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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Brian F. Howard, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 7/02 (2006.01); G01B 7/14 (2006.01); G01P 3/49 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 3/49 (2013.01); G01B 7/14 (2013.01); G01M 7/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of analyzing a structural condition of a machine is described. The method includes determining a position of a portion of a machine, a rotating shaft, a fluid transfer system, or a reciprocating machine in operation; collecting an image of the portion with an image collector; synchronizing the determined position of the portion with the collected image of the portion; amplifying the synchronized image; and storing the amplified image to a memory. Related apparatuses, systems, storage media, techniques and articles are also described.