USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING THERMAL IMAGING
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1. A thermal imaging interface method for control of a computer program, comprising:
- a) obtaining one or more thermal infrared images of one or more objects with one or more thermographic cameras;
b) analyzing the one or more thermal infrared images;
c) identifying one or more characteristics of the one or more objects from the one or more thermal infrared images; and
d) using the one or more characteristics as a control input in the computer program.
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Abstract
A thermal imaging interface for control of a computer program may obtain one or more thermal infrared images of one or more objects with one or more thermographic cameras. The images may be analyzed to identify one or more characteristics of the objects. Such characteristics may be used as a control input in the computer program.
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28 Claims
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1. A thermal imaging interface method for control of a computer program, comprising:
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a) obtaining one or more thermal infrared images of one or more objects with one or more thermographic cameras; b) analyzing the one or more thermal infrared images; c) identifying one or more characteristics of the one or more objects from the one or more thermal infrared images; and d) using the one or more characteristics as a control input in the computer program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for control of a computer program, comprising:
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one or more thermographic cameras; one or more processors coupled to the one or more thermographic cameras; and instructions executable by the one or more processors configured to; a) obtain one or more thermal infrared images of one or more objects with the one or more thermographic cameras; b) analyze the one or more thermal infrared images; c) identify one or more characteristics of the one or more objects from the one or more thermal infrared images; d) use the one or more characteristics as a control input for a computer program. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer program product, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium for controlling a computer program using a thermal image interface, said computer program product having; a) computer readable program code means for obtaining one or more thermal infrared images of one or more objects with one or more thermographic cameras; b) computer readable program code means for analyzing the one or more thermal infrared images; c) computer readable program code means for identifying one or more characteristics of the one or more objects from the one or more thermal infrared images; and d) computer readable program code means for using the one or more characteristics as a control input in the computer program.
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