Patent ID: 8547331

Claim:
A method for displaying, on an interactive computer display, multiple line temperature profiles of a computer-generated thermal image of an object, the thermal image being presented on the computer display, the method comprising: activating a moveable pointer; selecting, with the movable pointer, a first point of the thermal image from an array of points defining the thermal image; displaying on the computer display a first line temperature profile corresponding to a first predetermined line of the thermal image that extends through the first point and comprises temperature information for a plurality of points along the line; after displaying the first line temperature profile, moving the activated pointer from the first point of the thermal image to a second point of the thermal image, and from the second point to a third point of the thermal image, without stopping at the second point; and displaying on the computer display a second line temperature profile corresponding to a second predetermined line of the thermal image, that extends through the second point, and then a third line temperature profile corresponding to a third predetermined line of the thermal image, that extends through the third point; wherein displaying the first, second and third line temperature profiles occurs in sequence as the activated pointer is being moved.