Patent ID: 9413988
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G01J,G01K,G06T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of monitoring a temperature of an object over time using a thermal imaging camera comprising: positioning the thermal imaging camera with the thermal imaging camera focused on a scene, the thermal imaging camera comprising a digital display and a memory; displaying an infrared image of the scene on the digital display; selecting a source of temperature data from the infrared image on the digital display; selecting a time interval for gathering temperature data from the selected source of temperature data; gathering temperature data from the selected source of temperature data at a plurality of times in the selected time interval; capturing an infrared image associated with at least one, but fewer than all, of the times of the plurality of times of gathering temperature data, such that for one or more of the plurality times, no associated infrared image is captured; displaying a graphical plot of the gathered temperature data over time on the digital display; and storing the graphical plot of the gathered temperature data and at least one of the captured infrared images in the memory of the thermal imaging camera.