Patents by Inventor Marcel Tremblay
Marcel Tremblay has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10222575Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a device having a housing and a lens element configured to pass thermal radiation received from an external environment. The lens element may be an outer surface of the housing exposed to the external environment through an aperture in the housing. The device may also include a focal plane array within the housing and configured to receive the thermal radiation passed by the lens element. The device may further include a heater in thermal contact with the lens element and a controller configured to selectively operate the heater to maintain the lens element within a desired temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventor: Marcel Tremblay
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Publication number: 20170336249Abstract: Techniques are provided to perform flat field correction for infrared cameras using a liquid shutter. Devices and methods provide a focal plane array (FPA) that receives infrared radiation (e.g., thermal infrared radiation) from a scene, and infrared-opaque liquid disposed in a cavity of a liquid shutter housing, and a fluid controller that directs the liquid from a reservoir area of the cavity to a field of view area of the cavity to block the FPA from the infrared radiation. Flat field correction terms may be determined and radiometric calibration may be performed. In one example, a liquid shutter uses voltages to direct liquid. In another example, a liquid shutter uses magnetic fields from electromagnets to direct liquid such as ferrofluid. In another example, a liquid shutter uses electrowetting techniques to direct liquid such as water. In a further example, a liquid shutter uses a pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Vu L. Nguyen, Theodore R. Hoelter, Pierre Boulanger, Marcel Tremblay, Robert Pietsch
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Publication number: 20160370187Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide sailing information to users of a mobile structure. A sailing user interface system includes a logic device in communication with a compass or orientation sensor, a wind sensor, and/or a speed sensor. Sensor signals provided by the various sensors are used to determine a heading and a wind direction for the mobile structure, which can be referenced to Magnet North. The wind direction and heading may be used to orient a sail chart rendered by the logic device. The sail chart graphically indicates the heading of the mobile structure relative to the wind direction and a performance contour for the mobile structure. The sail chart may be displayed to a user to refine manual operation of the mobile structure, and the information rendered in the sail chart may be used to autopilot the mobile structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Christopher Daniel Gatland, Gregory W. Wells, Mark Johnson, Marcel Tremblay
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Publication number: 20160231527Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a device having a housing and a lens element configured to pass thermal radiation received from an external environment. The lens element may be an outer surface of the housing exposed to the external environment through an aperture in the housing. The device may also include a focal plane array within the housing and configured to receive the thermal radiation passed by the lens element. The device may further include a heater in thermal contact with the lens element and a controller configured to selectively operate the heater to maintain the lens element within a desired temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventor: Marcel Tremblay
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Patent number: 9377363Abstract: An infrared camera architecture includes, for an embodiment, an infrared detector, a substrate, a plurality of electrical components coupled to the substrate, and a pedestal made of a thermally conductive material and having a leg coupled to the substrate. The infrared detector is supported by and thermally coupled to the pedestal, with the pedestal thermally isolating the infrared detector from the plurality of electrical components.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Boulanger, Marcel Tremblay, Jim Goodland, Barbara Sharp, Farhad Mirbod, Theodore R. Hoelter
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Patent number: 9001212Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an infrared-transmissive dome, such as for infrared imaging applications. For example, an infrared-transmissive dome, for an embodiment, includes a main body providing a hollow, hemispherical-shaped dome; wherein the main body is made of an ultra-high molecular weight or a very-high molecular weight polyethylene material; and wherein the main body has a wall thickness equal to or less than approximately 0.012 inches to allow infrared transmittance greater than approximately sixty five percent through the main body for infrared imaging in a wavelength range of approximately three to fourteen micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventors: Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp, Warn Burt, Robert Pietsch, Marcel Tremblay
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Patent number: 8905311Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an infrared-transmissive dome, such as for infrared imaging applications. For example, an infrared camera system includes a housing having a lens coupled to the housing and an infrared detector within the housing configured to receive infrared energy passing through the lens. An infrared-transmissive dome, coupled to the infrared camera system, includes a main body providing a hollow, hemispherical-shaped dome, with the main body made of an ultra-high molecular weight or a very-high molecular weight polyethylene material. The main body may have a wall thickness equal to or less than approximately 0.012 inches to allow infrared transmittance greater than approximately sixty five percent through the main body to the lens for infrared imaging in a wavelength range of approximately three to fourteen micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventors: Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp, Warn Burt, Robert Pietsch, Marcel Tremblay, Earl R. Lewis
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Publication number: 20140267766Abstract: An infrared camera architecture includes, for an embodiment, an infrared detector, a substrate, a plurality of electrical components coupled to the substrate, and a pedestal made of a thermally conductive material and having a leg coupled to the substrate. The infrared detector is supported by and thermally coupled to the pedestal, with the pedestal thermally isolating the infrared detector from the plurality of electrical components.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Boulanger, Marcel Tremblay, Jim Goodland, Barbara Sharp, Farhad Mirbod, Theodore R. Hoelter
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Patent number: 8743207Abstract: An infrared camera architecture includes, for an embodiment, an infrared detector, a substrate, a plurality of electrical components coupled to the substrate, and a pedestal made of a thermally conductive material and having a leg coupled to the substrate. The infrared detector is supported by and thermally coupled to the pedestal, with the pedestal thermally isolating the infrared detector from the plurality of electrical components.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: FLIR Systems Inc.Inventors: Pierre Boulanger, Marcel Tremblay, Jim Goodland, Barbara Sharp, Farhad Mirbod, Theodore R. Hoelter
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Patent number: 8188432Abstract: One or more embodiments of the invention provide for a lens package comprising a housing having a vacuum compatible interior space, a base coupled to the housing, a lens coupled to the housing, and an infrared detector within the housing for providing infrared images representative of infrared energy received through the lens. The housing, base, and lens are adapted to form an infrared detector vacuum package assembly. The housing may include a focal alignment feature that allows for focal adjustment of the lens relative to the infrared detector by applying pressure to at least a portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Flir Systems, Inc.Inventors: Vu L. Nguyen, Theodore R. Hoelter, Marcel Tremblay, Farhad Mirbod
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Patent number: 8118499Abstract: A camera assembly includes a housing having a central axis and a camera cassette slidably receivable in a front end thereof. The slide-in cassette includes a sled having a pair of legs slidably receivable in respective ones of a pair of complementary longitudinal slide guide recesses located in the housing and aligned substantially parallel to the central axis thereof, an electrical connector located at a rear end of the sled, a camera electrically coupled to the electrical connector, and an apparatus disposed at a front end of the sled for coupling the camera to the front ends of the sled and the housing such that the optical axis of the camera is located generally concentric with the central axis of the housing and disposed at a selectably adjustable angle relative thereto.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2010Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: LIR Systems, Inc.Inventor: Marcel Tremblay
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Publication number: 20120026337Abstract: An infrared camera architecture includes, for an embodiment, an infrared detector, a substrate, a plurality of electrical components coupled to the substrate, and a pedestal made of a thermally conductive material and having a leg coupled to the substrate. The infrared detector is supported by and thermally coupled to the pedestal, with the pedestal thermally isolating the infrared detector from the plurality of electrical components.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Pierre Boulanger, Marcel Tremblay, Jim Goodland, Barbara Sharp, Farhad Mirbod, Theodore R. Hoelter
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Publication number: 20110286735Abstract: A camera assembly includes a housing having a central axis and a camera cassette slidably receivable in a front end thereof. The slide-in cassette includes a sled having a pair of legs slidably receivable in respective ones of a pair of complementary longitudinal slide guide recesses located in the housing and aligned substantially parallel to the central axis thereof, an electrical connector located at a rear end of the sled, a camera electrically coupled to the electrical connector, and an apparatus disposed at a front end of the sled for coupling the camera to the front ends of the sled and the housing such that the optical axis of the camera is located generally concentric with the central axis of the housing and disposed at a selectably adjustable angle relative thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Marcel Tremblay
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Publication number: 20110221908Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an infrared-transmissive dome, such as for infrared imaging applications. For example, an infrared-transmissive dome, for an embodiment, includes a main body providing a hollow, hemispherical-shaped dome; wherein the main body is made of an ultra-high molecular weight or a very-high molecular weight polyethylene material; and wherein the main body has a wall thickness equal to or less than approximately 0.012 inches to allow infrared transmittance greater than approximately sixty five percent through the main body for infrared imaging in a wavelength range of approximately three to fourteen micrometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp, Warn Burt, Robert Pietsch, Marcel Tremblay
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Publication number: 20110220797Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an infrared-transmissive dome, such as for infrared imaging applications. For example, an infrared camera system includes a housing having a lens coupled to the housing and an infrared detector within the housing configured to receive infrared energy passing through the lens. An infrared-transmissive dome, coupled to the infrared camera system, includes a main body providing a hollow, hemispherical-shaped dome, with the main body made of an ultra-high molecular weight or a very-high molecular weight polyethylene material. The main body may have a wall thickness equal to or less than approximately 0.012 inches to allow infrared transmittance greater than approximately sixty five percent through the main body to the lens for infrared imaging in a wavelength range of approximately three to fourteen micrometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp, Warn Burt, Robert Pietsch, Marcel Tremblay, Earl R. Lewis
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Patent number: D618717Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Flir Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Frank, Marcel Tremblay, Anke Scheiblhuber, Meng Xue, Jonathan Li, Yaohua Li
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Patent number: D619158Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Flir Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Frank, Marcel Tremblay, Anke Scheiblhuber, Meng Xue, Jonathan Li, Yaohua Li
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Patent number: D632294Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Flir Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Frank, Guy Pas, Patrick B. Richardson, Louis J. Rota, Jr., Marcel Tremblay, Treasure Hinds, Anke Scheiblhuber, Meng Xue, Jonathan Li
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Patent number: D722635Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventors: Patrick B. Richardson, Marcel Tremblay, Jace Dispenza
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Patent number: D826308Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventors: Marcel Tremblay, Zhenmei Mao, Xuan Song, Jonathan Li, Theodore R. Hoelter