Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for engine inspection
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Application No.: US14577255Application Date: 2014-12-19
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Publication No.: US11060979B2Publication Date: 2021-07-13
- Inventor: Ser Nam Lim , Joseph Vincent Pawlowski , Li Guan , Yogesh Agarwal , Binod Pandey , Srivatsa Dhanvantri
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04N9/47
- IPC: H04N9/47 ; G01N21/88 ; G01N21/954 ; G01N21/95 ; F01D21/00 ; G01B11/24

Abstract:
An optical imaging and processing system includes an optical connection and an optical element disposed at a first end of the optical connection. The first end of the optical connection is configured to extend into a turbine component interior such that the optical element is disposed within the turbine component interior. The system also includes a photodiode array disposed at a second end of the optical connection, where the optical element is configured to transmit a video stream of the turbine component interior to the photodiode array as the optical element is moved within the turbine component interior between multiple vantage points. The system also includes a processor coupled to the photodiode array, wherein the processor is configured to process the video stream to generate a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the turbine component interior without utilizing a previously defined three-dimensional model input of the turbine component interior.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160178532A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENGINE INSPECTION Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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