A device for detecting infrared radiation emanating from a subject while not in physical contact with the subject. The device includes a body, an infrared sensor located in the body oriented to receive the infrared radiation and to generate at least one output that corresponds to the received infrared radiation, an analog to digital converter in communication with the infrared sensor to receive the at least one output, a processor in communication with the analog to digital converter or infrared sensor to process an output of the analog to digital converter or the output of the infrared sensor, into a computed temperature of the subject, wherein the processor adjusts the computed temperature based on an emissivity of the subject, a memory module to store a first plurality of computed temperatures in a predetermined sequence; and a filter module to select a first maximum from among the first plurality of computed temperatures.

According to the disclosed embodiments, an illustrative apparatus that is configured to attach to a viewport of a container comprises a first plate having a first aperture and an attached second plate having a second aperture substantially aligned to the first aperture. The first and second plates, when attached, define a cavity from an outer edge of the first and second plates to the substantially aligned apertures. A window containment arm is pivotally affixed to at least the first plate and configured to substantially fit and pivot into and out of the cavity, and a window contained within the window containment arm is positioned such that the window substantially aligns with the first and second apertures when the window containment arm is fully pivoted into the cavity, and such that the window is accessibly located outside of the cavity when the window containment arm is pivoted out of the cavity.

A sensor network with multiple wireless communication channels and multiple sensors for surveillance is disclosed. The network may enable object detection, recognition, and tracking in a manner that balances low-power monitoring and on-demand high-speed data transferring.

A device for determining the temperature of a road building material applied by a construction machine in a placement width includes an infrared temperature measuring head, a motor and a controller. The infrared temperature measuring head is arranged to be twistable by the motor in a manner transverse to the direction of travel of the construction machine so as to scan the surface of the road building material to capture temperature measuring values of the surface of road building material during a rotational movement at a plurality of measuring points spaced apart from one another. The controller is configured to set a scanning speed as a function of a position of the measuring point.

An apparatus and method for determining a temperature in a system having an object, an optical sensor, and a gas flow passing between the object and the optical sensor, sensing, with the optical sensor, a wavelength emitted from the object and indicative of an attenuation, sensing, with the optical sensor, a wavelength emitted from the object and indicative of a temperature of at least one of the object or the gas; and calculating a temperature of the gas using the wavelengths.

There is provided a recognition system adaptable to a portable device or a wearable device. The recognition system senses a body heat using a thermal sensor, and performs functions such as the living body recognition, image denoising and body temperature prompting according to detected results.

A method of determining a temperature of a subject while not in physical contact with the subject. The method includes providing an infrared sensor oriented to receive the infrared radiation emanating from a subject and to generate at least one output that corresponds to the received infrared radiation, providing a processor to process the at least one output into a computed temperature of the subject, adjusting the computer temperature based on an emissivity of the subject, the emissivity determined at least in part by a luminance value based at least in part on an image of the subject providing a memory module to store a first plurality of computed temperatures in a predetermined sequence, and selecting a first maximum from among the first plurality of computed temperatures. A display is provided to display the temperature of the subject.

In some examples, a method for generating an interactive three-dimensional quantitative thermal heat flow mapping of an environment comprises generating a three-dimensional representation of the environment, the representation comprising multiple surfaces defining respective boundaries of the environment, generating a thermal image representing a surface temperature at multiple points on respective ones of the surfaces of the environment within the three-dimensional representation, determining a measure for an ambient temperature within the environment, determining respective measures for incident radiant temperature of the surfaces, determining respective measures for the emissivity of the surfaces, providing a measure of temperature outside of a surface, calculating, at each of the multiple points, a value for the instantaneous heat flow per unit area using the measures for surface temperature, ambient temperature within the environment and incident radiant temperature of the surfaces, and using the values for the instantaneous heat flow per unit area, and the measure of temperature outside of a surface, calculating respective measures for thermal transmittance at the multiple points.

A technique for automated temperature monitoring relies on subject recognition in combination with contactless measurement of subject temperature at one or more measurement stations, with corresponding use of trend analysis. A multiplicity of advantages flow from the use of subject recognition and corresponding trend analysis, including more reliable detection of anomalous temperatures relative to trendlines determined for individual recognized subjects, with possible compensation for group trends, local environmental factors, variability in measuring equipment, etc.

One implementation of the present disclosure is an apparatus including a mirror frame configured to support a mirror substrate that provides a reflection of one or more users in proximity of the mirror cabinet, a sensor cavity coupled to the mirror frame and configured to support a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the one or more users in proximity to the mirror cabinet, and a controller configured to analyze data received from the temperature sensor.