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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:
Mar. 02, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Victor J Orphan, Leucadia, CA (US);
Robert O Ginaven, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356241 ;
Abstract
The interior surface of a pipe is optically inspected by a scanner including an array of photodiodes, a light source, and mirrors for directing light reflected from the interior surface to the photodiode array. The charges developed by the photodiodes are converted to digital data which is subtracted from a reference signal for an unblemished interior surface area. The difference is recorded in a memory and displayed on a monitor for defect analysis.