Patent ID: 8756259

Claim:
A method of converting infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data with a non-transitory electronic-processor-readable medium executing a sensor data conversion computer program, comprising: providing an electronic processor configured to convert sensor data and output said converted sensor data in a tangible medium; providing an infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data conversion computer program operatively associated with said electronic processor, said infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data conversion computer program using a graphical user interface; providing a visual display device operatively associated with said electronic processor device; providing a user-selection device operatively associated with said visual display device; providing at least one sensor standard definition file consistent with at least one sensor standard, said at least one sensor standard definition file configured for input to said infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data conversion computer program, wherein said at least one sensor standard definition file is a programmable external file defining specifics of said at least one sensor standard, wherein said specifics define a plurality of elements used to communicate sensor data in said sensor data conversion computer program, wherein said at least one sensor standard definition file is editable and extendable to support changes in said at least one sensor standard; providing at least one sensor standard rules file consistent with said at least one sensor standard, said at least one sensor standard rules file operatively associated with said infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data conversion computer program; providing at least one sensor external standard file consistent with said at least one sensor standard, said at least one sensor external standard file operatively associated with said infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data conversion computer program and displayed as an icon on said graphical user interface; providing at least one external data file consistent with said at least one sensor standard, said at least one external data file operatively associated with said infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data conversion computer program and displayed as an icon on said graphical user interface; executing said infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data conversion computer program with said user-selection device, said executing causing said graphical user interface to be displayed to a user on said visual display device; converting infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data by operatively selecting a plurality of icons on said graphical user interface, by actuating said user-selection device; and outputting said converted infrared, radar, and photographic sensor data in said tangible medium.