Patent ID: 8903317

Claim:
A system for controlling an infrared camera using a mobile phone, the system comprising: a client; and an infrared camera used as a server and connected to the client through a communication network, wherein the infrared camera is mounted in a location where infrared measuring and/or monitoring is performed, so as to provide infrared image videos of a monitored object and temperature data of the points contained in an infrared image, wherein the client is located remotely from the location of the infrared camera to provide a remote control for the infrared camera, wherein the client is the mobile phone comprising a display screen, and the remote control for the infrared camera comprises: controlling movement orientations, oblique angles, rotation angles and image capture actions of a camera head in the infrared camera; intercepting and transmitting the infrared image videos captured by the infrared camera, and displaying an obtained result on the display screen of the mobile phone; and transmitting a sound information coming from the mobile phone to the infrared camera to record and/or play, and transmitting the sound information coming from the infrared camera to the mobile phone to record and/or play, wherein the mobile phone comprises: a keyboard for generating and transmitting control commands; an image analysis and treatment module for receiving infrared image data signals sent from the infrared camera, and extracting temperature information and forming an image browser; a sound record and play module for sending real-time sound data generated by the mobile phone or stored sound data to the infrared camera, and receiving, recording and/or playing sound data coming from the infrared camera; and a mobile phone communication interface connected respectively with the keyboard, the image analysis and treatment module and the sound record and play module, wherein the mobile phone communication interface is used for transmitting and receiving signals coming from and/or going to the infrared camera, and the signals comprise control command signals, sound data signals and image data signals, and wherein the display screen is for displaying image and data information generated by the image analysis and treatment module.