Image manipulation and processing techniques for remote inspection device
First Claim
1. A remote inspection apparatus, comprising:
- an imager disposed in an imager head and capturing image data;
an active display unit receiving the image data in digital form and graphically rendering the image data on an active display;
one or more movement tracking sensors tracking movement of the imager head; and
a computer processor located in the active display unit and employing information from the movement tracking sensors to generate and display a marker indicating a position of the imager head.
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Abstract
A remote inspection apparatus has an imager disposed in an imager head and capturing image data. An active display unit receives the image data in digital form and graphically renders the image data on an active display. Movement tracking sensors track movement of the imager head and/or image display unit. In some aspects, a computer processor located in the active display unit employs information from movement tracking sensors tracking movement of the imager head to generate and display a marker indicating a position of the imager head. In additional aspects, the computer processor employs information from movement tracking sensors tracking movement of the active display unit to control movement of the imager head. In other aspects, the computer processor employs information from movement tracking sensors tracking movement of the active display unit to modify the image data rendered on the active display.
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38 Claims
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1. A remote inspection apparatus, comprising:
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an imager disposed in an imager head and capturing image data; an active display unit receiving the image data in digital form and graphically rendering the image data on an active display; one or more movement tracking sensors tracking movement of the imager head; and a computer processor located in the active display unit and employing information from the movement tracking sensors to generate and display a marker indicating a position of the imager head. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A remote inspection apparatus, comprising:
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an imager disposed in an imager head and capturing image data; an active display unit receiving the image data in digital form and graphically rendering the image data on an active display; one or more movement tracking sensors located on the active display unit and tracking movement of said active display unit; and a computer processor employing input from said movement tracking sensors to control movement of the imager head. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A remote inspection apparatus, comprising:
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an imager disposed in an imager head and capturing image data; an active display unit receiving the image data in digital form and graphically rendering the image data on an active display; one or more display movement tracking sensors located on said active display unit and tracking movement of said active display unit; and a computer processor;
(a) employing input from said display movement tracking sensors to modify at least part of the image data; and
(b) rendering the image data thus modified to the active display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method of operation for use with a remote inspection device, comprising:
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employing an imager disposed in an imager head to capture image data; receiving the image data in digital form and graphically rendering the image data on an active display; employing one or more movement tracking sensors to track movement of the imager head; and employing a computer processor located in the active display unit to use information from the movement tracking sensors to generate and display a marker indicating a position of the imager head. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of operation for use with a remote inspection apparatus, comprising:
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employing an imager disposed in an imager head to capture image data; employing an active display unit to receive the image data in digital form and graphically render the image data on an active display; employing one or more movement tracking sensors located on the active display unit to track movement of the active display unit; and employing a computer processor to use input from the movement tracking sensors to control movement of the imager head. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of operation for use with a remote inspection apparatus, comprising:
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employing an imager disposed in an imager head to capture image data; employing an active display unit to receive the image data in digital form and graphically render the image data on an active display; employing one or more display movement tracking sensors on the active display unit to track movement of the active display unit; and employing a computer processor;
(a) using input from the display movement tracking sensors to modify at least part of the image data; and
(b) rendering the image data thus modified to the active display. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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