METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BARCODE SELECTION OF THEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY IMAGES

The present invention provides an integrated video camera system for capturing a plurality video images of a plurality of elements included in a videographic survey, each element having a unique identifying name associated with it. The camera system includes a digital data processor for executing program steps and a memory module in communication with the digital data processor for storing the program steps and for storing digital data fields relating to each of the plurality of elements. The memory module includes a separate data field for storing each of the identifying names of the plurality of elements. A plurality of barcodes, is associated with the plurality of elements, one barcode being associated with each of the plurality of elements. Each of the plurality of barcodes comprising a bar pattern representative of the identifying name of the element associated with the barcode. A barcode scanner, in communication with the digital data processor, generates an electrical signal in response to scanning the one of the barcodes. The electrical signal is interpreted by the digital data processor to associate the identifying name of the element read from the barcode with appropriate data fields provided on the memory module for storing a video image of the element or other data associated with capturing a video image of the element.