embodiment is a temperature measuring device including a sensor that measures the temperature of a skin surface of a living body and a heat flux on the skin surface, a time constant calculation unit that calculates a time constant of changes in the temperature over time on the basis of the measurement result of the temperature, a thermal resistance derivation unit that derives the thermal resistance of the living body on the basis of the time constant, and a temperature calculation unit that calculates the internal temperature of the living body on the basis of the temperature of the skin surface and the heat flux on the skin surface measured by the sensor and the thermal resistance derived by the thermal resistance derivation unit.

A method includes collecting spectral data from fiber Bragg grating sensors distributed at locations along a fiber optic component positioned along a streamer; and analyzing the spectral data to produce measurements of bend of an axis of the streamer proximate the locations. A streamer monitoring system includes: a fiber optic component positioned along a streamer; a plurality of fiber Bragg grating sensors distributed at locations along the fiber optic component; a light source optically coupled to the fiber optic component and configured to interrogate the fiber Bragg grating sensors; a photodetector optically coupled to the fiber optic component and configured to collect spectral data from the interrogated fiber Bragg grating sensors; and a spectral analyzer in communication with the photodetector and configured to analyze the spectral data to produce measurements of bend of an axis of the streamer proximate the locations along the fiber optic component.

To obtain an imaging device that can improve temperature detection accuracy. An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a processing unit formed on a first semiconductor substrate and capable of performing predetermined image processing on the basis of image data obtained by an imaging unit, a temperature sensor formed on the first semiconductor substrate and capable of generating a detection signal according to a temperature, and a first pad electrode formed on the first semiconductor substrate and electrically insulated from a circuit formed on the first semiconductor substrate.

A method for calibrating an electronic temperature sensor connected to a mobile device. The device includes a microprocessor and memory linked to the microprocessor, to store an application coupled to a data entry interface. The temperature sensor is initially placed in a plurality of predetermined environments, where it provides an initial raw temperature value measured in each environment, and, for each of these environments, a predetermined initial temperature value corresponding to the actual temperature of this environment is entered beforehand directly into the application via the interface. The method includes in computing a calibration curve according to each predetermined initial temperature value entered from the application and according to each corresponding initial raw temperature value provided by the temperature sensor, storing in the device or in the sensor, calibration parameters determined from the calibration curve, and correcting by the calibration parameters each raw temperature value measured by the sensor.

A method is provided for characterizing junction temperatures of power diodes devices, each of the diode devices being one-to-one connected in antiparallel to each power semiconductor switching devices of a voltage source inverter having processing and measuring capability, the method including: an initialization stage, wherein a heater is thermally coupled with a heatsink and/or with a direct bonded copper element of the voltage source inverter; a temperature setting stage, wherein the temperature of the direct bonded copper element and/or the heatsink is increased up to a maximum operative temperature; a commissioning stage, wherein at each current pulse of a current pulses train sampled data are collected in a sampling period wherein the corresponding power semiconductor switching device connected with at least one of the power semiconductor diode devices is turned-off; an output stage, wherein the processor generates, from the sampled data, processed data for at least one of the power semiconductor diode devices.

A temperature sensor is provided. The temperature sensor comprises: an inductor-capacitor (LC) oscillator configured; and a look-up table stored in a memory, wherein the look-up table contains a set of frequencies as a function of ambient temperature values, wherein when the LC oscillator is calibrated to a frequency from amongst the set of frequencies, the respective ambient temperature as stored in the look-up table is retrieved.

A system for passive microwave remote sensing using at least one microwave radiometer includes a fixed body portion, the fixed body portion being configured to attach to a mobile platform, and a mobile body portion, the mobile body portion being configured for rotatably coupling with the fixed body portion for rotation about a rotation axis. The mobile body portion is configured for supporting the at least one microwave radiometer therein such that the at least one microwave radiometer rotates about the rotation axis when the mobile body portion is rotated about the rotation axis such that a polarization axis of the at least one radiometer is aligned with an earth axis. The fixed body portion includes a motor mechanism for effecting rotation of the mobile body portion such that the at least one microwave radiometer provides a vertical scanning below and above the mobile platform.

A thermal sensor circuit that includes a temperature sensing circuit, an analog to digital converter, a processor and a divider circuit. The temperature sensing circuit generates a first temperature-dependent voltage and a second temperature-dependent voltage. The analog to digital converter converts a voltage difference between the first temperature-dependent voltage and the second temperature-dependent voltage to generate a first bit stream. The processor generates a second bit stream based on a thermal coefficient, wherein the thermal coefficient is used to calibrate the thermal sensor circuit. The processor further tunes the thermal coefficient until the output bit stream is equivalent to a bit stream of a reference model. The divider circuit divides the first bit stream by a denominator value to generate an output bit stream, wherein the denominator value is determined according to a bit value of the second bit stream.

A system may include a sensing fiber that can receive interrogation data via a coil of reference fiber, the coil of reference fiber configurable to be of a same type of fiber as the sensing fiber, and the sensing fiber configurable to be coupled in series with the coil of reference fiber. A known temperature and a known strain can be received from the coil of reference fiber. The known temperature, the known strain, and the interrogation data can be outputted for calibrating a measurement of the interrogation data.