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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Keymed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Ltd., Essex, GB;
Andrew Paul Ramsbottom, Essex, GB;
Gareth Willerton Sykes, Essex, GB;
Abstract
A method for capturing an image of a moving object in a rotary system, for example, an image of a rotating blade in a gas turbine, uses an endoscope to form an image of a moving object. One-dimensional line images are captured with a line scan image sensor which is oriented to lie orthogonal to the direction of movement of the image of the moving object past the image sensor. Successive line images are combined to form a composite two-dimensional image of the moving object. A second image may be detected using a second line scan image sensor oriented orthogonal with respect to the direction of movement of the image, to the first line scan image sensor.