Radiant energy – Infrared-to-visible imaging
Patent
1993-06-07
1995-01-31
Hannaher, Constantine
Radiant energy
Infrared-to-visible imaging
2503581, G01N 2572
Patent
active
053861175
ABSTRACT:
A system including a mobile infrared thermography unit and a base station for automating the collection of thermographic data and for facilitating the efficient generation of reports. The mobile infrared thermography unit includes an infrared camera, a storage device such as a videotape recorder for at least recording thermographic images captured by the infrared camera, and a mobile unit computer. The mobile unit computer includes a touch screen display for presenting information to a thermographer and for receiving data and command inputs from the thermographer. The mobile unit computer is interfaced to the infrared camera or the videotape recorder for maintaining a record, either by tape position or date/time stamp, where thermographic images of particular equipment are recorded. The mobile unit computer includes a display operable to prompt the thermographer with route information regarding particular equipment to be thermographically inspected, as well as to suggest to the thermographer particular problems possibly indicated by a particular thermographically-observed condition. The base station includes a base station computer which transfers information to the mobile unit computer prior to undertaking an inspection route, and receives information from the mobile unit computer when the route is completed. The base station computer is capable of directly accessing and downloading particular infrared images recorded by the videotape recorder, employing the tape position or date/time stamp information.
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Battenberg Rexford A.
Heise Brian D.
King Willie T.
Piety Kenneth R.
Computational Systems Incorporated
Glick Edward J.
Hannaher Constantine
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