US Patent 10116885 Systems and approaches for repeated thermal imaging determinations

A thermal imaging system includes a thermal imaging sensor configured to capture thermal images of assets in an environment, a non-thermal imaging sensor coupled to the thermal sensor and being configured to capture non-thermal images of the assets, an image alignment system configured to adjust an orientation of a present thermal view of the particular asset and a present non-thermal view of the particular asset, a controller configured to control operation of the thermal imaging sensor, the non-thermal imaging sensor, and the image alignment system, and a remote computing device having a change detection system and being configured to receive the captured thermal and non-thermal images of the particular asset. The controller is configured to cause the sensors to capture thermal and non-thermal images. Upon receiving the captured thermal and non-thermal images, the change detection system is configured to detect a change in at least one characteristic of the asset.