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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2016
Applicant:

Redzone Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Justin Starr, Baden, PA (US);

John Lettman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Todd Kueny, Tarentum, PA (US);

Foster J. Salotti, Verona, PA (US);

Galin Konakchiev, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

RedZone Robotics, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/35 (2014.01); G01N 21/954 (2006.01); G01N 21/94 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); F16L 55/32 (2006.01); G01N 21/3581 (2014.01); F16L 101/30 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 15/88 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3581 (2013.01); B25J 5/005 (2013.01); F16L 55/32 (2013.01); G01N 21/94 (2013.01); G01N 21/954 (2013.01); F16L 2101/30 (2013.01); G01N 2201/06113 (2013.01); G01N 2201/12 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G01S 15/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01); Y10S 901/44 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method for identifying a target object of a pipe wall, including: positioning a pipe inspection robot within a pipe; emitting, using a terahertz (THz) beam source of the pipe inspection robot, a laser beam towards a target object; receiving, using a THz receiver of the pipe inspection robot, THz data related to the target object; analyzing, using a processor, the THz data; and determining, based on the analyzing, an identity of the object. Other aspects are described and claimed.


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