METHODS FOR ANALYZING THERMAL IMAGE DATA USING A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CORRELATING DEPTH VALUES TO IMAGE PIXELS

摘要

Thermal imaging camera images are obtained from a thermal imaging camera that rotates through a plurality of stop positions. The camera captures images at a constant frame rate and at least some of the images correspond to stop positions. Thermal imaging camera images that correspond to a stop position are retained, while images that do not correspond to a stop position are discarded. Retained images are sent in a video stream to a video processor. The video stream is separated into individual thermal imaging camera images and stored for corresponding virtual camera devices that correspond to specific stop positions. In addition, the position of the camera and individual pixels of images are both correlated to geographical location data, and depth values for the pixels are determined based on the geographical data.

主权项

1. An on-site system for analyzing and sorting individual image frames of panoramic image data using a plurality of virtual devices, the system comprising:
an indexing mechanism on which a thermal imaging camera is mounted for rotating the camera through a plurality of stop positions; a thermal imaging camera, the thermal imaging camera being configured to take thermal imaging camera images, at least some of the thermal imaging camera images corresponding to stop positions as the thermal imaging camera rotates through the plurality of stop positions; a multiplexing and analysis module configured to discard any thermal imaging camera images that do not correspond to any of the stop positions, so that those thermal imaging camera images that correspond to any stop position are retained; the multiplexing and analysis module being configured to process a video stream of the retained thermal imaging camera images by separating the video stream of retained thermal imaging camera images into individual thermal imaging camera images and storing the retained thermal imaging camera images for a corresponding virtual camera device; each of the virtual camera devices corresponding to a specific stop position, the virtual camera devices being on-site relative to the thermal imaging camera; wherein the multiplexing and analysis module is configured to not stitch the retained thermal imaging camera images together into a panorama on-site, so that total power requirements for the on-site system including the thermal imaging camera, the indexing mechanism for rotating the camera, and the multiplexing and analysis module for sorting images for the virtual camera devices are no more than about 10 watts.