Patent Document ID: 7622715
Application ID: 11243258
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of correcting a distorted thermal image, comprising: capturing a first raw image of a moving object in a first position with a thermal imaging device, thereby obtaining a plurality of pixels that comprise the first raw image; capturing a second raw image of the moving object in a second position with the thermal imaging device, wherein the second position generally varies in only one direction from the first position; obtaining a speed of the moving object, wherein obtaining the speed of the moving object includes comparing the first raw image to the second raw image and analyzing the variation of the images with respect to a known frame rate of the thermal imaging device; obtaining a response time for the thermal imaging device; obtaining a correction factor to compensate for the distortion of the first raw image caused by the movement of the object, wherein the correction factor is dependent on the speed of the moving object and the response time of the thermal imaging device; and applying the correction factor to the plurality of pixels, thereby obtaining a corrected image.