Patent ID: 9109945
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G01J,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a display on an imaging device, comprising: displaying a device range bar indicating a range of temperatures, wherein one end of the range bar corresponds to a low temperature detectable by the device and an other end corresponds to a high temperature detectable by the device, and wherein the device range bar is displayed within a device range bar area; displaying an image range bar having a color gradient corresponding to a subrange of the temperatures within the range of temperatures displayed on the device range bar, wherein the device range bar includes a visual indication of end points corresponding to a lower bound temperature and an upper bound temperature of the subrange of temperatures; in response to a user input selection to adjust bounds of the subrange of the temperatures, selectively either (i) adjusting a span between upper and lower bounds of the subrange of temperatures or (ii) linking the upper and lower bounds such that a single span user input shifts the upper and lower bounds together as a pair to keep a same distance between the upper and lower bounds, and changing the color gradient so as to correspond to the adjusted or shifted bounds of the subrange of the temperatures; and providing at least one alarm limit symbol indicating an alarm limit temperature in the device range bar area, wherein the alarm limit temperature corresponds to at least one of (i) a low alarm temperature greater than a lowest detectable temperature by the device and less than the lower bound temperature of the subrange or (ii) a high alarm temperature greater than the upper bound temperature of the subrange and less than a highest detectable temperature by the device, wherein an alarm notification is based on the at least one of the low alarm temperature and the high alarm temperature, wherein the device range bar includes the at least one alarm limit symbol, wherein a thermal image displayed on the imaging device uses colors from the changed color gradient that correspond to a temperature gradient for an image scene, wherein the device range bar includes a temperature indicator cursor, and wherein a position of the temperature indicator cursor on the device range bar indicates a temperature sensed for an area corresponding to a display cursor in the thermal image.