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Method for randomly accessing stored imagery and a field inspection system employing the same

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  • US 6,175,380 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/1998
  • Issued: 01/16/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A field inspection system comprising:

  • receiving means for receiving image signals representing continuous image footage of the field item under inspection;

    compressing means for compressing the received image signals to provide compressed image data having a plurality of sequential frames including reference frames; and

    means for creating an electronic logsheet including a table listing points of interest recorded in the image footage and, for each point of interest, a pointer identifying a reference frame of said compressed image data closest to a beginning point of the image footage showing the associated point of interest such that said electronic logsheet may subsequently be displayed to allow the user to select one of the listed points of interest using an input device and to thereby access and view the continuous image footage showing the selected point of interest.

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