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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 09, 2007
Piet Wölcken, Bremen, DE;
Wolfgang Entelmann, Lilienthal, DE;
Clemens Böckenheimer, Bremen, DE;
Holger Speckmann, Schwanewede, DE;
Piet Wölcken, Bremen, DE;
Wolfgang Entelmann, Lilienthal, DE;
Clemens Böckenheimer, Bremen, DE;
Holger Speckmann, Schwanewede, DE;
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of monitoring the condition of structural components, in which an optical sensor in conjunction with a computing unit ascertains image deviations from successive images of the structural components to be monitored, and therefrom ascertains changes in shape of the structure. Robust three-dimensional scanning of the structural components is possible when using two or more sensors. The invention further relates to an apparatus for monitoring the condition of structural components having an optical sensor and an apparatus having two or more sensors. Finally the invention relates to an aircraft in which the methods or apparatuses according to the invention are used.