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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
John Robert Hoare, Latham, NY (US);
Todd William Danko, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Justin Foehner, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Douglas R. Forman, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Judith Ann Guzzo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Shiraj Sen, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for use in maintaining a wind turbine blade includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within an interior cavity of the wind turbine blade and configured to travel along a length of the wind turbine blade on an interior surface when the wind turbine blade is in a substantially horizontal position. The motorized apparatus includes a body, a drive system configured to move the body, and a camera coupled to the body. The camera is configured to capture at least one image of the interior surface. The system also includes a controller configured to map the at least one image onto a model of the interior surface. The system also includes an operator interface including a display device. The operator interface is configured to display the model on the display device and receive user input allowing an operator to interact with the model.