Appeal No. 95-4152
Application 08/042,044
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 1, 3-5, 7-14, 16-21, 23, and 24.
Claims 2, 6, 15, and 22 have been canceled.
We affirm-in-part.
THE INVENTION
The disclosed invention is directed to a combination
head-protective helmet and infrared camera and display.
Claim 1, the sole independent claim, is reproduced below.
1. Combination head-protective helmet and thermal
imaging apparatus for being worn by a person in a heated
environment where stratified heat is present which
increases vertically, comprising:
a head-protective helmet including a cap and an
outwardly extending brim and wherein upon said
head-protective helmet being present in said stratified
heat an envelope of reduced heat is present underneath
said brim;
thermal imaging apparatus including an infrared
sensor camera for producing an infrared image of a scene
or object and display apparatus which generates a visible
image of said scene or object from said infrared image
for viewing by a person wearing said combination;
first mounting means for mounting said camera to
said head-protective helmet generally underneath said
brim to protect said camera from falling objects striking
said helmet and to cause said camera to reside in said
envelope of reduced heat to reduce the influence of said
heated environment on said camera; and
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