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Imaging for evaluating performance characteristics

  • US 8,334,513 B1
  • Filed: 01/10/2012
  • Issued: 12/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A field transportable apparatus for use by an operator to determine a performance characteristic associated with an object having an intended function, the apparatus comprising;

  • a) a camera to produce at least one image;

    b) an interface for the operator to identify or designate the object in the at least one image;

    c) a programmable device comprising memory and logic to determine the performance characteristic of the object using an understood aspect of the object in the intended function, the understood aspect of the object including an elapsed time interval and the performance characteristic including a delta-temperature value; and

    d) an output display to report the performance characteristic to the operator in the field.

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