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Manually portable apparatus enabling high-resolution, two-dimensional infrared imaging of remote, non-contacting targets is described. An on-axis optical subsystem consists of a single, single-faceted planar scanning mirror that is reciprocable by stepper motors about two orthogonal axes. Oriented a

Manually portable apparatus enabling high-resolution, two-dimensional infrared imaging of remote, non-contacting targets is described. An on-axis optical subsystem consists of a single, single-faceted planar scanning mirror that is reciprocable by stepper motors about two orthogonal axes. Oriented at approximately 45°relative to the mirror\s line-of-sight axis to a target, the scanning mirror reflects infrared energy incident thereon toward a spherical converging mirror, which may be manually focused to change the distance between it and a single-element, non-cryogenically cooled, heat-sensitive detector located behind the scanning mirror. An ADC, a microprocessor and a motor control circuit provide means for imaging the target by sampling the serial, conditioned output of the detector in timed relation to the angular positions of the stepper motors, and transforming energy density data to temperature data in a two-dimensional, pixel array. Integral display means are provided, by which a colorable infrared image may be viewed. In a proposed modification, a parabolic, rather than spherical, converging mirror is used. In another proposed modification, the detector interposes the scanning mirror and the converging mirror, insubstantially occluding the infrared energy reflected by the former.

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Manually portable flying-spot apparatus for detecting and imaging the thermal profile of a remote target comprising: a single-faceted, generally planar scanning mirror; means for rotating said mirror, controllably and reciprocably, about at least two generally orthogonal axes the intersection of whi

Manually portable flying-spot apparatus for detecting and imaging the thermal profile of a remote target comprising: a single-faceted, generally planar scanning mirror; means for rotating said mirror, controllably and reciprocably, about at least two generally orthogonal axes the intersection of which and the target defining therebetween a line-of-sight axis; means for detecting, by time-successive sampling, the level of infrared energy incident upon said scanning mirror, in timed relation to rotating thereof, to produce a modulated pixel-by-pixel signal representing the energy density of the target at multiple elemental locations thereacross; and means responsive to such signal for producing data which represent a high-solution, two-dimensional image of the thermal profile of the target.