US 7,262,797 B2Granted

Method and system for storing calibration data within image files

AssigneeGE Inspection Technologies, LP

InventorsDavid L. Weldum, Clark A. Bendall, Michael C. Lesmerises, Thomas W. Karpen, Jon R. Salvati

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Abstract

A system and method for storing, within an image transfer medium, an image and image-specific data associated with the image includes obtaining the image-specific data from a probe such as a borescope or endoscope, obtaining the corresponding image, choosing a specific image transfer medium, writing the image to the medium, and writing the image-specific data to a marker in the medium. In this manner, storing a combination of image data and one or more of system calibration data, overlay replacement data, and audio comment data in a single file of either a non-standard file format or a standard file format that does not explicitly support the inclusion of these data types is possible.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A method for storing overlay removal data within an image transfer media file, comprising the steps of:

capturing an image from a videoprobe of a remote visual inspection system;
generating a destructive overlay over said image captured from said videoprobe, thereby removing image data from said captured image;
creating a first image transfer media file element representative of at least said image data removed from said captured image by said generated destructive overlay;
creating a second image transfer media file element representative of said captured image and said generated destructive overlay;
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embedding data from said first image transfer media file element and said second image transfer file element into said image transfer media file so that said captured image and said generated destructive overlay are visible using a standard image viewer, and said image data from said captured image that was removed by said generated destructive overlay can be reconstituted from said embedded data.

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Facts

Application: 10/853,817Filed 25 May 2004 · division
Priority: 22 Feb 2001
Published: US 2004/0215413 A128 Oct 2004
Granted: 28 Aug 2007
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Classification9 codes

H04N 1/32128
Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title: attached to the image data, e.g. file…
A61B 1/04
Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g.…:…
H04N 2201/0079
Types of the still picture apparatus: medical imaging device
H04N 2201/3204
Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title: of data relating to a user, sender,…