US Patent Issued to INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIAS on March 17 for "Dark current pattern estimation method" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,215, issued on March 17, was assigned to INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIAS (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain).

"Dark current pattern estimation method" was invented by Carlos Colodro Conde (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dark current pattern estimation method of a 2D sensor for a shutterless uncooled camera is provided. The 2D sensor includes a matrix of pixels (x, y). The dark current pattern is divided into rate and offset. The method includes the steps of setting a new temperature, waiting for the new temperature to stabilize, acquiring averaged images at at least two texp, alternatively and contin...