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Patent No.:

US 9651503 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Manuel Kenneth Bueno, Syracuse, NY (US);

Robert Martin Roney, Jr., Schoharie, NY (US);

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/954 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4818 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01N 2021/9544 (2013.01); G01N 2021/9548 (2013.01); G01N 2201/06113 (2013.01); G01N 2201/104 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a vessel floating on a body of water. The system also includes at least one conduit extending from the vessel to below the body of water. The system also includes a scanning device disposed within the at least one conduit. The scanning device includes at least one two-dimensional (2D) line scanner and a rotary encoder coupled to the at least one 2D line scanner. The scanning device is configured to generate three-dimensional (3D) image data of a surface of the at least one conduit or at least one component disposed within the at least one conduit.


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Bueno, Manuel. (2017). System and method for surface inspection (U.S. Patent No. 9651503). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9651503

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