Appeal No. 2006-1049
Application No. 09/667,826
Appendix 6
The Reissue Claims On Appeal
Claims 1, 5-7, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 22, 24, and 25. (Unchanged from patent).
40. An infrared imaging system, comprising:
an infrared focal plane array comprising:
a plurality of infrared detector elements arranged in an array;
a readout circuit electrically coupled to the plurality of detector
elements and comprising means for biasing the plurality of detector
elements so as to provide separate detection signals corresponding to
each detector element in the array, in response to incident infrared
radiation and means for separately correcting offsets in the detection
signals provided from the plurality of elements in the detector array to
compensate for nonuniformities in the detector elements, wherein said
means for correcting comprises:
a correction circuit including a plurality of circuit elements; and
means for selectively electrically connecting said circuit
elements into the detector readout circuit in response to stored
offset correction values; and
output means for providing the corrected detection signals as an
output of the focal plane array;
means for storing a plurality of offset correction values corresponding to the
plurality of detector elements; and
means for providing the offset correction values to said means for
correcting.
41. An infrared imaging system as set out in claim 40, wherein said plurality of
circuit elements comprise a plurality of capacitors.
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