US Patent Issued to Seek Thermal on Aug. 12 for "Noise reduction and feature enhancement for a thermal imaging camera" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,298, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Seek Thermal Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Noise reduction and feature enhancement for a thermal imaging camera" was invented by Daniel Bode (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Brian Nehring (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Sofia Hamrin (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and William J. Parrish (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Thermal cameras, particularly less elaborate inexpensive designs, may deliver high temperature resolution at the expense of less clear displayed images. For many low visibility uses, such as firefighting, it may be advantageous to sacrifice some temperature detail for clarity and object ...