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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Guanghua Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Middle Grove, NY (US);
Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Lucy Joelle Summerville, Greenville, SC (US);
James Peter Delancey, Corinth, NY (US);
Guanghua Wang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Middle Grove, NY (US);
Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Lucy Joelle Summerville, Greenville, SC (US);
James Peter DeLancey, Corinth, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes an optical monitoring system configured to optically communicate with an interior of a rotary machine. The optical monitoring system is configured to redirect a field of view toward different regions of a component within the interior of the rotary machine while the rotary machine is in operation, and to capture an image of each region.