US 12,335,655 B2
Thermal imaging asset inspection systems and methods
Lukas Segelmark, Täby (SE); Anton Löf, Täby (SE); and Erik Adam Urklinski, Täby (SE)
Assigned to FLIR Systems AB, Täby (SE)
Filed by FLIR Systems AB, Täby (SE)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,507.
Application 17/956,507 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/025011, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,111, filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0024701 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 5/33 (2023.01); G01J 5/48 (2022.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC H04N 5/33 (2013.01) [G01J 5/485 (2022.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a communication interface of a portable device, inspection instructions associated with an asset at a location in an environment;
displaying, at a display of the portable device, the asset in an augmented reality format to guide a user of the portable device to the location in accordance with the inspection instructions;
detecting an alignment of the thermal imager with the asset;
adjusting settings of the thermal imager in response to the detected alignment;
capturing, by a thermal imager associated with the portable device and in response to the detected alignment, a thermal image of the asset when a field of view of the thermal imager is aligned with a virtual inspection point for the location of the asset in accordance with the inspection instructions; and
extracting, from the thermal image, at least one temperature measurement associated with the asset.