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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2022
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Ag, Essen, DE;
Thyssenkrupp Ag, Essen, DE;
Ronald Kim, Essen, DE;
Marcel Schulz, Bochum, DE;
Uwe Conrads, Mettmann, DE;
Philipp Esser, Cologne, DE;
Sophie Ruoshan Wei, Munich, DE;
thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Essen, DE;
thyssenkrupp AG, Essen, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an aircraft and to a method using this aircraft to inspect equipment in coking plants for detecting sources of error. The aircraft has at least one inspection device for inspecting surfaces of the equipment that are to be inspected, and an airspace, distanced from one of the surfaces to be inspected, and at least one transmitting and receiving device for data communication with at least other aircraft or at least one external analysis device for detecting the sources of error. The method comprises converting the detected phototechnical and optical data, in particular 2D data, into a 3D thermal point cloud by means of a conversion unit of the analysis device.