A method for evaluating a companion pet food is provided. The method comprises providing at least a first and a second pet food to a companion animal, taking one or more noncontact thermal measurements of the companion animal while interacting with the first and second pet foods, and comparing the measurements. Kits, systems and/or computer media for carrying out the method form further aspects of the invention.

The invention discloses a temperature measuring device adopting a plurality of infrared sensors and its method. The temperature measuring device consists of a housing, a main control circuit board unit set in the housing, a power supply unit and an infrared sensor set at the head of the housing, wherein the main control circuit board unit is a main control circuit board, and a main control Microcontroller Unit, a signal acquisition circuit, a display screen, a power supply and a control key integrated in the main control circuit board. The method is to calculate and output the accurate target temperature through infrared sensors combined with Microcontroller Unit, at the same time, it can effectively identify such as abnormality of measurement area, abnormality of user measurement method and so as to improve the effectiveness of measurement results.

A thermal sensor package for earbuds includes two thermopile sensor elements on a single thermopile sensor chip, and the two thermopile sensor elements are separated by a block wall of a cap. One of the thermopile sensor elements senses external infrared thermal radiation through a window of the cap, and the other thermopile sensor element senses internal infrared thermal radiation from a package structure as a basis for correcting compensation. Therefore, the foregoing thermal sensor package for earbuds can quickly correct a measurement error caused by the package structure to improve the measurement accuracy. In addition, the forgoing thermal sensor package for earbuds has a simple packaging step and is easy to arrange a silicon based infrared lens to expand its application.

A fever-causing disease outbreak detection system for an early warning of the outbreak of an infectious disease. The system uses an array of infrared detectors to measure the temperatures of individuals in a population. The measured temperatures are used to create a measured population temperature distribution. A central control unit generates a predicted population temperature distribution using environmental data such as local atmospheric conditions and compares the predicted population temperature distribution to the measured population temperature distribution. If an outbreak is detected, an alert is issued.

A face recognition body temperature measuring apparatus includes a communication module receiving a video image and a thermal image obtained by simultaneously imaging at least one target object from a camera module, a memory storing a body temperature measurement program for measuring a body temperature by using the video image and the thermal image, and a processor executing the program.

A fever-causing disease outbreak detection system for an early warning of the outbreak of an infectious disease. The system uses an array of infrared detectors to measure the temperatures of individuals in a population. The measured temperatures are used to create a measured population temperature distribution. A central control unit generates a predicted population temperature distribution using environmental data such as local atmospheric conditions and compares the predicted population temperature distribution to the measured population temperature distribution. If an outbreak is detected, an alert is issued.

A temperature-sensing face covering, such as a face shield, with a temperature sensor and display unit therein to provide for hands free temperature readings that go wherever the individual goes and continue to measure the individual's temperature throughout the day. The temperature-sensing face covering is simple and does not require the sites of work or other places to have any additional equipment, and provides continual readings that could very easily change throughout the day and be missed because at the beginning of the day the individual did not have a fever.

A body temperature monitoring device includes a strap connector and a temperature measurement module mounted to the strap connector. A strap fitting portion of the strap connector is provided with a snap groove fitted with the mask strap. The temperature measurement module is provided on a skin fitting portion of the strap connector.

A temperature sensor comprises a temperature sensing element, a protective housing, and a heat transfer element. The temperature sensing element transduces a sensed temperature into an electrical output signal. The protective housing at least partly encases the temperature sensing element. The heat transfer element has an outer surface in heat conductive contact with an inner wall of the protective housing and receives at least a part of the temperature sensing element. The heat transfer element is formed separately from the temperature sensing element.

A temperature measuring device includes at least one first distance sensing unit and a second distance sensing unit for outputting first and second distance sensing signals, respectively; a temperature sensing unit for outputting a temperature sensing signal; a display unit for displaying the temperature measurement value; and a micro processing unit for receiving the first and the second distance sensing signals, and then determining, according to the first and the second distance sensing signals, whether the display unit displays the temperature measurement value calculated according to the temperature sensing signal. As a result, the at least two distance sensing units are used to prevent the temperature measuring device from executing the temperature measurement when the sensing unit of the thermometer obliquely points to a to-be-sensed part of a to-be-measured target to cause a large measurement angle.