Patent Document ID: 10116884
Application ID: 15091068
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A thermal imaging system, the system comprising: a thermal imaging sensor configured to capture a plurality of thermal images of a plurality of assets in an environment; a non-thermal imaging sensor coupled to the thermal sensor, the non-thermal imaging sensor configured to capture a plurality of non-thermal images of the plurality of assets; an asset identification system configured to identify a particular asset from the plurality of assets, the particular asset being previously identified by being input into the asset identification system, the asset identification system identifying the particular asset by instructing a user to capture a unique identifier image associated with the particular asset and comparing the capture to a plurality of baseline unique identifier images; an image alignment system; and a controller configured to control operation of the thermal imaging sensor, the non-thermal imaging sensor, the asset identification system, and the image alignment system; wherein when the asset identification system identifies the particular asset, the controller is configured to (i) present at least one of a previously-captured baseline image or a template image of the particular asset to the user via a display such that the user may approximate an orientation of a present thermal view of the particular asset and a present non-thermal view of the particular asset to the at least one of the previously-captured baseline image or template image, (ii) control the image alignment system to adjust the orientation of the present thermal view of the particular asset and the present non-thermal view of the particular asset to match the at least one of the previously-captured baseline image or template image, and (iii) cause the thermal imaging sensor to capture a thermal image of the present thermal view of the particular asset and the non-thermal imaging sensor to capture a non-thermal image of the present non-thermal view of the particular asset.