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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2012
Applicants:
William Simpkins, Knoxville, TN (US);
John Wilson, Knoxville, TN (US);
David Dorris, Powell, TN (US);
Inventors:
William Simpkins, Knoxville, TN (US);
John Wilson, Knoxville, TN (US);
David Dorris, Powell, TN (US);
Assignee:
Technology for Energy Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/06 (2006.01); G02B 27/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 27/008 (2013.01); G01J 1/0214 (2013.01); G01J 1/0266 (2013.01); G01J 1/0271 (2013.01); G01J 1/0295 (2013.01); G01J 1/06 (2013.01); G02B 27/30 (2013.01); G01J 2001/061 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blade tracking system including a detector having one or more sensors to detect radiation from at least one field of view of the detector, the one or more sensors generating signals based on changes in incident radiation to the one or more sensors as a rotor blade passes the field of view, and a processor to determine a pass time for the rotor blade to pass through the at least one field of view based on the generated signals.