Patent ID: 8407616
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A graphical user interface for a thermography software program, the interface comprising: a display member, a first display area including an image of a scene captured by a thermal imaging device, the image being displayed by the interface in two dimensions and comprising a first plurality of pixels, each pixel of the first plurality being coded by a qualitative value from within a range of qualitative values, and each value, within the range of qualitative values, corresponding to a temperature; and a second display area including a representation of the captured scene, the representation being displayed by the interface in three dimensions and comprising a second plurality of pixels corresponding to the first plurality of pixels and being arranged in a first and a second dimension of the three dimensions according to the arrangement of the first plurality of pixels, each pixel of the second plurality being coded by the same qualitative value that codes the corresponding pixel of the first plurality, and each pixel of the second plurality being further arranged in the third dimension according to a magnitude of the temperature associated therewith; wherein the first and second display areas are presented alongside one another on the display member.