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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2008
AL Boehnlein, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Paul J. Eckhoff, Fenton, MO (US);
Brandon Watt, Hartland, MI (US);
Tye Newman, Howell, MI (US);
Al Boehnlein, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Paul J. Eckhoff, Fenton, MO (US);
Brandon Watt, Hartland, MI (US);
Tye Newman, Howell, MI (US);
Perceptron, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A remote inspection device is provided for inspecting visually obscured locations. The device is generally comprised of a imager housing and a display housing disposed on opposite ends of a modular, flexible cable. An imaging device and one or more light sources are embedded in the end of the cylindrical imager housing. A display housing is coupled to the other end of the flexible cable and configured to be grasped by a user of the device. A display device supported by the display housing receives a video signal from the imaging device and converts the video signal to a video image. The flexible cable can be removably attached to other components with a detachable coupling.