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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Reece Innovation Centre Limited, Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB;
Inventors:
James Martin, Whitley Bay, GB;
Reza Tamadoni, Durham, GB;
Luke Griffiths, Gateshead, GB;
Rebecca Sills, Whitley Bay, GB;
Simone Stuart-Cole, Morpeth, GB;
Ralf Ferber, Horsham, GB;
Assignee:
REECE INNOVATION CENTRE LIMITED, Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01S 15/04 (2006.01); G01S 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); G01S 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 29/34 (2006.01); G01S 15/34 (2006.01); G01S 15/88 (2006.01); G01N 29/14 (2006.01); G01N 29/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 15/04 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/14 (2013.01); G01N 29/348 (2013.01); G01N 29/4463 (2013.01); G01N 29/50 (2013.01); G01S 15/06 (2013.01); G01S 15/10 (2013.01); G01S 15/34 (2013.01); G01S 15/88 (2013.01); G01N 2291/011 (2013.01); G01N 2291/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for inspecting a conduit comprising the steps of: emitting an outgoing signal into the conduit to establish an acoustic plane wave within the conduit; and detecting a reflected outgoing signal from the conduit, wherein the outgoing signal is arranged such that low frequency components contribute to more of the outgoing signal, from a time perspective, than high frequency components.