Monitoring apparatus

Details Monitoring apparatus Monitoring apparatus

2005-06-20

2008-09-09

Porta, David P. (Department: 2884)

Radiant energy

Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling

Infrared responsive

C250SDIG001

Reexamination Certificate

active

07423272

ABSTRACT:
An imaging apparatus includes a camera unit, a panorama-image generating section generating a panorama image of the entire area by combining a plurality of unit images obtained by the camera unit, a panorama-image storage/management section storing and managing the panorama image generated by the panorama-image generating section, a thermal camera photographing an object that has a temperature falling within a preset temperature range as a thermal image, a direction controller sequentially shifting the photographing direction of the thermal camera within the area being photographed, a thermal-image generating section combining a plurality of thermal images provided by the thermal camera, an image-synthesizing section synthesizing the panorama image generated by the panorama-image generating section, with the panorama thermal image generated by the thermal-image generating section, and a display displaying the synthesized image generated by the image-synthesizing section.

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