Patent ID: 9423940
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A system for managing annotations to IR images, the IR image annotation system comprising a processor configured to provide selectable annotation input functions that are actuatable using control commands displayed on the display, wherein a first instance of the IR image annotation system is synchronized with a second instance of the IR image annotation system; wherein entered annotation information or data is transferred between said instances and stored in respective instances; wherein the transfer of data between said instances of the IR image annotation system is performed in either direction; wherein the first instance of the IR image annotation system is an IR camera; wherein the annotation input functions are configured to be activated, added or changed in real time in response to a control command from a user; wherein the processor is configured to provide a synchronization functionality that detects changes and starts synchronizing data when any new input data, new application functions, new template or other information is saved on either the first instance of the IR image annotation system or on the second instance of the IR image annotation system; wherein the annotation input functions comprise input fields that use accumulated information from stored data according to predetermined rules; and wherein the predetermined rules comprise one or more of: most frequently used information, most recently used information, most likely match of a partial information input, alphabetical ordering, numerical ordering, an association with a location of the IR camera, an association with an object recognized by imaging processing of a captured image, an association with a type of measurement, an association with a measurement application, and/or an association with an error or phenomenon detected by the IR camera.