Interactive Thermal Image Interface for Real-Time Line Temperature Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for viewing line temperature profiles in thermal images are inefficient and require multiple discrete steps to select and update data points, limiting the ability to dynamically analyze temperature gradients across objects.
Innovation Solution
An interactive user interface that allows a pointer to be activated once and moved over a thermal image, dynamically updating line temperature profiles in real-time as the pointer moves, enabling continuous analysis without the need for multiple discrete selections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional discrete selection methods are used to view line temperature profiles, then data selection capability is provided, but operational efficiency deteriorates due to multiple discrete steps required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic updating of line temperature profiles as the user drags the selection tool across the thermal image. Instead of requiring discrete select-update cycles, the system continuously refreshes the displayed temperature data along the selection line in real-time, transforming a static multi-step process into a dynamic continuous operation that improves efficiency while maintaining ease of use
Solution Approach 2:
The invention enables continuous viewing and updating of temperature profile data during the entire drag operation. The system maintains continuous data flow and display updates throughout the user's interaction, eliminating interruptions and discrete steps, thereby improving productivity without complicating the user interface
2Loss of information
If real-time dynamic updates are implemented during pointer movement, then analysis capability is improved, but processing speed deteriorates due to continuous data updates
Solution Approach 1:
The system updates temperature profile data selectively along the active portion of the selection line rather than recalculating entire datasets. By updating only the relevant segment corresponding to the current pointer position and movement direction, the system maintains complete temperature information while reducing unnecessary processing, thus preserving data completeness without sacrificing response speed
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AI summary
An interactive graphical user interface includes a moveable pointer, which may be activated to select points of a computer-generated thermal image of an object, as the pointer is moved over a display of the image, so that line temperature profiles, which correspond to predetermined lines extending through the selected points, may be viewed, for example, on a line temperature profile chart of the interface, for each selected point as the pointer is moved. Each predetermined line extends between the corresponding selected point and another, predetermined, point of the image. The other predetermined point may either coincide with an origin of an x-axis or a y-axis of an orthogonal coordinate system, in which the image is aligned, or may be any other point of the thermal image, for example, one that is pre-selected by a user, with the moveable pointer.