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System, method, and apparatus for inspecting a surface

US12061483B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2021
Grant dateAug 13, 2024
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0038
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system includes an inspection robot having a plurality of input sensors, the plurality of input sensors distributed horizontally relative to an inspection surface and configured to provide inspection data of the inspection surface at selected horizontal positions; a controller, comprising: a position definition circuit structured to determine an inspection robot position of the inspection robot on the inspection surface; a data positioning circuit structured to interpret the inspection data, and to correlate the inspection data to the inspection robot position on the inspection surface; and wherein the data positioning circuit is further structured to determine position informed inspection data in response to the correlating of the inspection data with the inspection robot position.

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