Patent ID: 8410441
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G01J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for constructing a thermographic image of a large measurement object, characterized by the fact that thermographic images of portions of the measurement object are acquired with a swiveling motion of a thermal imaging camera, partial regions with the same image region are identified among the acquired thermographic images in the thermal imaging camera, and the acquired thermographic images are stitched in the thermal imaging camera at the identified same image regions into an overall image with correction being made for the swiveling motion of the thermal imaging camera by assembling the acquired thermographic images using a set of undistorted stripes configured to limit distortion of the acquired thermographic images, wherein, the acquisition of the thermographic images and the construction of the overall image takes place in real time during the swiveling motion of the thermal imaging camera using only computational capacity integrated in the thermal imaging camera.