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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Inventors:
Clifford Hatcher, Jr., Orlando, FL (US);
Forrest R. Ruhge, Orlando, FL (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/183 (2013.01); F01D 21/003 (2013.01); G01N 21/954 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera scope inspection system with a flexible, tether mounted camera head that is maneuverable in confined internal cavities of power generation machinery. A camera head position sensing system inferentially determines the three dimension (3D) position of the camera head within the inspected machinery. Camera head position data are correlated with camera image data by a controller. In this manner correlated internal inspection image data and corresponding position data are available for future analysis and image tracking.