Patents by Inventor Ken Pomper

Ken Pomper 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).

  • System and method for determining accuracy of an infrared thermometer measurement
    Patent number: 9304962
    Abstract: A system and method for determining whether a temperature measurement made with an infrared thermometer is accurate is disclosed. An infrared sensor array is used to detect infrared radiation from a target object. By analyzing the relative values of output signals from the individual sensor elements, a determination can be made whether radiation from the target object sufficiently fills the field of view of the detecting element of the instrument. A temperature measurement is considered accurate if this criteria is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Pomper, Medwin Schreher, Matt Rekow
  • System And Method For Determining Accuracy Of An Infrared Thermometer Measurement
    Publication number: 20130289929
    Abstract: A system and method for determining whether a temperature measurement made with an infrared thermometer is accurate is disclosed. An infrared sensor array is used to detect infrared radiation from a target object. By analyzing the relative values of output signals from the individual sensor elements, a determination can be made whether radiation from the target object sufficiently fills the field of view of the detecting element of the instrument. A temperature measurement is considered accurate if this criteria is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Ken Pomper, Medwin Schreher, Matt Rekow
  • System and method for determining accuracy of an infrared thermometer measurement
    Patent number: 8457922
    Abstract: A system and method for determining whether a temperature measurement made with an infrared thermometer is accurate is disclosed. An infrared sensor array is used to detect infrared radiation from a target object. By analyzing the relative values of output signals from the individual sensor elements, a determination can be made whether radiation from the target object sufficiently fills the field of view of the detecting element of the instrument. A temperature measurement is considered accurate if this criteria is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Pomper, Medwin Schreher, Matt Rekow
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACCURACY OF AN INFRARED THERMOMETER MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20100292952
    Abstract: A system and method for determining whether a temperature measurement made with an infrared thermometer is accurate is disclosed. An infrared sensor array is used to detect infrared radiation from a target object. By analyzing the relative values of output signals from the individual sensor elements, a determination can be made whether radiation from the target object sufficiently fills the field of view of the detecting element of the instrument. A temperature measurement is considered accurate if this criteria is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Pomper, Medwin Schreher, Matt Rekow
  • Method and apparatus for electronically generating an outline indicating the size of an energy zone imaged onto the IR detector of a radiometer
    Patent number: 7164467
    Abstract: A radiometer includes a sighting system that generates a digital image of an object surface having an area that is to be imaged onto the IR detector. A shape outline is overlaid on the digital image of an object surface to indicate the extent of the energy zone that is imaged onto the IR detector. A rangefinder measures the distance between the radiometer and the object surface and the measured distance is utilized to determine the size of the overlaid shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Heinke, Paul Carlson, Ken Pomper
  • Method and apparatus for electronically generating an outline indicating the size of an energy zone imaged onto the IR detector of a radiometer
    Publication number: 20050174558
    Abstract: A radiometer includes a sighting system that generates a digital image of an object surface having an area that is to be imaged onto the IR detector. A shape outline is overlaid on the digital image of an object surface to indicate the extent of the energy zone that is imaged onto the IR detector. A rangefinder measures the distance between the radiometer and the object surface and the measured distance is utilized to determine the size of the overlaid shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Heinke, Paul Carlson, Ken Pomper