Portable equipment and virtual reality method for optimisation of a visual inspection and expert appraisal of a structure particularly in civil engineering
US7861216B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 26, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F30/20
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Portable equipment for optimization of a visual inspection and expert appraisal of a structure, particularly in civil engineering, includes an on-board database of visual references for decay in different states of advancement and computing elements for calculation, by interpolation of data from a database of results from predictive physical simulations of materials and structures, of indicators of deterioration and key aging parameters to represent several possible visual appearances of an element of the structure in different stages of the life thereof from reference images from the database of visual references and categorization of the state of the structure by comparison with the actual appearance.
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