Infrared Image Processing via Swipe Gesture Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

The complexity and time required for users to apply appropriate image processing to infrared (IR) images for analysis are high due to low contrast and noise, with cumbersome processes involving substantial menu navigation and delays between palette applications, and lack of comparison between visualizations.

Innovation Solution

A computer system that processes IR images based on swipe gestures, allowing users to split, resize, modify temperature ranges, and adjust parameter ranges interactively on a touch screen, enabling efficient image processing and visualization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If traditional menu navigation is used to apply image processing to IR images, then image processing functionality is achieved, but user complexity and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of applying image processingVSAvoidtime to apply image processing

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical menu navigation with gesture-based control on a touch screen. Users can swipe across the display to quickly access and apply different image processing functions without navigating through multiple menu levels, significantly reducing both operational complexity and time consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The touch screen interface serves multiple functions: it displays the IR image, provides gesture control for image processing, and enables quick comparison between different processing options. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate controls and menus into a single unified interface.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If traditional menu navigation is used to apply image processing to IR images, then image processing functionality is achieved, but operational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of applying image processingVSAvoidcomplexity of image processing application

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges the image display function with the control interface by allowing direct manipulation of the displayed image through gestures. The touch screen combines visualization and control into a single integrated interface, eliminating the need for separate control panels or complex menu structures.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If palette applications are applied sequentially without comparison, then image processing is completed, but ability to evaluate different visualizations is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of image processingVSAvoidcomparison between visualizations

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic switching between different image processing modes during a continuous gesture. As the user swipes across the display, the system dynamically updates the visualization to show different palettes or processing options in real-time, allowing the user to see multiple visualizations sequentially and choose the most appropriate one without completing the gesture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent maintains continuous useful action by allowing the user to evaluate multiple image processing options within a single continuous gesture. The gesture does not need to be interrupted or restarted when switching between different visualizations, enabling seamless comparison and selection while maintaining processing speed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS9891817B2Processing an infrared (IR) image based on swipe gestures

Publication Date: 2018.02.13 FLIR SYST AB

AI summary

A computer-implemented method and a computer system for processing an infrared (IR) image based on a swipe gesture are provided. For example, the method may comprise: displaying an IR image within one or more graphical objects displayed on a touch screen; receiving a user indication of a swipe gesture via said touch screen, wherein receiving a user indication further comprises generating first data representing a first swipe gesture starting location and second data representing a first swipe gesture direction; processing the one or more graphical objects, wherein the processing comprises modifying various parameters or attributes associated with the IR image and/or image processing the IR image based on the first and the second data; and displaying the one or more processed graphical objects including the IR image processed according to the modified parameters or attributes.