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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
May. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Frank Gerstenberg, Berlin, DE;
Georg Kinnemann, Bestensee, DE;
Inventors:
Frank Gerstenberg, Berlin, DE;
Georg Kinnemann, Bestensee, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for monitoring a system, in which a plurality of acoustic images are recorded and compared at defined intervals of time over a period of time extending several weeks. A large system can be monitored reliably and with little complexity if the acoustic images each contain a plurality of acoustic image areas which are arranged in a spatially different manner, and, between respective recordings of the image areas of an acoustic image, an acoustic sensor is aligned with an image area, which is to be recorded, of a next image area by being moved.