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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
V Technology Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
V TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Yokohama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A nondestructive inspection apparatus of a structure includes: an inspection apparatus bodyprovided with an infrared light irradiation unit irradiating a structureto be inspected with heating infrared light, a temperature variation measuring unit measuring a variation in temperature of the structure due to the irradiation with infrared light from the infrared light irradiation unit, a drive-control-and-accumulation unit performing drive control of the infrared light irradiation unit and the temperature variation measuring unit and performing data accumulation; and a self-running mechanism unitenabling the inspection apparatus bodyto move along the structure. The structureis inspected for an internal defect by irradiating the structurewith heating infrared light while the apparatus moves along the structurethrough the use of the self-running mechanism unitand measuring the variation in temperature of the structuredue to the irradiation with infrared light.