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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

May. 04, 2021
Applicant:

Redzone Robotics, Inc., Warrendale, PA (US);

Inventors:

Todd Kueny, Tarentum, PA (US);

Justin Starr, Baden, PA (US);

Foster J. Salotti, Verona, PA (US);

Assignee:

RedZone Robotics, Inc., Warrendale, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/954 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/954 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G01N 2021/9544 (2013.01); G01N 2021/9548 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, from a multi-sensor pipe inspection robot that traverses through the interior of a pipe, two or more sets of condition assessment data for the interior of the pipe collected during a single pass through the interior of the pipe; the two or more sets of condition assessment data comprising a first data type obtained using a first sensor type and a second data type obtained using a second sensor type; combining, using a processor, two or more image processing techniques to adjust imaging of a pipe feature; and forming, using the processor, an image of the interior of the pipe using the two or more image processing techniques. Other embodiments are described and claimed.


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