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The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining actual temperature, reflectivity and fluorescence of a surface and comprises in the preferred embodiment a two-dimensional focal plane array of rapidly tunable infrared detectors, 11, adapted to detect the emitted infrared flux f

The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining actual temperature, reflectivity and fluorescence of a surface and comprises in the preferred embodiment a two-dimensional focal plane array of rapidly tunable infrared detectors, 11, adapted to detect the emitted infrared flux from a surface of interest, 10, across pre-selected spectral segments in the 4-15 m13, for isolating the effects of reflectivity, fluorescence and environmental factors affecting infrared emission for each pixel of the generated image at various spectral segments in the 4-15 m12, at the edges of the field of view for enhancing and speeding deconvolution of the detected data across the 4-15 m

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An apparatus for determining temperature, reflectivity (or emissivity) and fluorescence of an area of interest from the detection of emitted infrared flux, comprising: infrared detection means adapted to measure emitted infrared flux of said area in the 4-15 mm spectrum, said detection means being f

An apparatus for determining temperature, reflectivity (or emissivity) and fluorescence of an area of interest from the detection of emitted infrared flux, comprising: infrared detection means adapted to measure emitted infrared flux of said area in the 4-15 mm spectrum, said detection means being further adapted to be modulated over a plurality of pre-selected narrower spectral segments and to measure said emitted infrared flux in said segments over said 4-15 mm spectrum for each unit of said area of interest, said detection means further comprising a plurality of detectors arranged in a pre-selected configuration for detecting said emitted infrared flux in parallel over said narrower spectral segments for each portion of said area; computing means, operatively communicating with said detector means and adapted to deconvolute the measured detected infrared flux for each pixel of said area to numeric values for temperature, fluorescence and reflectivity, said computing means further adapted to generate images of the deconvoluted temperature, reflectivity and fluorescence for said area of interest; whereby, detection of infrared flux across an area of interest through spectral segments enables deconvolution of the detected data to accurately measure temperature, fluorescence and reflectivity (or emissivity).