System and method for creating equipment inspection routes
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1. In a base computer, a method for defining an inspection route, comprising:
- causing to be displayed a plurality of thermal images wherein at least a subset of the thermal images are of locations associated with a route; and
receiving user input for organizing a first subset of the thermal images from the displayed plurality of thermal images to define a first route of inspection locations; and
transferring the organized first subset of the thermal images defining the first route of inspection locations to a portable imaging device.
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Abstract
A graphical user interface for creating and organizing equipment inspection routes is provided. The interface can be used to retrieve thermographic images from a portable infrared imager. Viewed as thumbnails, these images can be annotated and placed in a user-specified linear order defining an inspection route. The route information can be transferred to portable infrared imager and displayed on the imager as thermographic image data with annotations.
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1. In a base computer, a method for defining an inspection route, comprising:
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causing to be displayed a plurality of thermal images wherein at least a subset of the thermal images are of locations associated with a route; and receiving user input for organizing a first subset of the thermal images from the displayed plurality of thermal images to define a first route of inspection locations; and transferring the organized first subset of the thermal images defining the first route of inspection locations to a portable imaging device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for defining an inspection route for use on a portable imaging device, comprising:
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generating a plurality of thermal images corresponding to one or more objects; displaying the plurality of thermal images via a graphical user interface, and receiving user input through the graphical user interface for arranging at least a subset of the plurality of thermal images to define a route of locations to be inspected. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for defining an inspection route for use on a portable imaging device, comprising:
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generating a plurality of thermal images of objects; displaying at least some of the plurality of thermal images on a display; and receiving a user selection of a first subset of the thermal images in a specified order to define a first route of locations to be inspected. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for displaying a plurality of images on a base computer, wherein at least a subset of the thermal images are of locations to be inspected in a route; and means for receiving user input for organizing a first subset of the displayed thermal images to define a first route of inspection locations; means for ordering the first subset of the displayed thermal images responsive to the user input; and means for transferring the organized first subset of the thermal images defining the first route of inspection locations to a portable imaging device from the base computer.
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20. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for generating a plurality of thermal images of objects; means for displaying at least some of the plurality of thermal images on a display; and means for receiving a user selection of a first subset of the thermal images in a sequential order of the first subset of the thermal images that define a first route of locations to be inspected.
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