A wearable device includes: a base to be worn on a head of a user; a first sensor that is provided to the base to be at a distance from a surface of the user's head and measures a first signal relating to a temperature of the surface of the user's head; an estimation circuit that estimates a body temperature of the user based on the first signal; and a display that presents the body temperature of the user estimated by the estimation circuit.

A thermographic camera control method includes periodically correcting a display temperature of a temperature distribution image at a first interval; and acquiring the temperature distribution image by periodically imaging a temperature measurement target by the thermographic camera at a second interval. The acquiring the temperature distribution image includes imaging the temperature measurement target after elapse of a standby time. The standby time is shorter than the second interval and starts from the correcting the display temperature.

A method comprises capturing outputs of a VLC and an infrared array sensor (IAS). A memory includes a calibration based on a position of a laser pointer relative to the IAS. The method includes the laser pointer outputting a light beam to produce a laser dot on a target. The output of the VLC includes a representation of the laser dot. The output of the IAS includes values indicative of infrared radiation from the target. The method includes determining a temperature based on a portion of the values indicative of infrared radiation from the target. The portion of the values includes values associated with a portion of the target at which the laser dot is produced. The method includes displaying, on the display, the output of the VLC and the temperature. Displaying the output of the VLC includes displaying a visible light image showing the laser dot and at least a portion of the target.

An information processing apparatus includes: an information receiver configured to receive imaging data output from an imaging device; and a processing unit configured to generate a color image based on the received imaging data and control a display device to display the generated color image. The processing unit generates a detection frame constituted as plural regions based on the imaging data, controls the display device to display the generated detection frame as being superimposed on the color image, and displays a temperature for each of the plural regions.

A method includes capturing and scaling VLC and an IAS outputs to generate a scaled VLC output and a scaled thermal output (STO), aligning the scaled VLC output to the STO to generate an aligned image based on the scaled VLC output and the STO, determining alignment value(s) based on the aligned image, a laser pointer outputting a light beam to produce a laser dot on a target, and capturing a further output of the VLC. The method includes displaying the further output of the VLC (including a representation of the laser dot (RLD)), and an alignment marker, shifting the alignment marker and/or the RLD to a common position; determining coordinate(s) of the output of the IAS based on coordinate(s) of the further output of the VLC where the alignment marker and the RLD are shown at the common position; and storing the coordinate(s) of the output of the IAS.

A position locating system that locates relative position information between a marine vessel and a trailer includes a wave signal generator located on a first object that is one of the marine vessel and the trailer to emit wave signals from at least three different positions having known relative positional relationships with each other, a wave signal receiver located a second object that is the other of the marine vessel and the trailer to receive the wave signal emitted from each of the positions of the wave signal generator, and a position locator configured or programmed to locate relative position information between the marine vessel and the trailer that includes at least a direction of the second object as viewed from the first object based on the wave signal from each of the positions received by the wave signal receiver.

A device (20) for detecting a temperature on a surface (15) of an optical element (14) for semiconductor lithography. The device includes an optical element (14) having a face (16) irradiated with electromagnetic radiation (7, 8, 43), a temperature recording device (21), and a temperature controlled element (22) configured to be temperature-controlled and arranged so that the predominant proportion of the intensity of the thermal radiation (25.2) detected by the temperature recording device and reflected by reflection at the surface of the optical element is emitted by the temperature-controlled element.

Also disclosed are an installation (1) for producing a surface (15) of an optical element (14) for semiconductor lithography and a method for producing a surface (15) of an optical element (14) of a projection exposure apparatus (30), wherein the surface is temperature-controlled and the surface temperature is detected during the temperature control.

A system and method for monitoring a device includes a temperature sensor, a processing unit, and an output unit. The temperature sensor acquires a temperature measurement during a heat-up phase of a component and provides a temperature measurement to the processing unit, which selects a simulated transient temperature distribution of the simulated component of the simulated device from a plurality of simulated transient temperature distributions of the simulated component of the simulated device. The selection comprises a comparison of the at least one temperature measurement with the plurality of simulated transient temperature distributions at an equivalent time point in the simulated heat-up to a time point at which the temperature measurement was acquired. When a hot spot is developing an output unit outputs an indication of a fault associated with the component.

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, a rangefinder located in the body to generate at least one output that corresponds to a distance between the device and the subject, an ambient sensor to determine ambient temperature and to generate at least one output that corresponds to the ambient temperature, an analog to digital converter in communication with the infrared sensor, the rangefinder, and/or the ambient sensor, to receive the at least one output, a processor in communication with the analog to digital converter, the infrared sensor, the rangefinder, and/or the ambient sensor to process an output of the analog to digital converter, the at least one output of the infrared sensor, the at least one output of the rangefinder, and/or the at least one output of the ambient sensor, into a computed temperature of the subject. The processor adjusts the computed temperature based on the ambient temperature and the distance between the device and the subject corresponding to a maximum computed temperature of the subject. The device includes a display to show the temperature of the subject that is based at least in part on the computed temperature.

According to an example, a technique for image processing is provided, the technique comprising: obtaining a first image and a second image that at least partially illustrate the same real-world scene, wherein the first image comprises a visible light image and the second image comprises a thermal image; identifying one or more spatial portions of the second image that represent a predefined temperature range; identifying one or more spatial portions of the first image that illustrate the same portions of the real-world scene as illustrated in the identified one or more spatial portions of the second image; and deriving, based on the first image, a composite image wherein the identified one or more spatial portions of the first image are emphasized.