Thermal Imager GUI Range Bar for Temperature Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing thermal imaging instruments are unintuitive and difficult to use, lacking graphical assistance for configuring and understanding display parameters, which hinders effective temperature mapping and visualization.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface for thermal imaging instruments that includes a range bar area to display temperature data, allowing users to adjust the level and span of temperature mapping, and providing alarm settings, enabling intuitive configuration and visualization of temperature data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If thermal imaging instruments provide user configuration options for temperature mapping, then the adaptability of the system is improved, but the device complexity and difficulty of operation increase
Solution Approach 1:
A graphical range bar interface is introduced as an intermediary between the user and the temperature mapping parameters. The range bar visually represents the temperature scale with draggable markers that allow users to adjust level and span parameters intuitively without dealing with complex numerical inputs. This graphical mediator translates abstract configuration concepts into visual, intuitive controls.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface uses color-coded visual indicators on the range bar to represent different temperature zones and mapping parameters. Colors provide immediate visual feedback about the current temperature mapping configuration, allowing users to understand and adjust parameters through visual perception rather than numerical data interpretation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If thermal imaging instruments map a large range of detectable temperatures to a smaller color range, then the device can handle broader temperature variations, but the measurement precision for specific temperature ranges decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The temperature mapping configuration is made dynamic and adjustable by the user. The range bar allows real-time modification of the level and span parameters to adapt the temperature mapping to the specific inspection needs. Users can dynamically adjust the mapping to prioritize precision in critical temperature ranges while maintaining the ability to handle broader temperature variations when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface enables different parts of the temperature range to have different mapping qualities. Users can allocate more color differentiation and precision to specific temperature zones of interest by adjusting the span and level parameters locally, rather than applying a uniform mapping across the entire detectable temperature range.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The interface enhances user experience by allowing intuitive configuration of display parameters, improving the visualization of temperature data and enabling more effective temperature mapping, thereby facilitating practical and useful thermographic imaging.
Implementation Method 1
Infrared thermal imaging instruments commonly are used for obtaining temperature profiles of objects
Implementation Method 2
Thermographic imaging systems operate by mapping detected temperatures to the spectrum of visible light
Data Source
AI summary
A graphical user interface for configuring parameters associated with a portable infrared imager is provided. The interface can be used to manually or automatically set range and span parameters. The interface can also be used to configure one or more alarms to notify a user that a detected temperature is outside a predetermined range. In some embodiments, a non-linear temperature scale can be displayed.