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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited, Altrincham, GB;
Vamshi Krishna Reddy Kommareddy, Bangalore, IN;
Biswajit Medhi, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
Byron Andrew Pritchard, Loveland, OH (US);
Andrew Crispin Graham, Badminton, GB;
Peter John Nisbet, Bristol, GB;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited, Altrincham, GB;
Abstract
An inspection system and related methods that employ directional light for enhanced imaging are provided. The inspection system includes an inspection camera and at least one directional light source positionable in an offset position from a field of view of the inspection camera. The at least one directional light source is configured to emit directional light from the offset position into the field of view of the inspection camera so as to produce shadows on a surface of interest. Further, the inspection system includes a display device coupled to the inspection camera and the inspection camera is configured to capture one or more images of the shadows produced on the surface of interest. The display device is configured to receive and display the one or more images.