ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,924, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Dongguan Xintai Instrument Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).

"4K image acquisition method and infrared thermal imaging system" was invented by Guodong Luo (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 4K image acquisition method and an infrared thermal imaging system are provided and relate to the technical field of infrared thermal imaging. The system includes an infrared thermal image acquisition unit, a visible light image acquisition unit, an image combining unit, an XPR dithering unit, a control unit and a display chip; in the area where a heat-emitting object is located on the projection di...