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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:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Binglong Xie, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Yakup Genc, Dayton, NJ (US);
Xiang Gao, Skillman, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01B 11/245 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/9515 (2013.01); G01B 11/245 (2013.01); G01N 21/954 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for inspecting a device include arranging the device in a known position relative to a plurality of movable cameras mounted on a controllable actuator controlled by a computing device and pointed at the device by controlling the controllable actuator to position a camera with a user interface on the computing device with a display, and the display displays a virtual image from the camera into CAD model of the device and an image of the device generated by the camera in a side-by-side or in an overlay fashion or both.