Patent ID: 8792696

Claim:
A computer implemented method for generating an industrial diagnostic comparison image, based on multiple baseline industrial diagnostic images, the method comprising: receiving a first baseline industrial diagnostic image into a computer readable medium; receiving a second baseline industrial diagnostic image into the computer readable medium; receiving a third baseline industrial diagnostic image into the computer readable medium; creating, by a processor, a first comparison image from the first baseline industrial diagnostic image and the second baseline industrial diagnostic image, wherein the first baseline industrial diagnostic image provides a first color information for the first comparison image and the second baseline industrial diagnostic image provides a second color information for the first comparison image, such that pixels in the first comparison image that correspond to pixels in the first baseline industrial diagnostic image exceeding an intensity of corresponding pixels in the second baseline industrial diagnostic image have a hue of a first color, and pixels in the first comparison image that correspond to pixels in the second baseline industrial diagnostic image exceeding an intensity of corresponding pixels in the first baseline industrial diagnostic image have a hue of a second color, and wherein the first color and the second color are different; and creating, by a processor, a second comparison image from the first baseline industrial diagnostic image and the third baseline industrial diagnostic image, wherein the first baseline industrial diagnostic image provides a first color information for the second comparison image and the third baseline industrial diagnostic image provides a second color information for the second comparison image, such that pixels in the first comparison image that correspond to pixels in the first baseline industrial diagnostic image exceeding an intensity of corresponding pixels in the third baseline industrial diagnostic image have the hue of the first color, and pixels in the second comparison image that correspond to pixels in the third baseline industrial diagnostic image exceeding an intensity of corresponding pixels in the first baseline industrial diagnostic image have the hue of the second color.