ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,459, issued on July 29, was assigned to Rebellion Photonics Inc. (Houston).
"Window obscuration sensors for mobile gas and chemical imaging cameras" was invented by Ryan Mallery (Houston), Ohad Israel Balila (Friendswood, Texas) and Robert Timothy Kester (Friendswood, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared (IR) imaging system for determining a concentration of a target species in an object is disclosed. The imaging system can include an optical system including a focal plane array (FPA) unit behind an optical window. The optical system can have components defining at least two optical channels thereof, said at least two opt...